The birth of a new born baby is one of the most life transforming experience a woman will experience in her life time. It is a beautiful experience and sometimes you may lack the words to express the beauty and awe of it. It also comes with new challenges and life changes that can alter everything about a woman. One of the challenges every new mom faces is sleepless nights. Your baby will tend to need you every two to three hours to feed or change diapers. In hot regions, some may experience heat waves. Some children also experience colic. It’s almost like a right of passage for every mom to experience sleeplessness and sleep deprivation because of their baby.
These and many more reasons are responsible for the sleepless nights nursing mothers experience. It is almost unavoidable for at least two years. That period is too long to just waste time. Here are some productive and relaxing ways to maximize such nights.
Pray. You can turn those times you are awake as an opportunity to pray for your child, yourself, your family or anything you want. Prayer is an investment that will always yield results when done right. The natural instinct of a new mom is to hesitate, complain or be in self pity. That’s quite understandable but you can switch things up when you decide to pray instead. This season of parenting is so delicate, prayer can consolidate mercy and exemption from error for you on your motherhood journey.
Involve your Spouse or help: One of the most effective way to overcome sleepless nights as a new mom is when your partner is fully involved and supportive at night. For mothers who have a supportive spouse or help from a family member or staff, sleepless nights may not be so much of an issue once these other forms of help is available. They’d only need to feed the baby formula or breast milk already stored.
Get a low level ear pod or headsets. With this device you can listen to soft instrumental music that is both soothing and relaxing. Some can enhance your mood and help you meditate well for the morning.
Listen to relevant podcasts . Using a headset or ear pod, you can listen to podcasts that can educate you and keep you up to date on topics that interest you. This will be a way of investing in yourself and maximizing time rather than just staring into the dark night.
Listen to audio bibles and sermons. This will help you catch up spiritually. Most Christian moms often share their struggle with maintaining a prayer and daily word study life. This is a hack that can help you overcome that spiritual inertia. This way, you are feeding your soul with God’s word and avoiding spiritual lukewarmness.
Watch a movie. You can also see your favorite movie and pause it to go back to sleep once your baby falls asleep. Repeat the process until morning.
Strap your baby on your back or belly and get something done. It can be your skin care, prep for the morning, straighten your hair, etc Just do something simple that can keep you on your feet while you nurse your baby to sleep.
Join PregorMum buddy, our community for new and pregnant women. We talk about our experiences as moms and learn together. We also share on challenges like sleepless night and how to handle them. Here’s the link for joining.
Let us know if you have been practicing any of these tips to overcome sleepless nights as a new mom and how it has worked for you. Feel free to share extra tips in the comments.
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