Christmas is a magical time that we spend with our family and friends. It gets even more special when the new person sits at the Christmas table – your little baby. Although Christmas is a time of joy and peace, parents have to be watchful and careful all the time. Are you stressed and nervous about preparing for the Christmas time with your infant? Here is a list of things that you should keep in mind and my tips on how to prepare to first Christmas with a baby.
First Christmas with an infant is for parents a new, unknown situation, no matter if the baby is only few weeks old or almost 1 year old. With younger infant the preparation for Holidays may be easier, because newborns need more sleep, so he/she may sleep through most of the preparation. However, even if your newborn sleeps like an angle, don’t be so hard on yourself – you don’t have to do all of the housework, that you were doing before your baby came into the world. You can share your duties with your spouse and other family member. Be prepared that not everything will be perfect and smooth. However, there are few things that you can do to make the first Christmas with the baby cheerful and happy.
First of all, you are not able to foresee everything and predict how your little baby will behave. Remember that such ordinary things like Christmas tree or presence of new unknown people may scare the child. Moreover, remember that your baby absorbs your emotions and attitude. So if you are tired, stressed out and exhausted your baby may absorb these feelings.
Second of all, don’t overwork yourself! Of course, you and everyone else want the Christmas to be perfect and joyful, but there are some things that you can’t control. Don’t force your baby to wear stiff, uncomfortable little suit. Your whole house don’t have to shine with cleanliness and you don’t have to agonize yourself over cooking huge dinner for a dozen people.
Here are 5 tips how to make first Christmas with the baby more easy:
If you’re hosting the Christmas party, ask every guest to bring one meal, so you could save your time and energy. If you want to take care of every meal, remember that you don’t have to cook everything. Some of the meals you can buy as prepared or you can cook them earlier and freeze.
You can also start cleaning earlier, even few weeks before Christmas and you can divide it for few days, for example you can clean each room in one day. If you don’t do everything at once, you won’t be feeling so exhausted. And right before Christmas just vacuum and wipe off the dust.
Most of the Christmas dishes are not suitable for little babies, so it’s good to prepare one or two meals specially for the baby and his delicate stomach. Also be careful that your child doesn’t play with glass Christmas baubles or cables from the lights on the Christmas tree.
Everyone loves getting presents and your little baby also will be very happy getting a first Christmas gift. However, for such a small baby there will be no difference between a gift for $30 and $130, so you don’t have to spend a fortune on some toys, clothes or other expensive things that are advertised on television during the whole Christmas season. You can find many awesome Christmas gift under $50! And the choice is vast: teethers and soothers, educational toys, bouncers and jumpers, walkers, books and other useful things.
Treat these Holidays with distance. And don’t worry if your little one doesn’t want to sleep on this day or if he sleeps through the whole party!
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