Time management basics for moms: how to keep up with your baby?

The fact that a dad cannot be a mom was noticed by the legendary Mikhail Tanich in his famous song. But the fact that it is a mother who can do anything, any woman who has a child will say. Especially hard she has to be torn to pieces in the first months after the birth of the baby. How to keep up with your child and how time management will help, this article will tell you.

To do everything with a baby is not just difficult - it is impossible in principle. But it is quite possible to reduce the time spent on doing certain things. And this applies not only to those women on whose hands newborns.

The popular "tomato method", when a person starts a timer for 25 minutes and spends them exclusively on a particular task, will not suit them. For mothers in these same 25 minutes, what will not happen! The kid will suddenly wake up, want to eat, guests or parents will come, the husband will return from work. But, oddly enough, even such problems can be planned.

As a reward you will receive:

• time for yourself: rest, hair, manicure, massage, relaxing bath;
• a strong nervous system: I didn't have time here, I was late there - this is no longer about you, because a woman using time management has everything under control;
• healthy sleep: surprisingly enough, there will also be time for it;
• a full bowl: the refrigerator will be packed to capacity, order will come at home, the child and husband will be fed and happy.

It is important for women not only to draw up a plan, but also to leave time in it for all sorts of pleasant and not so unexpected surprises. The rules for scheduling the day are very simple.

• Don't include more than you are capable of doing. On the contrary, narrow down the list of queries to yourself.
• Leave time for things that cannot be predicted in advance. Teeth got in, colic in the tummy, too long a queue at the clinic, a broken pipe in the bathroom, the appearance of the first scratch in the baby - you should have time for all this.

On the playground, ask a mother who walks with two or even three small children how she does everything. She will answer that it was more difficult with the first one, and this is true. It is important for housewives to be able to properly allocate their time and energy. With experience it will certainly come. But it would be nice not to drive yourself into a corner of everyday problems from the very beginning. Of course, it is even more difficult for working mothers, but they often have nannies and other house helpers at their disposal. So this is a slightly different case.

But even if you do not have time, do not be discouraged, you are already a great fellow. Set aside such "fine" little things as washing windows and painting a fence at your dacha until next year. Light will pass through the glass perfectly, but the fence will not fall without paint.

Remember one rule - you are doing everything right. If suddenly it seemed that nothing had been done in a day, take a piece of paper and a pen and write down everything that you did during the day. They bathed the child five times, fed it six times, changed the diaper eight times, warmed up the food - that's all.

Rule two - less fanaticism. There is no need to scrub the floor from morning to night, and a thin layer of dust can wait until tomorrow.

If you're not the chef of a Michelin-starred restaurant, take it easy. Stop creating culinary masterpieces, relax for at least a minute. How to do this, we will consider the points.

• Cook a few days in advance there is nothing wrong with yesterday's borscht. On the contrary, this dish should be infused.
• Buy groceries for a week. It is better to take pasta and cereals a month in advance.
• Go to the store with a list. His absence will lead to the fact that you will have to return for some trifle, and this will take precious time.
• Set aside the shelf for canned food. This is not as harmful as they say: at least nerves are more expensive. A canned cod sandwich is just as good as a sausage sandwich. Ask your parents to share homework with you.
• Make strategic freezer stocks... This is not only about dumplings: add there a stock of cutlets or meatballs, chopped vegetables, sausages, pour broth into containers and send it for long-term storage. In difficult times, you will be fully armed. And you yourself will not remain hungry, and feed your husband, and respect the fastidious mother-in-law.
• Cook in stages. Wash the vegetables for the soup in the morning. At lunchtime, while the child is carried away with a new toy, cut them up. Towards evening, when mom came to the rescue, throw it into a saucepan. Otherwise, cooking the first course will turn into a complete hassle. The broth is almost guaranteed to "run away".
• Use the multicooker more often when cooking. This is a huge time saver. You just need to put the food in the bowl, and then get the ready-made food.

Of course, we remember that fanaticism and super-love for cleanliness are recommended to be left until better times (do not be afraid, they will come faster than you would like). But it is also not worth starting the farm, although it is better to forget about general cleaning for now.

