{"id":142,"date":"2017-10-14T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:29:56","slug":"baby-at-home-invite-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/14\/baby-at-home-invite-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby at home: invite guests?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As soon as the newborn baby is placed in your hands, you will probably have a queue of relatives and friends all waiting for an invitation. Some of them can be a tad bit more impatient and try to press themselves through the hospital doors just to see the little one. Good tips on how to deal with these guests are being given to https:\/\/kodus.ee\/artikkel\/beebi-kodus-kas-kutsuda-kulalisi<\/a> readers by baby counsellor Kadi Leppik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I advise to ask the guests to stay away from the hospital beforehand,\u2019 is her recommendation. \u2018For the first couple of months I would also ask them to postpone their visit on a later time \u2013 this is so that the newborn can get used to his or her new surroundings and to how it smells. Unfamiliar scents can only create stress in the baby,\u2019 says Leppik. \u2018Baby\u2019s sense of smell is considerably stronger than ours. If upon the visitor\u2019s arrival the baby starts to cry, it can actually be stress created by unfamiliar scents.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the guests do insist on seeing the newborn baby, Leppik offers them to join the parents for a walk outside. \u2018This is how you can keep it less stressful for the child,\u2019 she explains. But if you do wish for the guests to pay a visit to your home, Leppik strongly advises for guests to remain from wearing any perfume or strong smelling deodorant. Additionally, smokers should smoke their last cigarette at least half an hour before meeting the baby, as well as lessen these smells with a mint or a chewing hum afterwards. \u2018Of course all hands have to be washed before any contact,\u2019 she adds sternly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally she would advise the guests to offer some help with cooking or to grab some snacks for the visit itself, as they should not expect a newborn\u2019s mom to start baking and cooking. \u2018Visiting time shouldn\u2019t be long, 30 minutes to an hour and half is maximum and this should be mentioned to the guests beforehand to avoid any misunderstandings,\u2019 advises the baby counsellor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In all of this the newborn baby is the most important. \u2018If the baby needs to sleep, then do not wake him or her up just to show them off to the visitors. Some people do tend to kiss the baby directly on lips \u2013 please ensure that no one does so as this is the first source of herpes virus which can danger the baby\u2019s life,\u2019 she explains. Leppik also strongly advises to never let visitors enter the baby\u2019s room while he or she is sleeping. \u2018You should consider whether you would like to have strangers observe you like an animal at the zoo while you are sleeping,\u2019 she says. \u2018You should also not let anyone else hold your baby \u2013 he or she should get used to parents first.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As soon as the newborn baby is placed in your hands, you will probably have a queue of relatives and friends all waiting for an invitation. Some of them can be a tad bit more impatient and try to press themselves through the hospital doors just to see the little one. Good tips on how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadiandbabies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}