Cross country family visits?

[Anonymous]

Is anyone having family visit from across the country? If so, how are they getting to you and how are you minimizing Covid risk?

[Anonymous]

No

[Anonymous]

DH’s parents probably won’t come out until there is a vaccine. And we’re deciding on my mom now. She’s been terrible about social distancing and just doesn’t get it. Even if we had her isolate for two weeks once she got here, I don’t know that she would actually do it. If she isolates at home (Illinois) she would drive out with my stepfather but then we’d have to deal with my stepfather being around (nice enough but just another body in our small house).

It’s an ongoing issue. Our amazing nanny has sacrificed so much to keep working during this fricking pandemic and has missed many family celebrations. She already told us it’s not fair to her to just bring my unquarantined mother and husband into the house nor is it safe for me or our toddler and newborn.

[Anonymous]

Nope. We have discussed it extensively, but can’t figure out how to make it contactless.

[Anonymous]

We’re struggling with this too. It makes me so sad. I miss my parents so much but the only way I’d feel comfortable protecting both is and them is if we both quarantined for two weeks and I don’t think that’s feasible with their work. Plus even if they did quarantine, if it ended up they’d contracted something coming out here or vice versa, I just would never be able to live with that. But man, I miss my mom and am so sad she won’t be around for the newborn stage.

[Anonymous]

We did back in May. Parents drove back and forth from Missouri for a month long visit. They got an Airbnb halfway. Wore KN-95 masks and goggles and hand sanitized at stops - minimized bathroom stops. It was worth it for us. We decided not to ask them to quarantine upon arrival because it wasn’t logistically feasible.