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Hi
moms this is Carrie Lauth with Natural Moms Talk Radio (http://www.naturalmomstalkradio.com).
I have a tip for the post partum mom. You know one of the most important
things you need to do postpartum is feed yourself and it can be a little bit
of a challenge because your still healing, you’re a little tired and sore,
your trying to learn about your baby and learn about breastfeeding your baby
but feeding yourself and keeping yourself well nourished is primary
importantance.
I
have a couple of tips and a recipe. Number one; strongly consider having a
casserole shower. This is really gaining in popularity. Moms are realizing
you know what baby really doesn’t need 200 onesies or 50 cute little
adorable outfits that they will outgrow after the first week. You know what
I mean? We need to think in terms of what is practical with momma.
You
need food in the postpartum week so why not host a casserole shower or at
the very least ask a few of your good friends and maybe some of your
relatives and maybe some people from church, people you worship with,
whoever your support network is, ask them to bake you a casserole that is
good to freeze and something that can go straight from the freezer into the
oven.
That’s another good way for you to take up some of that time in those final
weeks that can seem to drag on forever. You can keep yourself busy freezing
dishes and casseroles and then all you have to do to get dinner ready is
pull it out the night before, put it in the refrigerator and then pop it in
the oven and have daddy open one of the bagged salads and instant dinner.
It’s
interesting that when you have a baby and your nursing, especially if this
is your first baby, you might experience a hunger and a thirst like you have
never felt. I know that for me and I’ve heard a lot of other mom’s say this
that you feel like momma bear coming out of her cave in spring. I mean you
are just ravenous and every time you sit down to feed the baby you usually
feel starving and a thirst unlike anything you have ever felt.
Later
babies it seems to be not so noticeable, I think your baby kind of adjusts
to the whole lactation mode. It’s quite unique and there are a couple
things you might want to do. Number one – have some recipes on hand that
are easy and like daddy proof (kind of like idiot proof recipes, things that
he can make up for you) that he can make up for you in those postpartum days
that you can snack on throughout the day and it doesn’t require anything
more than just a fork.
You
can eat just out of the bowl. I have an example of a really yummy artichoke
and bean salad, it’s a cold salad and the recipe is so easy. All you have
to do is open a bunch of cans, daddy can do it, it takes five minutes. You
need a can of any type of white bean like navy bean, northern bean, whatever
you like, a can of black beans, a can of garbanzo beans, a can of artichoke
quarters (like artichoke hearts), and a can of diced tomatoes.
You
open those and you drain them and if dad is the frugal type he can always
save that for broth or whatever, it doesn’t matter. Drain them and dump
them into a bowl and then you add some pepper, you add at least a teaspoon
up to a tablespoon of fresh chopped garlic (you can use the kind that comes
in the can), a quarter cup of oil olive and a quarter cup of either balsamic
vinegar or red wine vinegar.
You
can also add some like Italian herbs if you want like an Italian herb blend
or basil or oregano, whatever you like. I like just a touch of balsam in
mine. Mix it up, stick it in the fridge, let it get nice and chilled. The
nice thing about this recipe is that it is nutritious; you’ve got the
healthy fats going on, the olive oil.
It’s
high in fiber which is very important for a new mommy! You’re sore enough
down there and that first potty experience can be quite intimidating but if
you are eating lots of healthy fiber and avoiding like white flours and
sugars and things that can hold you back there and drinking plenty of water
you’ll do just fine.
So
this is a great recipe to keep on hand. Here’s another tip – don’t worry
about the spices or the garlic. This idea that baby’s have to have bland,
or that breastfeeding mothers have to have a bland diet, you know it is
absolutely untrue! There are even studies; there have been two studies that
show that baby’s love garlicky milk.
There
has actually been two studies that show that baby’s will suck harder and
longer and eat with gusto when there is a little garlic in milk so don’t be
scared. Garlic is good for ya anyway. Another thing you might want to do
is have on hand some chopped dried food and nuts. Whatever you like,
almonds, dried apricots, and raisins if you like them, pine nuts, pumpkin
seeds, sunflower seeds, mix it all up together and keep it right where you
are having your little nursing corner set up, if you haven’t heard of a
nursing corner that’s another great thing to do.
Have
your comfortable chair, your nursing chair, and have a little table there
next to it where you can put the cordless phone, maybe a book or a pencil
and pad of paper if you want to write things down, and your water. If you
have your baby in a hospital you might come home with one of those like big
two quart water cups and those are great – keep it filled and keep it in the
nursing station.
I
guarantee you that the second you sit down to feed that baby and your milk
lets down you are going to be so thirsty and you will be glad that it is
there. Those are my tips, I hope they are helpful. For a mom that’s been
there and done that and talked to a lot of other moms. Come visit me at
Natural Moms Talk Radio (http://www.naturalmomstalkradio.com)
and have a listen, I’d love to have you. Have a great day. Bye.
