Posts filed under 'Caring for the New Mom'
Having a new baby doesn’t give you much time to do anything for yourself, especially for the first few months!
However, when you can sneak a few moments we would suggest you try the Paris Luxury Spa Gift Set and pamper yourself in the luxury of bath bubbles, body lotion and even a candle to light and relax with!
Not only will mom be relaxed but this will help the new baby too!!! When Mom feels good it is sure to be passed on when caring for the new little one.
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January 17th, 2007
When the work load gets particularly heavy, and for new moms that is a given, there is comfort to be found in making a list of the duties to be performed. The advantages of writing down one’s responsibilities are threefold: (1)You know your aren’t going to forget anything. (2) You can guarantee that the most important jobs will get done first. Thus, if you don’t get finished by the end of the day, you will have a least done the items that were most critical. (3) The tasks are crossed off the list as they are completed, leaving a record of what has been accomplished.
(sc) contributing editor for Browneyedbabyboutique
November 7th, 2006
I was terrified of making a mistake in raising our babies. I read everything I could, talked with other mothers, including my own, and then found out much later, that mistakes are part of growing. I even found that I didn’t need to feel guilty about the wrong choices or the wrong decisions I’d made. In fact, around the age of forty, I learned that it was all right to experience failures and that to “blow it” with your children or your mate was pretty routine stuff.
So mom, just relax, do the best you can, and love those babies everyday and it will all come out in the wash. Ask me, I have four beautiful daughters and they grew up into wonderful women in spite of the mistakes!!
(sc) contributing editor for Browneyedbabyboutique
November 2nd, 2006
Whenever a mom welcomes a new baby into her home and heart, we know the baby gets most of the attention. However, did you ever think about caring for the New Mom?
Providing meals that are home cooked and spaced over a two week period can be a real help to the new mother. What an encouragement, after nights of no sleep and the ever changing and feeding of the newborn, that mom can just go out into the kitchen and warm a hearty meal provided by someone who really cares! And what a blessing for those who prepare the meals, as they share in this blessed time.
The new mother will appreciate your thoughtfulness and its one of the best ways to be supportive during these first few weeks of adjusting to the new little one.
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October 23rd, 2006
So often when you become a new mom, anxieties with the new little one in the home, lack of sleep, and a total redo of your usual schedule can lead to an overwhelming feeling of stress.
We are becoming a nation of people who do not cry. The price for these repressed emotions, is an early death.
The experts report that a good cry can:
Help you rid your body of harful chemical by-products of stress.
Give your vascular circulatory, respiratory and nervous system a work out.
Provide psychological relief.
Relieve tensions.
So moms, let your tears spill out. Don’t believe those false comforters who try to hush you up. Express your feelings.
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October 12th, 2006
Sometimes, the mid-life woman, who is sensing that she is losing her mothering role will decide to have a baby. This may sound very exciting as a dream, but there are a lot of other factors to consider, even as simple as energy level. Can she really stand going all night without sleep? One forty-year-old mother put it, “Baby care suits a once-a-week grandmotherly schedule better than every day and every hour.”
Many a young woman has enjoyed the good, warm feelings when her children called her “Mommy.” there is something special about being first in a child’s vocabulary, but as her children grow older, and start calling her “Mom,” she may sense her role is slipping away. With the change of her name there is the unspoken question of how long will it be before she is called mother-in-law and grandmother?
So, by the time the average mid-life woman reaches her late thirties or early forties, she is already becoming painfully aware that her teenagers don’t want to be mothered. That is the reason for some woman to have a baby in mid-life.
One thought here for mid-life woman, your primary mothering is extended about another tweleve years.
Now, if you choose to have another little one, let us at Brown Eyed Baby Boutique stand with you and help provide all the needs you might have, such as diaper bags, baby memory books, baby clothes and etc.
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October 11th, 2006
Often after the birth of your new baby there may be times of depression. This is usually chemical and will pass. However, if the depression last longer then you expect it to you may want to look for the following signs.
1. Have you been feeling sad, blue, hopeless, down in the dumps for more than two weeks?
2. Have your eating habits recently changed drastically?
3. Do you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep?
4. Do you feel fatiqued, run down, without your usual energy, and there are no clear reasons for this fatique?
5. Do you have diffficulty concentrating or making decisions?
6. Are you reeling jumpy, unable to sit still?
7. Are you more irritable, easily annoyed, and do you experience a great deal more anger?
8. Do you feel extremely discouraged and pessimistic about most things?
9. Do you feel guilty and worthless?
10. Do you have new stomach and abdominal pains or severe headache or backache with no medical explanation?
As you read through this list, you probably easily identified one or several symptoms that are current in your life.
Evaluate your own feelings, and seek help if you need it. The key concept is in item number one—have you felt this way for more than two weeks? If so you may have depression and can get medical help to overcome this.
(sc) contributing editor for BrownEyedBabyBoutique
October 10th, 2006
