Becoming A Mom Research Paper

Becoming a mom can be both exhilarating and exhausting. While you’re adjusting to this whole new change in your life the one thing that’s mostly affected is your sleep. First week into motherhood and you’re already walking around your house like a zombie. For me the sleep deprivation and other Two weeks after my daughter was born and snap! I was in my zombie mode. I was doing things like a robot and when my baby was napping I would go on about doing other chores, not realizing how badly I am tormenting my body. I was hardly getting any sleep and on the second day of the sleepless third week, I ended up almost dropping my baby while cuddling her to sleep. “This is it,” my husband said and asked me to go to sleep right that instant. I being naturally …show more content…
So if I were to be a responsible mommy, who most definitely wouldn’t want her child to get sick, I had to take care of myself and my sleeping habits. It’s not obviously as easy for everyone to sleep on a dime and the idea of sleeping as soon as the baby sleeps is easier said than done. So I took my sister’s advice of laying down even if I couldn’t sleep. Relaxing your nerves and body can be as relaxing as a sweet slumber when you’ve been constantly on your toes, the entire day. Keep your gadgets aside, every time you plan to lay down for a little power snooze. It’s no big deal if you cannot instantly fall asleep. If you can’t fall asleep after unplugging from the technological world and even if you’re bone breakingly tired then you need some sleep inducing activities like reading a book listening to sad, sleepy music or just the most uninteresting news, can all be great sleep …show more content…
You still are trying to adapt to all these changes and if someone willingly and happily offers to help then you should make the best out of it and use this time to follow up with your sleep.

Another huge mistake new moms make are guzzling down cups of coffee all day so that they can stay awake the whole day. While this may seem like a great boost from preventing you to sleep but relying too much on caffeine can be immensely destructive to your body. While coffee and all such drinks may provide you the energy you need to go on through the day but as soon as you lay down and try to fall asleep, you’ll regret this whole coffee consumption idea.

Establish the habits early:

Initially, your child would only be doing as he/she pleases but as soon as you start establishing their sleep habits, your baby will naturally settle into this routine. So it’s extremely important that you understand the importance of a good night sleep for yourself and your baby, even if it seems like too early for your baby to adapt to