Naturally, your parents will be thrilled to become grandparents once you welcome your baby into the world. Still, it’s important to understand that while they may be excited to shower your newborn with love, it is important to place some limits on their interactions for your baby’s own good. Here are some limits you may want to set on grandparents visiting your newborn.
Hospital Visits
If you and your newborn are still in the hospital, it’s important to understand that visitors can bring germs into the ward. For this reason, grandparents’ visits might be best limited at the start. Also, you probably don’t want an audience as you get used to breastfeeding and changing diapers.
House Visits
Understandably, as you get used to parenting with your newborn, you may be unable to maintain your home as you usually do. For this reason, it could be a good idea to limit home visits if you’re worried about your parents becoming overly involved in maintaining the home given their good intentions to help you.
Time Limits
Because you and your partner may have two sets of grandparents, it’s easy for one set of grandparents to become jealous if the others get more time with the baby and parents. In order to avoid unfair treatment and subsequent hard feelings, make sure to time each grandparent’s visit and ensure that you treat them equally when they come over.