I'm aware of the rules that have been published so far and try to keep as up to date as I can with current covid guidance. I've obeyed lockdown pretty strictly and plan to still be careful with what I will and won't do, whether it's allowed or not (no pubs for me yet, thanks!).
I've got six month old twins who were two months premature so effectively, we've been in lockdown since January as they were on neonatal and then had to be almost isolated at home until shortly before actual lockdown began.
So, the majority of their family hasn't even met them yet, let alone held them. They've spent the vast majority of their lives with just me and their Dad and I've got obvious concerns about the impact on their socialisation (hopefully there won't be one given they're so young, but still!).
I know I can, as of today, take them to visit my mam and stepdad, who have been desperate to properly interact with them.
We're going round to their house this afternoon and as far as I understand the rules, we'll still need to socially distance within their home but I'd love for them to be able to hold them and play with them.
I'm happy to hold off until we're officially told 'you can now hold someone else's baby' but I can't help but wonder if the Government will ever be that explicit with their advice, given how brief the latest guidance on childcare, etc, is.
Do we wait for longer to give them chance to explicitly spell out the guidance around holding babies or do we, to use Boris' term, use our common sense and let our parents hold the twins, given they've been in lockdown and obeying it strictly too?
Healthwise, the babies are absolutely fine now. My parents are 70 but in good health also.
What would you do?