Being a new mom is a love/hate relationship, you love your new baby you are really happy,
but you are also sleep deprived, sore, and just not happy about things at the same time.
There are ways to make this time less stressful with some careful planning you can make the first 6 weeks of being a mom a breeze.
All the other moms will be jealous and its up to you to inform other moms of what you learned here today!
Do you know you can plan the postpartum time period?
One of my prenatals goes all over the fourth trimester. The ones not many talk about, it is coming up more in conversation though. So maybe you already heard it!
I am going to give you some tips that might help and it’s your job to start
planning them out now! Here are a few ways to help a new mom.
(Either get help or help another woman out)
1. Sleep. If there is any way to get mom to get some sleep, you can tell her you will watch the baby. Just allow her some time to get some well-deserved and needed rest.
2. Food. Do you like to eat? So do new families! Sometimes it’s harder to get the required healthy food if you are caring for a new little one with breastfeeding, diapers and trying to keep sleep and life moving.
3. Pictures. Of course, I am the type to ask before taking pictures but try to snap a few in the moment. You only live once, and these days are numbered before long they grow. And it goes so fast!
4. Laundry. Do you do laundry? Well, a new momma might need some help. Cleaning all the baby’s clothes because she changed the baby like 4-5 times a day because of little fun surprises in diapers that went elsewhere. Blankets and other things might need washing.
5. Clean. Cleaning is something a new mother might be worrying about. Maybe while she is taking care of the baby do something small by helping around the house washing some dishes or cleaning the table off. Just little things might make a new mother very happy.
6. BONUS: Sometimes you don’t have time to sit there for hours helping. That is okay. There is someone who does that as a job. You could chip in to help for a Postpartum doula in the area to help with things around the house and baby so parents can sleep.
