https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:50:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851429 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 02:26:17 +0000 Boogs 1851429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way too many. Hoping for far less this time and plan to be stricter about visits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851211 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:59:22 +0000 sorrycharlie 1851211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>way too many in the hospital. it was overwhelming and kind of miserable. I was exhausted and in pain!</p> <p>my entire family, and his, is within driving distance (most 15 min, farthest 45) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851209 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:56:37 +0000 Mae 1851209@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, too many. I tried to set up boundaries and not let so many people come over but I was sort of overruled. It was incredibly stressful. Next time (if there is a next time) I will hold firm that no one can come the first month except my parents and dh's mom. Everyone else can just wait. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851190 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:19:30 +0000 bhbee 1851190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had 1 maybe, plus my mom (who came and stayed the week DH went back to work after he took 2 weeks off). Dh's parent came right after 1mo I think. We had set those plans with family since they had to fly in. We really liked having our own bubble to live in at first.<br /> This time will be totally different with entertaining a toddler! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851187 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:14:37 +0000 fairy 1851187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not too many, about 10 people total. We live in a different state than our families and most friends. I enjoyed the company! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851173 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 17:01:50 +0000 bushelandapeck 1851173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a lot of visitors in the hospital with DS. It was overwhelming, honestly. I'm planning to limit it a lot this time and ask people to visit us at home once we are settled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851171 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:58:53 +0000 sunny 1851171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a few. I honestly didn't mind the company because I didn't feel up for going out until 6-8 weeks. Some people brought food or made a trip to the grocery store for us so that was great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851153 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 16:37:18 +0000 Boheme 1851153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I didn't want any, so we told people no unless we knew they'd make it short and sweet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1851002 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:36:50 +0000 Weagle 1851002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had about a month's worth! We don't live near any family, so they all came for fairly significant stays within the first month. It will happen again this time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850972 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:24:30 +0000 Bubbles 1850972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes lots, and I felt very overwhelmed, DS was a pretty difficult baby. My ILs had a family Christmas party that they were insistent we attend - 48 hours after I gave birth! They all meant well but next time I will have some ground rules - no long visits (like more than an hour) for at least the first few days so we can have some bonding time as a family. And no one comes round without bringing food or doing a chore around the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850954 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:17:32 +0000 birdofafeather 1850954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah, but it never felt like too many! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850945 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:14:22 +0000 MapleMoose 1850945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gosh yes. It became overwhelming, especially becausewe were ytrying to work on difficult breastfeeding issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850913 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:53:17 +0000 Ocean girl 1850913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many... My parents, my IL's, SIL and her partner, BIL, other SIL &amp; her hubby. None of our immediate family lives in our province.<br /> We also had lots of people come for afternoon/evening visits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850903 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:48:43 +0000 looch 1850903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, hardly any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850896 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:44:40 +0000 NeekieRose 1850896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So many! But most were invited. My mom stayed at the house for 10 days then DH's aunt came for 2-3 days (this I could have done without), then about 10 days later we had a packed house (grandma, grandpa, mom, sister, brother-in-law) all come for Thanksgiving and DD's baptism. We also had a number of visitors come by for short (couple hour) visits. It wasn't that big of a deal. DD was (is) an amazingly good baby and my c-section recovery was super easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850889 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:40:27 +0000 Adira 1850889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of our family is fairly local (within a two hour drive), so we luckily didn't have anyone stay over. We did have visitors every weekend though for that first month and multiple times during the week in the evenings. It was a bit much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-lot-of-visitors-in-the-first-month#post-1850870 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:23:57 +0000 autumnlove 1850870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 1- I had a ton of visitors and I didn't mind except when my parents stayed for a week. I get really sarcastic and evil after a day or two around them. :P</p> <p>LO 2- Didn't have many visitors...wish I had more! :) </p>