Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 17:55     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My baby is seven months and has never been in a store— our house, vaccinated grandparents, a few porches, and the pediatrician.

People saying “abuse” please volunteer some time with CPS and see how much they’d appreciate being called because an infant only went in their own home/backyard. They’ll get right on that, I’m sure.


The abuse is the lack of pedestrian visits. And didn't the pp say they didn't even have a backyard? If you live in an apartment and your kid doesn't leave the apartment, not even to go to a local park, then yes, it's bordering on abuse. I don't care how interactive you are at home.


She said she has a backyard. And as other posters have pointed out, there are doctors who will come to you. Also, it is not illegal not to take a healthy child to be weighed. I wish it was illegal not to vaccinate, but since it isn’t, I imagine CPS will focus on the kids being sent to bed without food.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 17:46     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
Not to groceries but to Neiman Marcus which is so much more fun; I put his rain cover on the stroller just to be an extra safe weirdo and it was fine.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 15:23     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
I hated taking my kids into stores pre-pandemic, and always did my shopping before picking them up from daycare. My 9 month old has been in daycare since October, to doctor's appointments, and out for walks, but has never been inside a grocery store or restaurant. My 2.5 year old has only been in a grocery store once since the pandemic started to get a flu shot. Before that, we'd go to a restaurant once a month or so.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 14:37     Subject: Re:If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:14 months, hasn’t been inside a public place since covid started. There’s just no reason - he wouldn’t get anything out of it. When one of us goes the other stays home with the baby.

We’ll start taking him places when community spread drops.


I'm this PP. Just noting that the illness thing I do think about - my kid has literally never had so much as a sniffle. Is that good or bad for his immune system? Who knows.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 14:18     Subject: Re:If you baby is younger than 1
My 9 mo had a bad infection at birth & was a preemie & on oxygen for four months. We’ve been to the doctor & her specialists, on daily walks around the neighborhood, but that’s it. Even a cold could be really dangerous for her—-pediatrician says she’s not a candidate for daycare until 18 months at least bc of the issues with her lungs. We live in a pretty densely populated area so beyond going to the park we haven’t been anywhere recreationally.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 13:08     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:My baby is seven months and has never been in a store— our house, vaccinated grandparents, a few porches, and the pediatrician.

People saying “abuse” please volunteer some time with CPS and see how much they’d appreciate being called because an infant only went in their own home/backyard. They’ll get right on that, I’m sure.


The abuse is the lack of pedestrian visits. And didn't the pp say they didn't even have a backyard? If you live in an apartment and your kid doesn't leave the apartment, not even to go to a local park, then yes, it's bordering on abuse. I don't care how interactive you are at home.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 13:06     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DS was born December 2019, so right before covid, we pretty much stayed home from March- October of 2020. I did grocery delivery or pick up, or I would leave the kids with my husband and I went to the store.
My DH work hours changed so I started bringing the kids to the store. My oldest (3) wears a mask the whole time. DS was 9/10 months old when we started doing indoor shopping. We go to the grocery store once a week and target maybe once or twice a month.

Literally everyone in the store is masked.


Similar PP. All this thread has confirmed for me is that I'm definitely being judged when I take my kid to a store.


I saw a three-year-old in the store the other week and definitely stared. Not because of judgement, I just hadn't seen (or heard - the kid was crying) anyone younger than a teenager in the store for a year. It was weird.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 13:00     Subject: Re:If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:Aside from our backyard my 13 month old has never left our property. In fact, she only has been in the car once - on the way home from the hospital. We really didn’t need that infant carrier.


No vaccinations?

No health check-ups?

No weigh-ins?

Wow.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 12:54     Subject: Re:If you baby is younger than 1
6 months. Baby has been with me for quick runs into the pharmacy, grocery store, and library pickup - no more than 10 mins at a time max. Pediatrician is doing drive-up appts. Lots of outside time though - daily walks to the park and around the neighborhood, playground with his older brother, pickup window at starbucks.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2021 12:44     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
My baby is 4 months old. We go for walks almost daily and rides in the car a lot when the weather is bad. Besides our house and a vacation house we visited for a weekend, he's been to the doctor and inside a restaurant once to pick up takeout and Eastern Market once with me to pick up a fish. DH and I take turns doing the grocery/house shopping or order stuff online.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2021 20:09     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
My baby is seven months and has never been in a store— our house, vaccinated grandparents, a few porches, and the pediatrician.

People saying “abuse” please volunteer some time with CPS and see how much they’d appreciate being called because an infant only went in their own home/backyard. They’ll get right on that, I’m sure.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2021 20:05     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:My DS was born December 2019, so right before covid, we pretty much stayed home from March- October of 2020. I did grocery delivery or pick up, or I would leave the kids with my husband and I went to the store.
My DH work hours changed so I started bringing the kids to the store. My oldest (3) wears a mask the whole time. DS was 9/10 months old when we started doing indoor shopping. We go to the grocery store once a week and target maybe once or twice a month.

Literally everyone in the store is masked.


Similar PP. All this thread has confirmed for me is that I'm definitely being judged when I take my kid to a store.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2021 19:58     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
My DS was born December 2019, so right before covid, we pretty much stayed home from March- October of 2020. I did grocery delivery or pick up, or I would leave the kids with my husband and I went to the store.
My DH work hours changed so I started bringing the kids to the store. My oldest (3) wears a mask the whole time. DS was 9/10 months old when we started doing indoor shopping. We go to the grocery store once a week and target maybe once or twice a month.

Literally everyone in the store is masked.
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2021 18:09     Subject: Re:If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:Aside from our backyard my 13 month old has never left our property. In fact, she only has been in the car once - on the way home from the hospital. We really didn’t need that infant carrier.


Omgggg you’re kidding
Anonymous
Post 04/04/2021 17:42     Subject: If you baby is younger than 1
Anonymous wrote:Are you breastfeeding? Wouldn't your child get antibodies that way?


Baby was born last June. I breast fed until February. My doctor said in order to maintain antibodies you have to breastfeed indefinitely; I wasnt up for that.