With DD #1 we went out to dinner 4 days after we got home from the hospital. With DD #2 we went the the museum one day after we came home from the hospital.
Both girls were born in October and we kept them in the car seat with a car seat cover the whole time. I nursed them both before we left the house and they were fine until we got home.
When DS was 3 days old we went out for breakfast before his first doctor's appointment. And then he was so jaundiced I had to take him to get lab work done multiple times that first week, so we would run errands after the blood draws. It was nice to get out of the house.
4 weeks. H was going to a small grocery store a few blocks from our house and suggested we come with, just to get out of the house for a few minutes. I got chewed out while standing in line at the checkout out line by a stranger for having such such a young infant out in in public, he was certain to catch something. I was a bad mom. NEWP, DS and I were just fine.
I would say within a few weeks. I did not like being cooped up at home, plus the infant stage is honestly the easiest when it comes to being out, imo. We took K to Disney World where she turned two months old, and we drove there from VA.
Here's the thing. Don't let the fear of fussiness keep you home. Babies will fuss, it's what they do and anyone who makes you feel otherwise is an asshole. As you go out more, you will find the good places to nurse (for instance, moms love the Nordstrom Ladies Room.), good times to go, etc. YOu just need to do it, like ripping off a Band-Aid.
Post by cabbagecabbage on Jul 5, 2015 9:41:32 GMT -5
In the first week I did the grocery store in the moby and walked in the neighborhood with the stroller. I went to a LLL meeting when she was 9 days old. I remember because her cord stump fell off there.
With DS1 we had him out at 4 days. Our pedi, who is very laid-back, was strict on taking DS2 out. He said nothing drives him crazier than seeing newborns at Target or wherever. He said, that they don't NEED to be there and it's not worth the risk. I think we probably waited a few weeks and would keep him covered, if I NEEDED to take him somewhere.
Socially? I'd say we were less strict about going to family members' homes as it was just us and I made our whole families get the dtap vacc I don't even know that we took him to friends' houses bc we don't go to friends' houses much.