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C was born less than a week before Easter and I came home from the hospital at 9pm the night before.... We still went to my neighbors house as planned.
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My LO was born on 20th December, and we left hospital on the 21st. We travelled about 1.5 hours by car on Christmas Eve to my parents house, and spent the next 4 days there. The journey itself was fine, he was young enough that he slept all the way (although he would go on to become a car seat hater!). Christmas day itself was incredibly overwhelming, LO was a tongue tied, colicky baby and cried ALL the time. However for me as a FTM it was kinda nice to have my mum around during this time, and she took LO for a few hours at 4am on Boxing Day just so DH and I could get some sleep.
Next time I am intending not to have a Christmas baby, and I look forward to a more relaxing pp recovery and bonding time with baby. But if I had to make the choice again I'm not sure I'd do it any differently - I adore Christmas and would have been sad to miss out. Definitely make the decision based on what you want and not to keep others happy!
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As much as I didn't want to, we drove our 2 week old to the ILs 3.5 hours away for Christmas. It turned out to not be that bad, but definitely took more than 4 hours to get there!
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@Adira: J was 8 days old at Christmas, anyone who wanted to visit was welcome but we made it clear we were going anywhere. I had just been released from the hospital 3 days prior.
My parents came, my brother and my great aunt. I was nursing every hour just about, so I'd go upstairs. Sometimes my mom kept me company. It was nice, very low key that year.
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@rachiecakes: I suspect that's how it will be for us this year! I just hope someone will come and bring me some food.
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