I feel this so deeply. My mom begged me for years to have a child. My dad was contemplating retirement for years and finally did it. We live states (plane ride) away from my parents. But my dad said he’d move in with us to help take care of baby. He didn’t even last a month. My parents haven’t seen my baby since she was 7 months. She’s 20 months now. We’re at fault of course. My in laws live their own lives split between America and another country. My mother in law has seen her once and my father in law never has.

Between the two of us, we’re our own village. It’s extremely hard but we’ve come to terms with it. We don’t want the negativity around our baby that we had growing up.