Boundaries with newborn

Tips for handling vistors after birth so that you can rest and enjoy your new baby without losing your sanity. Set boundaries and rules for the in laws, family and friends ahead of time to make it less stressful once baby arrives.

Here are some rules that you should follow if you visit a newborn baby house.

Visiting our newborn rules

People flock to new babies. We want to hold them and stare at them and experience their utter newness. This is a good desire. But the trouble comes when we fail to consider mom and the importance of those first weeks. When we are postpartum, we are sleep deprived and recovering (sometimes from surgery!) and learning to parent this new baby and establishing breastfeeding (with an ounce of privacy, please!)

Hospital rules for visiting a newborn