Aug
31
New Mommy Time Savers
As a new mommy, I find myself with less time than ever to get done the things I used to take for granted. Here are a few things I’ve done (or resorted to, as the case may be):
- Eating yogurt while showering.
- Using the restroom with a sleeping baby on my shoulder. This requires keeping one hand on baby the entire time while utilizing the other to get pants up and down, wipe, get back up, then wash one hand WITH one hand, switching hands to keep baby steadied on shoulder and wash other hand. DO NOT FLUSH so as not to wake baby.
- Doing all computer interactions on iphone. This includes emailing, facebooking, looking things up on internet search engines like “why won’t my baby nap in her crib,” etc.
- While feeding my daughter with a bottle, using my mouth as a suction cup on the bottom of the bottle to keep it in place while using one hand to open a door or turn on the dish washer, and so on.
- Eating only foods that require one hand such as sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, hot pockets, etc. Note: take care to sweep any crumbs from said foods off of baby.
Ha! When I was still nursing, I did the whole bathroom routine without stopping her meal, its amazing how well we adapt. Too bad dads don’t. “HONEY, I have the baby on my lap, can you grab the remote for me?” while said remote is just about 6 inches out of his reach….
posted on 10:36 am on 8/31/09I like the shower multi-tasking! Aside from the usual juggling acts, I have resorted to using side-lying nursing while returning e-mails or Facebooking. This is after I SWORE to myself (when she was 1 week old) that I would only gaze lovingly at her or speak soothingly to her as she nursed. According to the 2 month ago me, it would be practically blasphemous to multi-task while nursing… 9 weeks later, I find myself attempting to prop the laptop on the Boppie while she eats because I crave adult interaction… maybe I should get an iphone…
posted on 11:52 am on 8/31/09