What things can you ask postpartum visits to be bearable? We give you three ideas I'm sure they will be more useful to you than many cachivaches with which they can appear.
Arriving home is the time when the phone starts ringing and friends and family want to come to meet your son, although, it is drawer, the child does not need to know anyone at this time other than his mother and father . But since they can't always be avoided, ask postpartum visits for things that will really help you. There is a way to make them useful.
You leave the clinic and arrive home. Normally exhausted, sometimes with points, maybe emotionally overwhelmed. You need to be with your baby, breastfeed or feed, if necessary, with a bottle as close as possible.
In the puerperium you are in need of care, tired, with the emotions to the surface and eager to enjoy the bond of falling in love with your baby. But visitors are willing to appear with gifts, to catch the little one and perhaps, make you dizzy with advice and forcing you to be half-arranged and attending to them.
Here are three ideas of things you can ask for visits in your postpartum, which will help you make these days easier for everyone.
Respect your child's schedules and routines
It is almost a joke. A newborn has no schedules. He will eat and sleep at his own pace and possibly the one that needs schedules is you. As your schedules will depend on the child's needs and these are unpredictable, it is convenient to clarify: visit must adapt to the schedules and routines that your child marks.
You need to rest and your rest schedules are what the baby has. When the child falls asleep it is possible for you to fire them and go to bed, even if they have arrived five minutes ago.
In addition, if the child shows any disagreement you will also withdraw, in addition to doing so for the shots or the bottles if you feel that you are both more comfortable in solitude. No negotiation, no criticism. Be assertive, inform, do not ask permission.
Food
Well, yes. You need food. Go shopping and prepare food, even if your partner is at home, it is something for which you have little time. You are going to be focused on the baby and he on groceries.
So a wonderful visit is the one I arrived with a load of fresh food, a basket of organic fruits and vegetables for example.
And better, come with a good pile of delicious cooked food tarteras: cooked, lasagna, lentils, meatballs, ratatouille, marmitako, broth, stew, grouper in sauce, gazpacho, potato omelette, spinach sautéed with ham and raisins, stuffed zucchini ...
Rich and appetizing meal, freshly made, in ready-to-freeze cakes if necessary and in individual portions. Buy lunchboxes too. I assure you that a week without having to worry more than warming the dish of the day is appreciated, and much.
Housework
Another gift that visitors can bring is be willing to roll up your sleeves and do housework. Do not take the child or want to feed him, unless you really need that, no.
What is really going to help you is that they take their dirty clothes and return them washed, ironed and folded. Or to ask you what time you want them to clean the house or take care of errands that are necessary.
Sincerely, most of postpartum visits who do not meet the first point and are not willing to collaborate on the other two, they can wait. Your son will thank you and you sure too.
