Kev,

This is time for you to stand up and be your wife's protector. She will need the same peace and quiet as you. Set a hard rule of No visits without prior notice. Your wife will be recovering from "Major Surgery". Been there, done that, Three times. Neither of you will be getting enough sleep because of the baby. You will become cognitively challenged by the stress. She will just be exhausted.

btw, She should stay in the hospital as long as allowed by insurance. That way, visiting hours and rules will be easier to enforce.

This is a valuable and special time for you and your wife to spend with just your baby. Friends and family will have plenty of time when the baby is older and more interactive with others. Cameo visits should be the rule.

Grandmothers can be used so Mom can get some sleep. That should be the priority.

Rehearse saying "It is time for 'mommy' to take a nap. Everybody needs to leave except grandmother if she wants to sit quietly with the baby." Or something like that.

If friends and family want to stay around, cue up the "You Look Great" video series on YouTube and require that they watch all 6 segments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xso...ature=youtu.be

Also, show them the web page at http://www.brainline.org/content/201...u-to-know.html

This can be an exciting and enjoyable time if you take control. If you lose control, you will both end up exhausted beyond reason.

So, enjoy it.