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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don't need to fight this battle now and you don't have to be leading the charge when it is time. Have the pediatrician do it after the baby comes. Hell, the OB/GYN can probably lay the ground work on the advisability of Thanksgiving plans regardless of having a low birth weight baby. When the baby comes, you'll be going to the pediatrician a lot (for a baby with no complications, 1 week visit, 2 week visit, 4 week visit, 8 week visit, etc. For a baby with complications, more than that). It'll be far less arguable coing from the pediatrician. Aside from the low birth weight issue, your DH clearly has no idea how your (his and yours) world is going to be turn upside down by this baby. For a first baby, I wouldn't be making any assumptions about what you'll be doing for Thanksgiving or Christmas. [/quote] Thanks. I already asked him if he would change his mind if the pediatrician said not to go and he said, "This is ridiculous. What did people do before these 2 month shots? If someone is around and has outward signs of a cold or flu, we'll tell them not to touch the baby. How hard is this?!" It's not helping that everyone in his family has had at least 2 kids and thinks I'm being overprotective. Agreed that the OB could help. I'll ask her to help next time I'm with her alone. The problem is she wont be around too much after the baby is born (except for the one or two postpartum checkups which I doubt he'll come to since he has a terrible commute to work). Honestly, I think if the pediatrician is against us going for Thanksgiving, we wont be seeing her again. DH is a real family man, which is wonderful, but he's already seeing it as me against them and I don't know how to prevent that. Another complicating factor is that my parents are local and we see each other constantly, so I think DH feels left out and like he doesn't have the same benefit with his family. I really love his family and we get along great, but this is a real sticking issue for me. [/quote]
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