How soon can I hold my son?

tcbgirl · April 7, 2009

Here is my dilemma:

My surgery date has been postpone due to my sinus infection. It is supposed to be today but the doctor moved it to April 21st. I have 3 little boys at home ages 4, 3 and 15 months. I had rearranged for my sister and my mom to help out with the kids for 2 weeks. Since the doctor moved my date, now only my mom can help out since my sister has to work. My question is I am afraid my mother cannot handle all 3 boys at the same time, so I want to know is after a week can I hold my 15 month old (he is very attached to me and will not let his daddy hold him much).

I have no other family around since all of mine and my husband are 10,000 miles away.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks,

gamyj · April 7, 2009

hi congrats on ur surgery. I have a 20 month old son. i am 17 days out from surgery and i was unable to hold or pick the baby up until a few days ago. I know im not supposed to pick him up yet, but my hubby is back to work and im on my own. I do try to get the baby to climb on his own as much as i can. Id suggest u get as much help as u can for the first few weeks, and then after that u should be ok. Your energy may be lagging tho too.

I wish u lots of luck! keep me posted!

amy

mzmouse · April 7, 2009

My doctor told me nothing over 15 pounds for two weeks. I have a four year old, so it was pretty easy to get her to help me out.

tcbgirl · April 7, 2009

Thank you for letting me know your experience. I am going to try to plan it out and see what is best. May be, I'll keep my first 2 and let my husband take a few days off and let my mom watch my little one for me. Knowing her, she is probably going to takecare all of them.

mzmouse - my doctor did not even mentioned about the weight limit. thanks for letting me know.

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again