“For the first three months, the best thing is to keep the baby home and recover and bond with it.”
Growing up, we used to laugh at people who did that, mostly in the context of attending church.
It was funny, too, that the kids who weren’t brought to church when infants were ill ALL THE TIME. It seemed to help with natural immunity to be exposed to others at that age.
I was born on a Saturday, and in Prayer Meeting four days later. Ditto for my siblings. We never got colds, flu, etc.
I also know someone whose infant baby died because of being exposed to someone who was sick.
By 3 months, OK. But the first month or so, I think it’s better for everyone to recover.
Scripture seems to bear that out with the minimum of the 40 day recovery period for a woman having had a baby.
The immune system is like a muscle: Use it, or lose it!