It's too soon for a baby tour...

Now that baby had seen the doctor and was doing well, other than the weight gain, we decided to take him on a tour. He was only 7 days old. I thought it was way too soon. But the pediatrician at the hospital said that there was no reason to keep a baby inside. She said to avoid crowded places like a mall where a lot of people may be in contact with the baby but there was no reason to isolate him.

I wanted to get out of the house too. I felt so blah because of the lack of sleep. I wasn't eating well and it was hard for me to find time to shower. So I thought that getting out of the house would be good for me.

We bundled him up and hopped in the car. The first stop on the tour was my in-laws house. They hadn't really been by to visit because they live about 45 minutes away. They weren't expecting us so we when we got there, we put the baby in his carseat on the doorstep, rang the bell and hid off to the side. The baby was sleeping so he had no idea that he was helping us with a practical joke. My in-laws opened the door to see a baby on their doorstep. The look on their faces was priceless.

We piled into the house and visited for a while. They took turns holding him while he slept. He slept the entire time. I don't think they had ever seen him with his eyes open because he slept all the time at the hospital when they were visiting there. It was nice to be there with them. They had 4 other grandchildren so they were used to babies. They offered to watch him while my husband and I napped but I was ready to move on to our next stop.

We got back in the car and ended up at my mother's work. She didn't know we were coming either. If she knew were even thinking about taking the baby out, she would have freaked out. So we surprised her. She was able to show off her new grandbaby to all of her co-workers. He is her first grandchild. We fed the baby and he slept some more. Then we said our good-byes and headed home.

We had been gone for about 3 hours but it felt like an all day road trip. I was exhausted. I was still recovering and found that the getting ready, the driving, the visiting were a little much. But it was good to be part of the real world and not be isolated to my living room. The baby slept. He had no idea that he had just been on a tour.