For the first month, lots of TV. We didn't have Netflix, but I had lots of shows on the dvr and the entire Buffy series on DVD. Once I was healed up and comfortable NIP, I found lots of local mom's groups, family activities and did a lot of window shopping and going for walks.
Exercised daily, cleaned out closets one by one, picked up DD from preschool and didn't have to send her to aftercare. We normally did a puzzle or played a game before DH got home. I also did meal planning.
DD1 was colicky-like, pediatrician recommended a support group, colicky. We walked 7 miles a day and didn't do much else.
Wait. Are you serious? Are you just here to make us all look bad?
Me- feed baby, soothe baby, maybe pee. maybe shower. TV and GBCN.
ETA: and multiple visits to the LC.
Uhhhh, sorry. Paragraph 1 was my most recent ML and Paragraph 2 was my first ML. I spent my most recent ML reorganizing my home and staring into my perfect baby's eyes.
My first ML was merely surviving. DH would pack me lunches I could eat with 1 hand and the only thing that sometimes calmed DD was wearing her and walking, so we walked. When DH would get home, he would kick me out of the house to get some alone time. We survived
Msniq watched a lot of TV/Netflix the first few weeks. She's done some reading and knitting too. And gardening.
Before baby was here, I wrote a backlog of video games I thought I would have time to play through. HAHAHAHAHAHAH maybe if he took hour long naps somewhere other than on me I could get through like two of them.
I did the Christmas shopping, we go to story time, I do more cooking, I run with the jogging stroller, I'm trying to rip all or DVDs & blu-rays, and getting the house ready for mom to move in.
cried. went to doctors about my boobs. went to an ENT about DS' tongue tie. saw lactation consultants about my boob pain. pumped to help with boob pain. went to LLL meetings to help with boob pain.
This almost exactly. Except 3 ENT visits, and I'm still in the middle of it at week 4. Glad to see it'll get better someday? Because right now I miss work.
At home, I watched every season available of Lost on line (what network was it? CBS? ABC? I can't even remember anymore). I read about 8 billion novels once I got the hang of BFing without using both of my hands to support DD.
Outside, I went to a BFing support group every week starting around 5 weeks or so. I went for lots of walks in my neighborhood and ventured on longer errands if I could be sure I'd be around Buy Buy Baby (they had private nursing rooms at the time with boppies and gliders, much more comfortable than just nursing DD on a bench outside when I was still getting used to NIP). Eventually, I started going to mommy & me yoga classes.
There's a movie theater that used to have a "moms & babies" session at 10am or so, but I never made it because it always seemed to coincide with DD's nap.
It was in the butt of winter so I watch a lot of tv and pumped when dd was napping. We also bought a house when dd was 5 weeks old so it was a lot of packing, unpacking, organizing and decorating.
So much Netflix, but I didn't have cable and had a very tiny baby that I couldn't take in public. Plus it was WNY in the Fall/Winter, so that killed outdoor walks pretty quickly.
Post by scribellesam on Mar 3, 2014 19:52:28 GMT -5
Lots of Hulu Plus and DVDs. I tried to take a walk/jog with the stroller every day. Lots of wandering around Target or hanging out at the nearby outdoor mall. Took DS to the park to lay on a blanket in the shade. I tried to get outside everyday!
I'm a SAHM, but this covers pretty much the first 3-4 months after DS was born.
Post by countthestars on Mar 3, 2014 20:04:26 GMT -5
I had a painter here so Dd and I started leaving the house every day by day 5 to get away from the fumes and the painter. We went to mommy group, play dates, target, consignment shops, drove around, grocery shopped and nursed in the car all the freaking time. I could not have sat at home every day.
Well, the first 6 weeks or so, I slept and watched a lot of tv. Then DD decided she hated sleeping at night and napping but that she loved screaming, so I currently spend a lot of time running her around the house to stop or prevent screaming and cry a lot myself.
I took a "new mama" class for six weeks, which was a great reason to get dressed and out of the house. Other activities - walking every single day (sometimes in the daytime by myself, and always in the evening with DH), hanging out in the backyard, entertaining visitors, meeting friends for lunch/coffee, pediatrician appointments, Netflix, and naps.
nursed, changed diapers, rocked baby, slept, ate, went to the park, grocery store, cooked, read parenting books, ... We may have watched a couple of streaming movies on netflix, but it's not really a must. We've since cancelled netflix because we rarely use it. But it's worth a try at $8 a month.
Post by badtzmaru22 on Mar 3, 2014 20:15:46 GMT -5
Fed the baby. Ate. Slept sometimes. Watched a lot of Food Network.
Once I got better at BFing and less crazy, I nursed while reading the Hunger Games books. It was a freakishly warm winter, so we got out for walks and hung out in Target as well.
- watched a lot of tv - went for walks - went to to window shop at the mall - chased food trucks - went on vacation - met friends for lunch during the week
Rewatched Veronica Mars, shopping, Starbucks, walks around the neighborhood, visiting family and friends. Just starting to go to mom groups...but still need to find my niche.
We went to the new mom's group at one of the local hospitals pretty often (they have group on Mondays and Tuesdays, many weeks we went to both days), wandered around Target and/or the mall, went on walks when it was nice and not too hot out, visited J at work, brought my mom lunch at work a couple of times, hung out with my CW whose little girl was born 2 weeks after AJ, bummed around with my BFF on her days off. When we were home, I watched a lot of Law and Order SVU and NCIS marathons on USA.
went on about a million walks. Hung out with my inlaws. Enjoyed the holidays with no rushing around. Dealt with postpartum health problems (blood pressure, cardiologists, fun!). Colic. Chinese takeout every friday
I don't think Netflix is a must. We have on-demand TV and I found plenty to watch just in the free content alone. I would rather surf the net than watch TV so my brother gave me an iPad so I didn't have to try and type or use my laptop.
Nurse and watch tv. Usually at the same time. Eat all the things in the house. Avoid going outside since the winter refuses to die.
Yup this is my life at the moment. I just finished binge watching the first two seasons of Scandal on Netflix. We don't have cable so I don't have many other options. Sometimes I watch things on hgtv.com and stream them to the tv with our appletv but that only works when my iPhone isn't already in use for white noise.
I used to get out a bit more but I've been having bf-ing issues (over active letdown? Oversupply?) so I've been hand expressing a bit at the beginning of each feed to avoid water boarding DS which is pretty much incompatible with NIP.
I watched virtually no TV. I tried to the first few days while I was nursing, but it just wasn't my thing. Shocking, because I thought I would watch a ton. I did surf the net on my iPhone a LOT.
I slept, went to a million drs appts for my bladder and DS's head/neck.
Once I was doing better I started going to a local moms group at my pedi's office. I became friends with a few ladies from the group and we started walking at the beach several times a week.