Babies Tale

One thing you do not have to do is uphold your former standards of hospitality for friends and relatives who drop in to see your new baby, unexpectedly or by appointment. It’s not necessary for you to provide refreshments or even to offer a cup of coffee. Let visitors see the baby [asleep or awake], chat with them for a few moments, and let them go on their way. Discourage their handling and passing the baby around. Refuse to let anyone with a cold or any other illness into the same room as the baby. The parents among your visitors will understand all this perfectly, and if others do not, don’t worry. Your baby’s health and wellbeing, and your own, are of primary importance right now.

You may find, during the first few months of your baby’s life, that every aspect of your social life changes. If you’ve always loved to entertain at home, you’ll probably find it more enjoyable to save time and energy by meeting friends at a restaurant for dinner-and it will be good for you to get out of the house occasionally. If you are accustomed to going out a great deal, rarely spending a weekend evening at home, you may now prefer to spend quiet evenings by the fire.

This certainly does not mean that you must-or should-give up seeing fiends or going out altogether or never do things you enjoy. It only means that your priorities will probably change when you have an infant in your household, and that you’re not required to continue any old habits that you’ve outgrown or that you wish to put aside for a time.

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