COVID Diagreement - Need Advice
I’m very cautious and have been since finding out I’m pregnant. My husband thinks it’s all a joke and only wears a face mask when he’s required. Wants to go out all the time, have people over, travel, etc. Now that we’re close to baby’s arrival I’m concerned with visitors around our newborn. At our initial pediatrician visit I asked his recommendations. He said he feels comfortable with immediate family who lives local visiting for short periods as long as they are healthy, have gotten flu vaccine/tdap, and wear a mask (as these people practice safety precautions and are around me regularly now). He said as for out of town visitors he highly advises them not to visit for 2 months at minimum.
The issue is that my family is local and husbands family lives across the country and would need to travel by plane to visit. Husband says he disagrees with doctor and says he’s just required to say that and his family will be visiting ASAP. I flat out said they cannot stay with us as I’m going to be recovering and not up to house guests, he said that’s fine they’ll get a hotel. He says plane travel is safe and he’s not keeping his family away from the baby. He also doesn’t like vaccines and said he won’t be getting flu or tdap despite OB and pediatrician recommending it.
I fully get were 50/50 parents and I can’t be a dictator but I feel like his opinion doesn’t carry more weight than the CDC or our pediatrician. Not sure how to handle this. My plan as of now is to tell his family what the doctor said and hope they adhere, and also hope that once he sees the baby his parenting protective instincts will kick in and he’ll be more apt to agree. Advise??
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