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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you seek out the advice of a highly trained professional and then are upset when they give you the advice you ask for and now go to a group of random strangers for advice. The doctors job is to recommend best practices. If you are unable to take that advice you should be a grown up and say « we aren’t able to do that. What’s the next best thing? » It is not Cheesecake Factory where they are just there to give you what you want. [/quote]

I'm not even convinced that all kids out of childcare from August to the end of flu season (so what, April?) and no contact outside the nuclear family is a best practice. That's what most of us did for a lot of this past year and it was tough but some employers were underatanding. Without that understanding, it's not possible to keep a job. Plus, not seeing family or friends or anyone else evn if vaccinated sounds depressing and isolated.

"Get a nanny if you can," ok. "Quarantine for a month," ok. Both big asks. But this is extreme at a level that isn't considering realism. [/quote]

This is advice for a days old newborn, PP, in the first weeks of life.  And, again, the pediatrician knows OP has maternity leave until the beginning of December.  I don’t think keeping the older kids out of daycare for six weeks is a huge ask to protect a newborn. [/quote]

I reread the OP before posting and no, it definitely said until the end of flu season. I think a lot of people are skimming assuming a more reasonable version of the pediatrician's advice - which tells OP something about what "normal" is too.

FWIW I had a fall baby 3 months before COVID hit and didn't get any advice along these lines. Older kid was in day care until the day he was born and went back the week after. Maybe that wasn't ideal but everyone was much more concerned with maintaining the older kids routine 2 years ago [/quote]

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