Limiting visitors

Ashley • 36yo💍💙👼🏼💙👼🏼👼🏼💗🤰🏻

I’m looking for advice to see what others think about a text I’m about to send out to family members. I’m not so concerned about my family, but my in laws!! They like to make coming over a big to do and come in herds of people, they like to hug (I’m not a touchy/feely person) and kiss my kids! It’s annoying. And you have to spell everything out to them and then only then you hope that they understand. I personally don’t even want them over for a while, but I can’t tell them no they can’t come see the baby and let my family. So, I have a text ready to send out to BOTH sides and wonder what everyone thinks. Should I change anything? I want to get my point across without sounding like such a horrible person, but I also have babies to protect!! We have a soon to be 2 year old also.

Our families are down the middle on vaccination status, so this isn’t about that. As we would not request someone to vaccinate In order to see the baby since vaccinated can still spread COVID. So please don’t bring that part of it into this.

I should add that immediate family includes our siblings with their spouses (none of them have children) and grandparents.

Here’s what I have:

Hi!!! We just wanted to give an update on the upcoming months. Due to COVID, the hospital is currently only allowing one support person/visitor for our entire stay. This has to be the same person the entire time. Meaning, there can be no visitors when the baby is born per hospital rules.

With that being said, we are also trying to limit the traffic in and out of our house for the first few weeks as we get adjusted to life as a family with a newborn and toddler during a pandemic. We are limiting visitors to immediate family only for now. We also ask that you come with no more than 2 people at a time and if you’re feeling the slightest unwell that you hold off on visiting. I personally will not be hugging anyone hello or goodbye for a while to keep myself well for our children and please refrain from kissing the babies. This is a nerve wracking time to raise babies and we hope that you all understand the reason behind our requests.