To leave 1 year old with parents..

[Jadefeather7]

I’m due to have a baby in June by which time my eldest will be one years old. I will be having a c section so will have reduced mobility for a few days at least (based on my last experience). I also had some post birth complications last time so I will need to stay in hospital for 3 days for monitoring. My mum was originally planning to stay for a few days after the birth to look after the eldest however if things continue the way that they are I’m not sure it’s a good idea. Our nanny has said she won’t work (fair enough) and I don’t have any friends who could help. Would it be ok to leave my eldest with her for 3 days? He would have been totally isolated as we don’t go anywhere. The risk for my mum staying with us is really from DH and I having been in hospital.
My eldest is comfortable with my mum but I have never left him for more than 1 day & night before.
The other alternative is for DH to look after him and not meet the new baby for 3 days which I can’t really imagine :(

Bring your mum to you. Then she can help with both and you can get used to having both of them in the house at once.
Hospitals are really strict in keeping people separate the at the moment, so the risk will be minimal.

I guess I’m worried about hospital staff being infected and catching something from them

If none of you have any contact with the outside world for 14 days you should be pretty safe to hand over your DS to your DM. But that means everyone in your household and in hers.

Jadefeather7 you're right - don't move your mum in with you when you and your husband have spent a long (relatively speaking, compared to a few minutes) period in hospital. You would put her at massively greater risk than if your DH dropped your son off to her.

Being in their own house without being able to find either parent is harder for some small children than being elsewhere. That depends a lot on various factors obviously.

The safest option would be for your husband to drive you to hospital with your son and drop you off and go home and look after your son obviously...

things may change by June...