Christmas with a newborn

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I'm due in 3 weeks. We've invited 8 people over for Christmas dinner ( they are all 'helpers' and will love being given jobs).

Will this be impossible with a 2 month old baby?

DS was 6 weeks old on Christmas Day and gave us his first smile. He adored the Christmas tree and used to just lie there gazing at it.

I created a plan with everything that needed doing, when it needed doing and a box to tick when it was done. Me, DH and DM just kept checking it and did tasks as needed. Everything was perfectly cooked and hot at the same time. The main thing to remember is that dripping gravy on the baby's head is perfectly fine (just lick it off) and there's no reason for you both to eat at the same time

DS was 2 weeks old for Christmas, I had parents over from UK (separately, they're divorced), cooked 3 Christmas lunches with no help.
'D'M expected to be waited on hand and foot, didn't hold DS unless I asked her to so I could eat (she'd finished), didn't wash a plate/cup/fork in her wjhole 3-week stay - hell, it took.her ten days of making tea/coffee for herself before she offered us one. Add in colic, tiny flat and DH who works from home = hell.

I'll never have visitors for Christmas again. Hideous.

Oh, and terrible foof injuries, I could barely sit/walk/sleep/get in or out of the bath.

DS is 2 this year, Christmas wil be amazing

Ds was 3wks on his first Christmas.
It was fine as dp helped with prep then it's just switching stuff on at the right time!

He was bf so I got to sit a lot
When he wasn't feeding or sleeping he just threw up quietly in a corner