Stock up on freezer meals
Starting about two weeks before your due date, spend some time cooking a few meals per day and freezing them. If you cook a few meals per day, you could have close to two weeks of healthy meals and dinners prepared before the baby arrives. This way you will avoid eating unhealthy fast food and also save tons of money from ordering out each night. If you go into labor early or aren’t a huge fan of cooking, as your friends and family to pitch in and bring meals when they visit!
These are just a few tips that will help you survive those first few weeks with your new addition without feeling like you’ve completely lost all sorts of normal’ in your life.
Split Parental Duties
Don’t forget to lean on your partner to help care for your newborn baby. Sure, you may feel like you want to do it all, but that’s just not the reality of the situation. If you try to do it all, you’re going to burn out! Some couples will agree to let their partner change every diaper at home, to give mom a rest and take one thing off of her plate. You may have carried and given birth to your baby, but your partner is just as much their parent as you are! Also, this allows you some time to rest, possibly take a nap, shower, brush your teeth or take a trip to target! Talk about splitting parental duties before the baby arrives so expectations will be clear from the beginning.
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