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amother

OP ↓

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 1:59 am

If you have a winter newborn do you take them out!? Or stay inside till they have shots? It’s rsv season but I have been taking my baby out everywhere and just leaving in the stroller.. I feel guilty that I am putting them at risk chsv but what am I to do? Other kids to take care of

soproud

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 2:20 am

Yep, been there. It’s nerve wracking.
Bundle up well with a coat, hat etc. and a footmuff for the stroller. You could also use a rain cover to protect the baby from the wind. Good luck!

jewjew85

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 2:25 am

I’m not even nervous for the cold more for the germs ….

amother

Tan

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 4:41 am

Of course we need to leave house. Babys should always be dressed weather appropriate. People should keep their distanced. Which honestly in winter naturally happens nobody is getting to close to your newborn all bundled up. Unfortunately germs get around and are carried by siblings and adults I don't think staying in hibernation in the answer.

imaima

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 5:14 am

amother OP wrote:

They can’t catch anything from the stroller… maybe you need to watch that not too many people hold them or come close? And that their clothes are warm enough

care4u

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 7:05 am

Yeah, of course we went out. Noone goes near a newborn either way & germs tend to be brought into the house more than caught in a stroller running errands or doing pick up.

amother

Blush

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 7:15 am

Breastfeeding is the best form of protection

amother

Cappuccino

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 7:55 am

amother Blush wrote:

Breastfeeding is the best form of protection

Or the RSV vaccine.
Not everyone can breastfeed. Also, my exclusively BF newborn got RSV and landed in the hospital.

amother

Caramel ↓

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 1:50 pm

I didn’t go to mommy & me programs until she was out of the newborn stage but otherwise we went on with life as usual. My baby stayed in the stroller or I wore her in a baby carrier. No one except family members and a couple of very close adult friends (who were not sick and who had washed their hands) got to hold her when she was that little fragile age. But I did the same with all of my babies regardless of winter or summer.

Ate there any anctivities are you concerned about specifically?

amother

↑ Caramel

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 1:51 pm

Oh yeah there’s also the RSV vaccine if you are really concerned.

amother

Lemonchiffon

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 1:55 pm

My nb got rsv from her siblings

amother

Tanzanite

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 2:12 pm

All my kids are winter babies.
The only time I purposely kept them indoors was during the measles outbreak.

amother

↑ OP

Mon, Nov 25 2024, 2:38 pm

I keep him in stroller and go abt life.. mall , resturant etc but I feel guilty

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