A Day Of 24 Hours Is Not Enough And A Mother Knows It
A 24-hour day is not enough, at least for mothers. 24 hours, in fact, are few for all there is to do when a baby is born. With the arrival of a new born in the family, the chores to attend to become endless.
Even though the mother can count on her father, grandmother and grandfather to take care of the baby and do all the housework, a 24-hour day is not enough. A day lasts more than 24 hours, so much so that it is impossible to say when one ends and another begins.
A 24-hour day is not enough to take care of the little one
When my daughter was born, there was never enough time. I remember getting up at 6 in the morning to get ready to run and be ready when she started to let out the first cries of the day.
And this happened on “feast days”, because in the vast majority of times, up to 11 and sometimes 12, I couldn’t even get close to the sink.
As soon as Any woke up she would look for my breasts and do it in the only way she was capable of: crying. I sat in the armchair in our bedroom and stayed there for several minutes.
Sometimes she would go back to sleep and I waited for her to wake up again to change and dress her. Other times she would stay awake to observe me with that magnificent pair of eyes that nature has given her. I washed her, changed her nappy and we lay on the bed for a while: she was discovering the world, I discovering how wonderful her every gesture was.
The morning and afternoon ran the same way until the evening. Then came the night and the usual routine again: breast-sleep, breast-diaper change, sleep-breast, crying-breast and so on … In those first months between the lack of sleep and the lack of concentration caused by the high fatigue , I had the feeling that the days never passed and that we were living an endless day.
A 24-hour day is not enough to handle the chores that concern the little one
As for matters concerning the newborn, fortunately, I have always been able to count on the help of my parents and my husband. They were responsible for most of the household chores and all those tasks that had to do with the child.
For example, they washed her rompers and sheets, went to buy what the little girl needed and even prepared a bottle for her when my milk started running low. My mother, taking advantage of her enormous experience deriving from having raised 3 children, helped me to bathe the little girl (which I was very afraid of), to disinfect her navel, to remove the air from her tummy …
But I know perfectly well that not all new mothers have this luck and most have to fend for themselves to move on and not go crazy in that blender of dirty diapers, desperate crying and life that seems to stop.
Nonetheless, as much as my family cooperated, I happened to be this far from losing heart. And the few hours of sleep I slept barely needed to regain my strength.
The fact is that if you start adding all the chores to be done at home every day to all those for the child, the list gets longer and 24 hours are not enough to do everything, even when you have the help of several people.
A mother knows that a 24-hour day is not enough
When she gives birth, a mother knows that a 24-hour day is not enough. During pregnancy, when she is not working, she has time for everything: she goes for a manicure, takes a leisurely bath, combs her hair, brushes her teeth in peace, goes shopping, fixes the baby’s room, takes out clothes from the closet, aims at them and looks at them and then puts them back in their place, as if it were a game….
If you are expecting your first child, there are many moments to relax and think about the future. But when the baby arrives, the routines change. Often sharply. From evening to morning the world changes and our habits undergo a revolution.
I believe that all new mothers, even the most prepared ones, have had a similar experience. As much as we tried to imagine what motherhood would be like, it took us by surprise and we became mothers, good mothers, along the way.
Fortunately, nature is wise and has given women and also many men the conscience, patience, love, selflessness and devotion necessary to raise children.
