I don’t understand her reasoning for this.
We have a 2.5-year-old and live far away from both my parents and in-laws. I’m expecting baby number two in March. Initially, both sets of grandparents offered to fly out and watch our toddler when the new baby comes; we ended up agreeing to my parents making the trip. My parents, especially my mom, are highly anxious generally, and both of them are vaccinated and boosted, and we live somewhere that takes COVID precautions very seriously.
Today, when I called my mom for a regular catch-up, she was very upset and said they had come to the conclusion they could no longer come visit due to omicron. She said her doctors have told her she is likely to get very sick if she gets COVID. She does have a form of diabetes, but she has had this for some time , and her condition has not changed recently. I understand that she is in a higher risk group, but this information is not new, and we made these plans over five months ago.
Now we have five weeks before my induction date and are extremely stressed and scrambling to find help. Anyone in the family who’d be in a position to would need to fly, and it’s even hard to find a paid person on such short notice. I am so hurt and angry. Their decision is not rooted in a basis I can understand.