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[quote=Anonymous]Newborn life is so rough op, especially in the winter even without a pandemic you still weren’t really bringing baby to stores. Don’t throw caution to the wind because like others said if your newborn gets a fever they are automatically hospitalized with spinal tap. They just don’t mess around with newborns and take all precautions. And as a NICU mom (full term baby but with breathing problems) believe me, the newborn period can get even worse when you add in that stuff. That being said - DO find a happy medium to take care of yourself. Walks every day, can you walk to a coffee shop? Go in quickly with baby in wrap close to you, order and walk out when it warms up in a week or two find some places to eat outside with your husband. And do you have family willing to be careful so they can still see you? And see some friends outside (baby in wrap against you will be plenty warm). So sorry op. If it’s any consolation my first was a pre-pandemic baby (second was pandemic) and I felt the exact same way - this is motherhood?? It wasn’t what I imagined at all. But it gets SO much more fun and more like you imagine soon.

And yes definitely even worse without being able to go in person to support groups. But there were pre-pandemic things that were worse too (like husbands going back to work with terrible long traffic commutes at two weeks etc.) so with my second baby I had in the pandemic it helped to try to remember the things that truly were better because of the isolation. [/quote]

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