There is no universal guide on how to manage this beautiful but at the same time challenging period. We have some basic advice for you, which we have collected from mothers.
Each of us is different, each baby is different, and so is each postpartum period. We bring you some useful advice that is useful for every new mother. What exactly is six months? It's the six weeks after giving birth when your body is putting itself back together and you're getting used to your baby. If you are a first-time mother, you are learning how to care for a baby. The basic advice is, sleep when your baby sleeps. It sounds like a cliché, but it's priceless advice. You never know when the moment will come when the baby starts crying and does not want to sleep. When the baby falls asleep and you finally feel free, you want to do a lot of things that you can't do with a little bundle in your arms. Believe that when you comfort your crying child at three in the morning, you will bitterly regret that you watched TV series, ironed, cooked or cleaned in the evening when he fell asleep.
Another piece of advice is related to this: keep cooked food in the freezer, arrange with the family to provide food for you, or tell each visitor that instead of unnecessary gifts for the baby, they should bring a portion of food for the mother. And what gets you back on your feet the best? Strong broth! If possible, ask your partner to do the cleaning and shopping these days. Alternatively, do your shopping online.
Maybe you're running a business, or you're planning to start working right away. Our advice is: work will wait, seriously! The world won't fall apart in 6 weeks, but you and your baby won't get that time back. It is a period of regeneration and getting used to the baby, and it is essential. So make an agreement at work that for the first 6 weeks you will only be on reception for really necessary cases.
Even if you are 100% busy taking care of your baby, changing it, nursing it, rocking it and putting it to sleep, don't forget to take care of yourself. Follow the hygiene recommendations given to you at the maternity hospital. Shower regularly, do the exercises they recommended, or take care of your scars. Eat regularly and in a balanced way and, above all, drink a lot. If you are breastfeeding, you should drink about 3 liters of fluids a day. It is not for nothing that they say that first you have to take care of yourself, and then you can take care of the child. If at all possible, try to rest and enjoy this period, it will never come back and you will remember it for a long time. Babies grow really fast and in 6 weeks you will wonder where your little baby has gone.
