Having a newborn at Christmas??

[blh724]

Have any of you fine ladies had a baby just before Christmas? If so, how did you choose to do the holidays??

Our little bean is due 12/15, and if late, could certainly come ON Christmas. I am talking more if he/she comes sometime in the 10 days prior. I know DH and I will be utterly spent and adjusting to new baby. Did you hibernate and keep your celebrations low key? Did you take baby to family parties? Just curious, thanks!

 

[crancherry]

We are due Dec. 8th and I am wondering the same. I think it will depend on how I feel and how the baby is. My others were very calm, sleepy babies and I could always take them places because they were relatively "easy." My sister's babies however were very difficult, cried all the time and were a handful. At Christmas our newbie will only be a few weeks old so I will probably take him or her to my parents, and that's it. Don't want to overexpose such a little one to germs, cold, etc. too much. Of course it depends on your personality too, I was always one to whisk a fussy baby away so as not to disturb other people, while my sis would make as much commotion as possible and interrupt everything around her (center of attention ). We will still be recovering from birth then too and adjusting to a new sleep schedule so I am thinking keeping activities to a minimum will be best for us too...

 

[ally87]

hi just sneaking in from baby club. My little girl was born 10/12, and due to complications with me we didn't get out of hospital till 20/12. We had everyone at ours for xmas dinner, 8 of us. It was tiring im not going to lie, but totally worth it. My mam and sister did the dinner, i went for a nap when i needed knowing bubs was in good hands, it meant my hubby didnt have to cook. It was good to be getting back to normal, and although dd didnt have a clue at least i knew she had a good family first xmas. Everyone left not long after dinner and we had a quiet night.

 

[Terangela]

I am due Dec 22/12. I also have 3 other kids and do I plan on being done shopping and wrapping in November. As for parties and such, my dh switched companies and he is now at a huge company with no Christmas party... Well there is, but you pay to go and it is massive so we won't be going. His side of the family we never see at Christmas anyway as my Dh usually works on or around Christmas and we won't drive through the mountains that time of year anyway. My side of the family is pretty relaxed and we just have Christmas day stuff, which I might suggest be at our house this year. I will have baby and a toddler who needs to nap and honest I might be tired but it would be easier to have it here.

 

[nickibrum]

Were due on the 5th and i guess it depends if LO comes on time or decided they like it in my uterus lol.

My sister and my sister in law are both 15 so still enjoy christmas and want us there. So each year we spend christmas eve/morning at one parents then swap for christmas dinner/boxing day. Its the only system that works fairly for all of us.

We will still try to do this if they LO comes on time, my family would love the hustle and bustle and helping out even at 2am. My in-laws probably not so much but we will see. If its too much then we will go home.

If however we have a late baby then we will probably stay home and people can visit us or we can pop out for a few hours depending on the weather. xx

 

[cheshire]

My 2 year old was due on Dec 14th but came on the 3rd. The first year when he was only a few weeks old, we had a very low key Christmas. The next year we made up for it.

 

[arj]

I had DD on 1st Dec, and by Xmas I had already had an infection in my episiotomy and had just gotten over my second bout of mastitis. Christmas lunch sucked, she needed feeding right at midday and by the time I had finished feeding her there was only scabby little bits of food left! Gutted. Plus I was all flabby in the tummy, felt really ugly and my big E cup milky boobs were all sweaty (Xmas is mid summer over in NZ) and I couldnt wear nice clothes cos of my maternity bra and having to feed!

 

[pinkandfluffy]

My SIL had her baby dec 17th. A lot of the food stuffs she pre prepped and froze as she lives in Oz and had the family out there for Xmas.

Depends what you want - keep it low key and tell everyone to sort themselves out lol or Pre prep as much as you can x

 

[minkie]

My second was born on the 22, I stayed at home xmas eve (everyone gathers every year at my sisters) while my hubby took our oldest over there for the festivities and brought me home dinner My youngest is a few days before thanksgiving so we did the same that year too. It all sorts itself even if you have to miss a holiday one year!

 

[Waiting2bMommy]

This baby is due Dec. 7th but my other son was born Dec. 23rd. We came home from the hospital Christmas day. We actually went to a diner for dinner as everyone waited Christmas dinner for us to do it after we were home. That year was low key, the following year we had a big Christmas and had his first birthday a few weeks prior. This year who knows its going to be wild with a newborn, a two year olds birthday and Christmas.

 

[GreyGirl]

I'm due December 7th with my first. Depending on when baby arrives and how we're all doing in our little family, we're hoping to have our immediate family over for Christmas day and they sort out the food.

 

[MorganEvans]

I'm waiting for my bundle of joy in November, means I won't be getting much sleep in December..

 

[12.11.10]

My daughter was born 12/11/10 so quite close to Christmas. I brought her to most of the usual parties and gatherings without too much stress. Everyone wanted to see her and it gave me a bit of a break this year I'm due December 1st so that month will be really hectic with labor and a newborn, Christmas and my toddlers birthday.

 

[Pixxie]

Our daughter came on 14/12, due 15/12 so I know just how you feel! We did the shopping early and hibernated until Xmas day where we went to see family as usual, only because I felt fine though. If she had come closer I would have just waited to see how I felt, if you're not up to it people will understand xx

 

[Liz0828]

The Hubby and I are expecting! The DD for the Baby is Dec. 24th. I couldn't ask for a better Christmas present!

 

[MeanKitty23]

My birthday is December 23. My mom had a c-section so she wasn't very mobile when she came home from the hospital anyway. We three (me, mom and dad) missed that first Christmas at home because we were all at the hospital. Not that I remember since I was a 2 day old baby, but it came down to mom having a few visitors in the hospital and family and friends got together on and off later after Christmas when we were all home. Mom took that as an opportunity to get people to help babysit newborn me so she could recover more comfortably. Wasn't a traditional Christmas celebration, but they did what they could.

 

[Inge]

I'm waiting for my bundle of joy in November, means I won't be getting much sleep in December..

same here! OH is working this christmas so il be alone with a 3-4 week old and insane toddler! We'll probably go up to his parents boxing day of the day after but il be cooking a mini christmas dinner for him in the evening when he gets home x

 

[2016]

I found, when DS was tiny we could very easily take him different places and he would just sleep and sleep and sleep (if only he would do that now! )
Different family members would enjoy having him sleep on them and I then got a few minutes break.....even though I would then miss him and want him back.
I even took him out at around 2 weeks old to a Christmas party at a pub. Not smokey of course! It was very noisy in the pub but he happily slept cosied up in his bassinet only waking once for a quick feed.

 

[morri]

I havent got an idea yet- We probably spend some time on christmas eve at my mothers place , and ours will only be a month old max. We'll see how it goes

 

[edoldari4]

I'm due 12/12 i've already been told i'd be induced the week after at latest due to the holdiays but that will depend on any complications i have during my remainder days but were staying close to home during the festivities as i don't fancy doing much with a baby