Coping,With,The,Stress,Being,S family Coping With The Stress Of Being A Stay At Home Mom
Raising a family can be challenging and stressful at times. However, the common goals and emotional, financial, and physical investments made can be a common bond between husband and wife. One that compliments their marriage relationship.Of A lot of women avoid wearing nice clothes when they getpregnant because they believe that they look fat or ugly. You know that theresnothing more beautiful than a pregnant woman glowing and smiling, so youshouldnt hide your body during p
Firstthings first,being able to take on the role of a stay at home mom isnot an easy or simple decision to take. Apart from the obvious andworrying loss of income if you were previously part of the workplace,you should be under no illusions it is very hard work and you areon call 24 hours a day.Anew baby needs almost constant care; if you are not feeding it seemsyou are changing, if you are not changing it seems you are bathing. When that is done there is nursing baby to sleep, or maybe playtimebefore that. Of course when you eventually get the baby off tosleep you can have a couple of hours to yourself. Think again,there is lots and lots more to be done. Laundry, groceries, bills tobe paid, cleaning the house, family dinner to be prepared and cooked,to name but a few.Sohow do we relieve the stress of the stay at home mom? First of allyou must get yourself organized. Write down everything that needs tobe done on a day to day basis and don't leave anything out. Even thesmallest of tasks take time and every minute counts. When that isdone prioritize everything, meaning re-write your list in order ofimportance. The top item on your list is the first to get done whenthe little one has a morning snooze. Next on the list gets doneduring the afternoon nap. And so it continues until you get to thebottom of the list. Now don't be alarmed when you don't get to theend of it, if something is not done then look upon it as not being apriority, and there is always another day. No-one expects a new momto always be on top of everything so you shouldn't expect it ofyourself. But do try to eat!Anotherthing that can help enormously is to have the nursery very well setup. Having a place for everything and everything in its place willreally help. Have a good nursery chair or rocker to enable you tobe comfortable when working with your baby. For example one withhandy pockets for baby things or magazines will make life mucheasier for you. A good baby changing station is a must.http://Youwill find that good time management will become your new best friendand once you get used to your new routine life will be much lessstressful. Also be prepared to make compromises; for example whenbaby decides to not have an afternoon nap so the laundry doesn't getdone as expected, don't stress yourself about it. There's nothingto be done about these times and anyway, the laundry can get donelater.Timemanagement is the most useful skill in being a stay at home mom. Sometimes this requires dinner to be prepared and in the oven duringthe babys afternoon nap at 1:00 pm and then reheated when thefamily is ready to eat. It may become the norm for laundry to be inthe washer at 4:00 am after babys early morning feeding when itsjust too late for mom to go back to sleep. Compromises are madeevery day but the most important thing is to eliminate as much stressover the everyday tasks as possible. Nowall you have to do is find some time for yourself. No matter howlittle, it is important to relax at some stage of the day. Sooccasionally don't cook dinner, get a home delivery instead. Don'tdo the laundry today, have a nap instead. The point is, to relievethe stress you must have some me time, and the rest of thefamily must be made to understand this. Don't forget that very soonyour brand new baby will be sleeping more and crying less, it willget better.
Coping,With,The,Stress,Being,S