Asking visitors to have Covid shots?
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Anonymous
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We have asked anyone coming to visit and be around our baby during the frist two months to have a recent Flu shot, Dtap and an annual Covid shot. Some family members gave us a bit of a hard time with this. I just realized however that our baby won't have a Covid shot until he is 6 months old.
Is it necessary that I require the the recent covid shot? How could we even require this between 2-6 months. DH and I have to go back to work at 4 months. |
Anonymous
| No, that’s silly. The shot is no guarantee that a visitor won’t have Covid. |
Anonymous
| Don’t you just post this but from the perspective of the MIL after your friends said it wasn’t needed? |
Anonymous
Sure. But you do lessen the chance of infections. Follow normal hygiene practices also. No shoes household. Hand washing. Mask. No kissing the baby. No visiting if you are unwell. |
Anonymous
This doesn't make sense |
Anonymous
As much as I’d love to see the baby I’d pass on this. |
Anonymous
And trust me, if more people passed on seeing the baby - it would lessen the chance of sickness and disease for the newborn. The newborn does not care and the parents do not care for visitors. |
Anonymous
| Troll |
Anonymous
A thread was started a few weeks ago about a family member being asked to get Covid, Flu and Dtap vaccines before seeing newborn and the Op was refusing as her (older) friends said it wasn’t needed. The op was trying to shame the new mom. The DTAP mention in both threads is interesting. |
Anonymous
What is interesting about the DTaP mention? It’s a common disease and a standard recommendation that family members get vaccinated before meeting a newborn. Anyone who won’t get it shouldn’t meet the baby. |
Anonymous
| Verify by asking for the vaccine card too 🙄. |
Anonymous
| DTAP has been a standard request since my 16yo was born. Pertussis (whooping cough) can kill a newborn. |
Anonymous
| If a baby gets a fever it will likely need a spinal tap. I would do a lot to try and avoid that! |
Anonymous
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I think it’s not necessary to require the most recent Covid shot. Flu and TDAP, absolutely, plus hand washing and no visiting if you’re even a little sick.
But Covid is generally not that dangerous for babies and my understand of the shots is that they more improve immune response/seriousness of illness but NOT transmission. So I don’t think they even help protect your baby. Check with your doctor, but my guess is that’s not an important |