When you finally get your maternity leave some weeks before the baby is due to arrive so that you can have time to prepare for your baby’s homecoming, you might be unsure about what to do with all that time on your hands.
While other moms enjoy this time at home and make the most of it, not used to being at home, you might be at a loss for what to do from morning to night before baby arrives. If you find yourself pacing the house up and down and bored to the bone, here are a few things you can do;
1. Prepare the Nursery and Organise the House
If you have the plan to have a nursery for your child, clean up and prepare the nursery. While you are at that, take the time to organise the house. Scrub the bathroom, clean the kitchen, arrange the bedroom, move the things in the house around to make room for the new baby stuffs. Pack baby things, wash the clothes and prepare the linen. If you’re tired, and continue where you stopped later.
2. Prepare Some Home-Cooked Meals
The week before the baby comes, cook different dishes and keep them in the fridge so that while you’re at the hospital, all your husband has to do is microwave it and bring it to you. And the ready-made foods will also come in handy when you get back from the hospital.
3. Visit family and friends
Yeah, this is the time to see your in-law, your mother or your friend, you have to get out of the house and walk around. Besides the fact that working all day and waiting for the baby to come can make you go insane, also, going out is a good exercise for you. Make plans to see friends, make sure you go out for a walk every day.
4. Treat Yourself to a Nice Manicure or Pedicure
The nails of your leg are probably very long by now since you can’t reach your feet anymore while pregnant, this is a good excuse to tell your husband to cut your nails for you, or, you can go out and treat yourself to a nice manicure and pedicure. And if your vagina is all bushy and needs some shaving, which is a hard task to do while pregnant, you can get a bikini wax if it won’t cut into your budget too much.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of ways to pass the time and have some fun while doing it. Photo shoots, date nights with your boo, see some movies and try not to think about baby’s homecoming too much heh?
To say the truth, thinking of the upcoming labour, delivery and arrival of your little one can really be hard on a person. When the cleaning and household things are done, concentrate on pampering yourself and doing some “me” things as very soon it might be hard to do them.
