Opinions needed. How do I tell my MIL that we can't drive across the country with a newborn?
Opinions needed.
How do I tell my MIL that we can't drive across the country with a newborn?
I'm feeling really anxious about it. I'll be recovering from delivery still and don't really want to be in a car for 20+ hours, let alone having baby girl in her car seat for that long and worrying about stopping to feed her. My OB said if I don't want to go, he will write me a note saying I am not allowed to travel out of state until after my 6 week follow up appointment.
We've tried telling my MIL over and over that it just wouldn't be best but she still thinks we are coming and basically won't take no for an answer.
Mari·
Мама двоих (1 год, 4 года), ждёт третьего
Well she's just going to have to accept no as an answer.
Kayla·
Мама дочки-младенца
Oh my goodness.. I wouldn't even travel that long with my 9 month old. 😱
olson0305·
Noooo way. I didn't even want to drive 3 hours away until my first was probably 5 months...
Deleted.user32·
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@olson0305, that's what I'm sayin! My husband's parents want us to go out to their lake house. I'll be bleeding and healing, I can't go tubing on the boat, I won't be allowed on the jet skis, I can't really do anything. I think it will be more fun for everyone if we go next summer, when baby girl is older..
olson0305·
Yeah that's a wee bit selfish of your mil...
Christina ✨·
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My mother in law is the same way. She's expecting that as soon as we get discharged from the hospital were hoping on a plane and flying home. It's a 21 hour drive so I said no way. So she said we better be flying in then. 😒 I hope my OB writes me a note because I'm not going to want to travel home when I'm still recovering from birth.
Deleted.user32·
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@christimary0, you can ask for one! Honestly I've kind of been asking my OB about it for a while, since they've been talking about us coming basically since we told them we were pregnant. But it's not a good idea! You need rest and baby needs one on one time. I wish my MIL could understand where I'm coming from.. She's only had 1 child, and that was 20 years ago. My husband was adopted.