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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fresh take: I would also ask OB, whose main concern is health of the mom. Yanking two preschoolers out of daycare and having them plus a new baby home all day is a recipe for PPD/PPA. Life even before covid is weighing risks and costs and benefits. No decision is perfect. You can’t be laser focused on only one risk so much so that you ignore everything else. Only you know your life but there’s a lot of factors here including your mental health and also marital stress and finances. [/quote]

This.
I had DD#2 last May.  We kept older DD home from daycare for the duration of my maternity leave.  She was 4 at the time, so somewhat independent, but very extroverted and in need of constant interaction/entertainment.  No outside help at all due to the pandemic, and DH went back to work less than a week after DD#2 was born, so I was on my own.  Not going to lie, it was hard.  I already had a history of PPD/PPA, and I got VERY lucky that DD#2 was a good sleeper from day 1, but it sucked, and it impacted my own physical recovery.  PP is right, this is a recipe for mental health issues for mom.  
Older DD was a winter baby, so we had the risks of flu/RSV with her as a newborn.  We took precautions then, too, but we didn’t overdo it.  Looking back, we went overboard with the isolation for DD#2.[/quote]

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