As a new mother, you will find yourself busy all the time. Here are a few tips to help you relax whenever possible. So that ask your family and friends to care your baby make a plan how can manage schedule “me time,” plan regular date nights, take short walks, utilize childcare services.
- Prop your baby up so that she can watch what is going on round her. She may be content to sit quietly if she can see you.
- Put a small clock somewhere close to your baby – the ticking may fascinate her, hopefully for quite sometimes.
- Provide a few toys for her to play with when she’s inside her cradle.
- Give your baby an old magazine so that she can look at the colourful pictures and scrunch up the paper.
- Play your baby soothing music or try turning on the radio – the sounds can often calm a baby if she’s bored.
- If your baby is fretful, remove her nappy and let her kick bare – bottomed in her cot for a while – this may help to quieten her.
- Try a baby bouncer which suspends your baby in a harness just off the ground.
- Start the washing machine and sit your baby in her baby seat in front of it. The sight and sound of the washing going round may soothe and amuse her, and you’ll be taking care of two jobs at once while you rest.
- Hang up a mobile for your baby to look at. You can buy one from the toy shop or make one yourself by suspending cotton-reels, balloons or balls of scrunched – up – silver foil from a hanger.
- Keep a set of small toys for special occasions. This way they will retain their novelty value for occasions when you are struggling to amuse your baby.
- Try putting her in a bouncing cradle with some interesting toys hung across the front.
- Make your own baby box. Put your baby in a sturdy cardboard box big enough to support her comfortably. Prop her up with a cushion and hand her a few of her favourite toys.
- Give your baby lots of attention just before leaving her – with any luck she will be glad of a rest, too!
- If you’re desperate for a new diversionary tactic, put your baby in front of the television for a bit – the moving images and sounds will keep her intrigued.
- Take your baby out in the pram for a ride around the building and let her look up at the leaves dancing on the trees.