When did you/when are you suppose to take your newborn outside??

[mrsjoker35]

I've saw people say they done it basically ASAP, 2-3 days out in the pram
Then i see other people like "2 months at least, especially in the flu season!!" And I'm like, how am i meant to go out shopping every week to fill up the cupboards and the fridge if im going to be housebound with my baby??

DC1 about 3/4 days old, went on daily walks
DC2 and 3 were both out on school runs with me at 2 days old.

I couldn't stand staying in, it was easier to just carry on and get on with it.

You can go out whenever you like if you and your baby are well.

My first was four weeks early. I was in hospital for three nights as they discovered after I'd had strep and wanted to keep an eye on her. I went into town when she was either 6 or 7 days. It was January and awful weather. So didn't go out till I needed stuff.

Dd2, they kept me in two nights due to my precious strep history and because she was born so quickly, again got no antibiotics in labour. I went and picked dd1 up from school when we were discharged at home time. Then straight into school runs as normal the next day.

Ds, I had him just before 4am and was in sainsburys food shopping at 12 pm on way home from hospital.

*previous strep history, not precious!

With my first we went out for a walk once home from hospital so by a week old and went away visiting relatives at two weeks.

With all subsequent madthings they were out and about from 24-48hrs after birth with siblings, toddler groups, school run or music concert etc basically whatever I needed to take the older ones to baby came as well. I always kept them snuggled up in a woven wrap or moby wrap so still getting snuggles and familiar smell of me but I couldn't have stayed in.

I needed to get out just for a walk, I made sure u didn't over do it so if we were out in morning at toddlers we would have a quiet afternoon etc but we were out most days.

Dc6 due next year and will be coming on school run etc.

I think it really depends on how mum feels tbh what she xan cope with physically and mentally. Little babies tend to be pretty portable ime.

You can go out when you feel ready. I had bronchitis when ds3 was born and couldn't really go anywhere much, but school started a couple of days later, so we did it. He cried all the way back despite my carrying him on one arm while pushing the pram.

In the rain.

Stay in if you don't have to go out - especially in this weather!!

Probably close to a week before we went out but by 8 weeks we took a holiday to Cyprus

That was posted on the last page though has been deleted...

Mine could all hold their heads up from birth anyway but waiting til they have had vaccinations ar eight weeks... Pretty unrealistic for anything other than a first baby and even then I would have gone mad and ds1 would have been miserable. He was happiest when out and about from a very young age.

The cultural reasons for keeping newborns in are often more to do with the woman (who will be bleeding) being seen as 'unclean' rather than concern for the new or but obviously in cultures where family help is on tap it's easier. Also very different depending on sanriratiin

Posted too soon. Was saying also very different depending on sanitation, health care etc of where you live but there is no need generally to keep babies in until theu can hold their head or have vaccinations, that isn't even recommended for prem babies.

Mine could both hold their heads up from birth.
Staying in for 8 weeks would have been far more harmful to us. I really think it would have affected my mental health.

I had a December baby - took him to the pub when he was 4 days old. By the time he was 3 weeks old we were going on walks of an hour (would have only been half an hour but I was still quite sore) to get to the weigh in clinic.

With both of mine the 1st day out was day 1 to the gp to do the new born checks. Dd was born in the early hours in the MLU & was home by mid morning & ds was born at home. With my daughter we took her on the bus to the cinema when she was 4 days old (baby screening with low lights & quieter) & the lady on the bus made a comment about her being out & about so early. Go with how you feel, there's no right or wrong answer

Whenever you can get your shit together to leave the house!

Ds1 took me 2 weeks. Admittedly we were in hospital the first week. It took a few days for us to build a pram, pack a mountain of stuff for every eventuality. And just as we came to leave the house he'd need a feed / change / nap etc.

Ds2 we got out straight away. There was no wierd twighlight zone feeling of "how am I just walking around with a baby?!?" We just went out and did stuff as usual CIA that's what you do with a child.

So if you need to shop, go shopping. Maybe give yourself a 3 day lead time

I took DS for a walk the day we got out of hospital, at 1 day old.

With dc3 we went for a pizza on the way home from the hospital a few hours after he was born, the older ones were at school and we were starving. As long as both healthy, as would be if both been discharged, there's no rule, whenever you feel like it.

With dc1, I was largely immobile for about 3 weeks and so trips out were limited to hospital appointments for me as far as I remember. On reflection, while I felt disappointed to have missed dh's pat leave really, I think feeding went so well due to my extended time at home, resting.

Dc2 I was on crutches but more mobile and up and about fairly quickly.

Both times it was more to do with my physical state than concern about the outside world's impact on the dcs.

DC3 was born at 1pm and was on the school run the next morning.

What should I have done? Keep eldest off school? Probably could have done in those days.

Now we'd get fined.

I had DS3 at home and he went out later the same day to DS1's starting school classroom visit and the next day to DS2's swimming lesson. Life goes on...