Am I being overprotective??

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I am currently 31+5 and I am due July 27th. My husband seems to think I am being over protective over our baby because I don’t want to bring him to his family reunion in mid September. It’s like a 2 1/2 hour drive from where we live, and it’s always so so hot outside since we live in MS. We got in a whole argument about that because his grandpa said he expects us to be there with our baby... I told him his grandpa was trippin if he thinks I’m bringing my brand new baby to be passed around people we see once a year... especially since I’m going to be breast feeding and I would rather not feel super uncomfortable while doing so.
Also, we got invited to go to Disney World in mid November with some friends and my husband is mad that I don’t want to go. I told him our baby is too small to be wheeled around DW with all these random people and their nasty germs. I already stress out at Disney as is. I can only imagine going with an infant. My husband says our baby cant live in a bubble forever...
Am I being over protective or irrational?

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Yeah, a little. I mean don’t give your baby to people who are obviously sick but you are going to have to live a life with this baby. And baby is going to have to meet the family. By two and a half months, baby will have had shots and many babies are in daycare by now. As far as Disney World, the same applies. Baby won’t be touched by most of those people. 
Now, you do need to set some privacy expectations for baby to nurse and have a nap at both locations. But you can travel. You can’t hide out forever.

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Girl Disney stresses the $!%& outta me too! Lol. I would not take a newborn there. Too long of a day and way too crowded! 
As for the family reunion... i just think you're already going to be tired taking care of newborn and going on long stressful trips at that time just isnt ideal. When my sis in law had her baby it took her awhile to come to our place and we live 10 min away! And they used to come over every Sunday for dinner before. It didnt upset us at all that she needed her time to recover, bond and do all she needed to feel comfortable coming over. We completely understood. 
I agree your husband is probably just excited to show off baby. But I think once baby is here he will realize its not so easy to just pack up and go somewhere all the time. And some of his protectiveness will probably kick in once baby is here and he'll get it.

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While I don't think you're being unreasonable, I also think that keeping yourself and your baby locked away all summer and fall will definitely lead to PPD. You can set boundaries of who holds your baby and if anyone says anything, just say you know what's best for your baby.

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I would say the family reunion would be ok but no way on the Disney.

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I think not wanting to do Disney World is perfectly reasonable, but I think not going to the reunion is a little extreme. I think it’s fine to have rules about the trip, and to make sure there’s somewhere you can comfortably nurse the little one, but I think taking reasonable precautions you’ll be fine at the reunion.

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I think taking the baby to Disney is a bad idea but the family reunion would be fine. Obviously, it's a personal preference for everyone but I took my daughter to our family Christmas party when she was just over a month old and had just gotten out of the NICU. There was no reason to keep her from family and I was breast feeding at the time as well. I think you might be a little over protective but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I do think you need to compromise with your husband though. After all, it's his baby too and he has just as much right to make those decisions as you do.

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This is my second but I’d definitely go to the family reunion but I’d baby wear and wouldn’t las her/him around. 2 months isn’t a new born and at two months baby will have first set of shots. 
Disney would be a no from me though.

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You’re going to be too tired ! I’m sure sure you’re husband will see once your baby is actually here !

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I would go to both :) And my son loved being around people from young age so he would enjoy it even though just a couple of months old.

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Oh no! I would not be taking my newborn around a large group of people. I plan on posting this sign on her bucket seat when I finally take her to church. It may look small in this picture, but it’s a pretty good size. A family reunion would be difficult, because everybody wants to hold the brand new baby. I wouldn’t chance it.

Am I being overprotective??

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