Set aside a specific amount of time you will spend cleaning up every day. For example, 20 minutes. This is not as small as it seems. Enough to wash the dishes if there is no dishwasher.

By the way, about the pleasant: try to keep it for later. Do your least favorite work at the start of your day. The computer (laptop, phone) also needs to be put in order. Unsubscribe from all unnecessary mailings, let them no longer "eat up" your precious time.

Clean up other, non-virtual repositories as well. Throw out anything unnecessary from the closet. Those children's things that the baby no longer wears, distribute, present, sell, no matter how dear and dear to your heart. Any extra thing in the house is an extra hassle. Transfer this, wash this, hide this in the far corner. As a result, the woman was already tired, although she didn’t do anything really useful.

There is a washing machine in every house. Gone are the days when mums did the washing by hand. Do not listen to the mother-in-law, modern powders for children are hypoallergenic and make baby's diapers and clothes much cleaner and safer than even the most thorough hand wash.

Speaking of ironing, keep it to a minimum. Panties, socks and other accessories may well do without an iron. If your husband is pedantic and wants to have ironed socks and trousers with arrows, invite him to do this on his own, at least for the duration of your maternity leave.

Only his mother can say a word about the poor spouse, she is your beloved mother-in-law. While a woman is on maternity leave, she simply has to forget that her husband is very tired at work, he has a fine mental organization and needs to get enough sleep. Nonsense. This young woman, among other things, still needs to feed the child, look dazzling, find time for her husband and parents. So let them respond in kind.

So, feel free to place the following cases in your husband's hands.

• Trips (hikes) for groceries, diapers, diapers, medicines. Just give him clear instructions on what exactly to buy. Milk in a blue box may well turn into condensed milk in his head, and diapers may not be that size, because he is always at work and does not notice how quickly the baby is growing.
• Taking out the trash. You won't even need instructions here. A package in hand - and until the evening, dear.
• Baby bathing. It seems to you that he does everything wrong, your mother-in-law, of course, too. Her "boy" is tired at work, and this is not a man's business either. All this is not so, any person is able to manage and endure much more than he himself believes. Your spouse will not drown his own child! So over time, he will successfully cope with the task.
• Ironing. Maybe then the beloved himself will understand the pointlessness of ironing socks and underwear. Ironing of bed linen and towels can also be avoided. After the air conditioner, they are already fresh and not particularly wrinkled. One night on the bed changes their appearance much more than an hour in the centrifuge.

Do not leave older children aside from worries in connection with the birth of a little brother or sister.... This will not only make some tasks easier for you, but also give the child the opportunity to feel needed, and not deprived in connection with the birth of a little one.

If you use all of the above tips, or at least some of them, then you will easily find time for yourself.

From time to time, visit beauty salons and massage, walk in the fresh air (without a stroller), swim in the pool, read, watch TV shows, meet with friends, go with them to theaters, cinema, museums, and shopping. Do everything that you loved to do before giving birth. Perhaps not as often as before, but take care of your personal space. This will help preserve family values ​​in the future.

How many stories are known when husbands run away from their wives, when they turn into a “brood hen”. Look at yourself in the mirror. You are the most attractive and charming. Stay that way, do not allow yourself to be limited to only the home world.

Try to do several things at the same time. If you are preparing food, at the same time arrange for your child to develop hand motor skills. Give a bowl of buckwheat or beans, let the kid go through. In this case, you are guaranteed at least 10 minutes of silence.

When brushing your teeth, wipe the bathroom mirror with your free hand. Wait a minute, save some money. Go to the kitchen for water - on the way, collect all the cups and throw them into the sink or directly into the dishwasher.

If the kid requires outdoor games, take charge. Instead of dumbbells, feel free to take your child in your arms and start doing the exercises together. When everything falls out of hand, allow yourself a little weakness, let out a tear. A woman is not a robot. She is not only a laundress, a cook, a maid. She is also a lover, mother, daughter, sister, but above all she is a representative of the fair sex. And this must be remembered not only by herself, but also by everyone around her.

After crying a little, throw out all the negativity, fatigue and anger that have accumulated over the past few days. But do not get carried away, and depression is not far.