How To Survive the First Weeks of Motherhood Idaho

Time.

You can never have enough. Let friends and family leave voice messages instead of answering every call. You can always call them back; the truth is, most people are very understanding and know that your time is no longer yours!

The same goes for visitors. You can let guests know you won't be available before a certain time daily. I simply did not answer the door before midday in those first weeks. My reasons were pretty valid. I wanted to have my baby to myself by spending those precious first hours of the day with him. Your baby is brand new and learning about you as you learn about him or her. Another reason was that even after having a baby I still did not want anyone seeing me looking scruffy or my home untidy.

By having a start off point for phone-calls and guests, you have the advantage of not feeling that life is spinning out of control as you have your feet firmly on the ground before you join the rest of the world!

Rest.

Your baby is probably yet to develop a pattern. You'll have to learn with her by sleeping when she does. The result: you get some well needed rest! Don't be tempted to catch up on housework when baby is asleep. There is no telling how long you'll be up tonight, so make the most of now!

Accept all offers of help.

Everyone says to you: "Just let me know what you need and I'll be there." Now is the time to take up those offers of help. Ask friends to run by the store to pick up items you might need like fruit, bread, milk. Ask another while visiting to make you some sandwiches to store in the refrigerator. These will come in handy as you need to eat regularly, but you have less time and energy to prepare meals. When close friends or family visit, tell them to grab the vacuum cleaner and kindly run through the house with it. And while you're at it, get them to do the dishes. You will need extra help especially if you had a Cesarean section like I did with my first son. ...

Click here to read the rest of the article at HowToDoThings.com

Author: Toks Aruoture