Furious mum bans 'selfish' in-laws from seeing baby after they lied about Covid
A new mum has banned her husband's family from seeing her newborn baby after they lied to her about having Covid and put her little one's health at risk.
While many of us have ditched the face masks and social distancing is a thing of the past, Covid-19 has not gone away, and people in at-risk groups are still having to make sure they take appropriate safety measures when coming into contact with others who may be infected. One new mum has told her husband's family they're banned from seeing her daughter until she's at least six months old after they exposed her to the virus and gave her an upper respiratory infection following a recent visit.
The mum said she had no problem allowing her mother-in-law and sister-in-law to see the new arrival last week, but was shocked to find that just a few days later, the six-week-old tot fell ill. She was told by a doctor her baby had an upper respiratory infection, and the youngster was given an RSV vaccination.
Following this, the woman happened to overhear a conversation her husband was having with his mum in which she admitted both she and her daughter had been exposed to various illnesses - including Covid-19 - before they went to see the baby, and had failed to tell anyone about the risks they posed.
In a post on Reddit, the mum fumed: "She basically tells us that not only was she exposed to the flu by one of her clients [at work], but apparently my brother-in-law had Covid the week prior to them coming to see the baby. Neither of them told us this when making the decision to come meet our daughter.
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"In fact, I specifically asked them if either of them was sick [or had been] around anyone who was and they said no. So they lied to me about it and continued their facade while at my home because my husband's other sister called while they were at my home and I told her she couldn't come over because her daughter had the flu and I wasn't chancing it. They heard me say this on the phone and still made out like they hadn't been exposed to anything."
After hearing the news, the mum confronted her in-laws and told them they weren't welcome around her daughter for at least the next six months. But the decision has angered her husband, who branded her "selfish" for trying to "isolate him" from his family members.
She added: "I told them that neither of them was welcome here or around my daughter until she was 6-12 months old, if that, because they are selfish as f**k. My husband is absolutely p***ed right now. He says I'm going to isolate him and make him depressed, that he needs his family, and that I'm selfish to do this to him right before their big family holiday celebrations. I basically told him I didn't care. Our daughter not becoming sick is my top priority and his family doesn't give a f**k about that so they aren't going to be around her."
Commenters on the post were firmly on the mum's side, as many of them said exposing newborn babies to illnesses such as RSV can be dangerous to their health. One person wrote: "RSV is no joke for infants and you need to protect the baby's health," while another added: "A newborn around Covid?!?! Are these people insane?!?! Stand your ground."
According to the NHS, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) is common in children, and while it causes coughs and colds in older children and adults, it can cause bronchiolitis in children under the age of two. Bronchiolitis is a common chest infection, and although it's usually mild, it can be serious.
The NHS website states you should call 999 or go to A&E if your child is having difficulty breathing, if there are pauses when your child breathes, if your child's skin, tongue or lips are blue, or if your child is "floppy and will not wake up or stay awake". You may need to seek an urgent GP appointment or call 111 if your child has a cold that's getting worse, is feeding or eating much less than normal, feels hotter than usual when you touch their back, or has had a dry nappy for 12 hours or more.
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