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[quote=Anonymous]A couple of thoughts:

1.  Separation anxiety is real and nothing new.  Even before COVID, moms worried about how they kids would cope without them, and COVID certainly hasn’t helped.  While they may feel your wife is overreacting, I think they would understand if your wife thanks them for their generous offer, but confides in them that as a mother she worries leaving the baby in new places, especially since COVID has meant you’ve basically been home bound the baby’s entire life.  She can say that she looks forward to leaving DC with grandparents in future, and that she appreciates the great job they did raising the fine man she fell in love with.

2.  Does it have to be either/or?  When my baby was that age, I was exhausted.  Sometimes my DH would take over so that I could just sleep, read a book, etc.  could she plead off the outing saying she wants to take advantage of the baby care to recuperate.  She should stay in a different part of the house, or outside and NOT HOVER.  She can let them have their 1:1 time, but if the baby has a melt down, the grandparents would probably be relieved to have her available.  Nobody wants the baby to suffer.[/quote]

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