How New Moms Find Time to Shower, Eat, and Sleep

As a new mom I did not realize how much balance would completely halt all at the same time until I found myself becoming a hermit in my bedroom with my baby for the first 10 days of motherhood.

Interestingly enough, this had nothing to do with postpartum depression and everything to do with the fact that I did not have a functional plan of action on how to deal with these overnight changes.

So here's my go to guide for finding the time to shower, eat, and sleep in the first days/weeks/months of motherhood:

How to Take Showers

- Opt for a shower when everyone is sleeping (especially your baby) if living with others. 

- Take a "bird bath" when you want to sleep in but want to refresh your body

- Place your baby safely in his car seat while you take your shower (no steamy showers allowed for this method)

How to Eat

- Meal prep all of your meals for the week well in advance for grab n go situations.

- Eat during baby's naptimes and after feedings

- Shake up a Shakeology for 2-3 minute time windows + needed nutrition

How to Sleep

- Sleep when you're baby is sleeping (after he's been swaddled, bathed, and fed)

- Allow grandparents to take baby for the weekend if possible

What Shakeology Does for New Moms

When you're baby gets home and all of the "awwwww" and "how cute!" run dry you are still there to feed baby, change his diaper, and make sure that he is happy, healthy, and bouncing around in perfect health.

Shakeology makes this all possible by giving you the energy to keep up with your new bundle of love.

For the nine months that I carried my son, I had TONS of energy. More than I thought was "normal" because of how much I heard women telling me that they didn't have as much when they were pregnant. However I ate like clean foods, didn't drink, and moderately exercised the entire time.

So when I delivered my 7 pound 2.9 ounces of pure love I was able to bounce back extremely fast with little lag.

My energy didn't wane the entire time until it came time to feed my baby. He ate and boy did he eat! When I came out of the delivery room, he drank a full hour's worth of colostrum before falling asleep. I was exhausted from the energy it took to not only deliver him but to nurse him and rock him back to sleep.

Then it hit me: mothers are not tired for the sake of being tired. Its this cycle of feeding, changing, and adhering 24/7 to your newborn child.

So I went on for about three weeks of this back and forth 24/7 care with my son before my heightened energy came to a huge stop. I was so tired from my new role as a full-time caretaker that I was not even in the mood to take showers or change my clothes.

So I resorted back to how I dealt back when I worked 50+ hours each week in my hotel job and just made a Shakeology!

Yes, sounds fun but its true. I honestly thought it would take a few days of supplementing for the shake to take effect but no it was darn near instant.

I felt lighter. I was more alert and my mood lightened. That day I stayed up normal hours with the rest of my household. This profoundly changed the way that I viewed Shakeology and at that moment I decided that I would be sure to offer Shakeology samples to new moms everywhere.

So the next time you hear a mother talk about how tired she is, just remember Shakeology is there to pick her back up.