How soon after the birth did your siblings visit your new baby?

[Bubbleandsqueak22]

I’m especially interested if they live fairly close by.

To make it clear, not the baby’s siblings but parents’ siblings.

DD1 was born abroad so it was a few months.
DD2.. born Friday, both her uncles had seen her by the Monday. One from 50 miles away, the other from 250 miles.

Between 6 months and a year.

About a week, 70 miles distance. Probably would have been sooner but she was born on a Sunday and everyone had work Monday

My sibling lives around the corner. They came to see us the same day my children were born.

With the first, it was within a fortnight. Was more like within a month for subsequent babies.

Within hours of the birth.

And with little thought to how I was feeling, especially after my youngest was born as I was poorly, and the last thing I needed was a load of visitors.

I saw my nephew the same day he was born (I’m also his godmother and my sister asked me to dress him in his first little outfit )

Can’t remember my SIL’s ever visiting tbh.

Thanks. For context, my DB has just had his first baby. Much as I would love to see baby, I’m absolutely rushed off my feet and can only manage it if I cancel clients or opticians or leave the dc at school overnight! But just wondered if I should and if it would seem odd if I don’t.

The day after I came home, so dd was 4 days old. I'm very close to my brother (as in age, good relationship, and distance). Parents in law and sister in law visited when the baby was a week old. My dd is everyone's first grand child/niece.

A few hours later in hospital.

Straight away or near enough to that is the norm where I live. Can't get my head round all these precious mummies not letting their baby be seen by anyone for weeks.

Within hours, and I will add this was being invited and welcomed (and entertaining their older children with recent additions 😁)

Really depends on how close you are! In your case, are you saying you couldn’t go until the weekend (perfectly fine, especially if they aren’t geographically close enough to pop in), or are you saying you might not go for a few months (only ok if you are overseas IMO, but I’m close to my brother).

They may not want you there the first weekend anyway, if they have visits from your parents, hee parents, etc planned.

Completely agree, if you can't have children there is very little opportunity to hold/see a brand new baby and it's something really special
And yes, each to their own of course 😊

Around here it's within 24h of baby coming home from the hospital.

Within the first week

They live 200 miles away, so not very soon. Maybe a couple of months?

I haven't had my baby yet but my sister that lives 10 mins away will be coming ASAP (we're very close and she's very excited to be an auntie) my other sister lives abroad so she won't be able to see baby until about 6 months

Never

Mm, within the first week/ten days I think? I was in hospital for two days, no visitors allowed because y’know Covid. I’ve got a lot of siblings but they’d all met DC by ten days old i reckon. I was very keen for them all to come and meet him, but we were struggling to establish feeding and obviously having a houseful of loads of siblings, plus nieces and nephews and grandparents all at once was just too overwhelming to do all at once! Husbands brothers were a little longer but still within 2-3 weeks.
One sister lives abroad, so met DS when he was 15 months old.

Nephew was in NICU for months during Covid but once he was home we visited after a week, we live about 5 hours drive away but had a trip up planned for that weekend for ages, it just happened to work out really well.

Did your DB have the baby or his wife/ partner?

You might want to ask her instead

DSis saw my second being born - she was our lift to the hospital and it all happened quite fast once we got there 😂

First time around she and DM came over the day after we got out of hospital. My in-laws came over the weekend after they were born (two days after DD1, about 5 days after DD2).