Us alone with baby. Any suggestions?

Question

Okay so this our second pregnancy. I was thinking once baby is born, I'd like it for it just to be me, hubby, and first born that is 4yrs old in the room alone at first. I would like someone in there with us as well to take photos/video but would hate to leave anyone feeling left out.  Any suggestions?

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We did this, and were really clear. It was really generous of my in laws, who looked after number 1 while I had no 2, to stand back, and hand her over to my DH, and then they waited for almost an hour to meet our new son. 
We just told them that Miss 2 needed to feel like she was really important, and that we thought she would really like to introduce her new brother to her grandparents. Which would have been fine if she could have pronounced 'Nathaniel'!! 
They were fine with it... I think it's pretty common! Good luck!

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I plan to ask that no one visit us in the hospital. We lived across the country last time and it was SO NICE being by ourselves. If you plan to BF, your boobs are hanging out 90% of the time anyway while you and baby are trying to get the hang of breastfeeding. If you want someone there to take pictures, be clear and honest "we want everyone to wait X amount of time so we can have some bonding time as a family. So and so wil come in for a few moments to take pictures and then leave. Thank you for understanding."

Us alone with baby. Any suggestions?

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