How long should I keep baby home?

[Jas Han]

I was told not to take out my baby after 100 days? Any thoughts?

 

[Sarah_Lotus]

When I had my third child in England the mother in the next bed asked the midwife when could she take her baby out. The reply was that the baby could go out immediately but the mother shouldn't go out for ten days. They are worried that the mother may hemorrhage with too much activity

 

[pixelelf]

for my 2nd baby, we brought her out in a sling on the 5th day to watch a movie

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[carang]

seeing as how you have to take the baby to the hospital for checks... i'd say, by a couple of days, baby is good to go (so long as mummy is, too!)

why in the world would you keep your baby inside for 100 days??? remember, it's not the dark ages anymore. sunlight and "fresh" air won't kill your baby. it's actually good for the baby. and if you are breastfeeding, then any sickness such as cold you encounter, you will produce and then pass on the antibodies to your baby to protect it...doesn't happen when you formula feed, though.

 

[Ai li]

I took my BB to a kid party at Play town for about 4 hrs, when she was under 30 days. She is still kicking and jumping :-D

 

[lesliefu]

Think with the first you ate a bit more worried / cautious...many don't bring their kids out till after 100 days (traditional Chinese I'm taking about) is because they cry alot or are nit "big" enough....no medical bCking of course...but when you hear it day and day out, you.tend to believe it. I woulnt worry though...my kid went out at 4 days in a sling...

 

[Gataloca]

I thought that the Chinese tradition was just to stay home for the first month.... And of course I didn't follow. I took my baby to the doctor when he was like 1 week old. After that, I regularly took him out for a short walk in the mall (I needed the escape, by the way, cause my parents were driving me nut ;-) ).

 

[Jas Han]

I thought so. I think most people in HK are over-cautious.

 

[thanka2]

I was taking my daughter on walks around our village in a baby carrier when she was about 5 days old. I felt amazing at that time--even better than I do nowadays! Such good energy!

I think it depends on the mama--if she's doing well then taking the baby out isn't a big deal--as long as the child has no major health problems to think about. I wouldn't take my littlest baby into any really crowded areas at that point because I don't want the baby catching germs from people around me (even nowadays whenever we take my children around HK Island during busy times of the year she gets sick from all the coughing and sneezing and breathing air with so many germs). But taking the baby out in general is safe pretty much from day one.

 

[pooch]

Yes I had a homebirth with my first and he came out for dinner with us when he was 3 days old. I felt fine getting out and about so he was out and about with me every day from then.