Maternity leave is an emotionally difficult period for a woman. Therefore, mothers are eager to find employment for themselves, helping to relieve stress and "take a breath." This article will suggest several options for "leisure".
Woman on maternity leave
Congratulations! If you are reading this article, then with a probability of 99% you have become a happy parent. This is a great happiness, incomparable to nothing else. You were so waiting for this baby, were preparing for his birth, buying up all the liked ryashonki, bonnets and booties, reading hundreds of pages of various encyclopedias to raise a child, and now, finally, this long-awaited moment came and you became a mom and dad! This article is more focused on women, since they are on maternity leave (with rare exception). Therefore, in the future, it will be about what to do mother on maternity leave.
The first year of your baby's life will be the most difficult period, you will be completely engaged in caring for your child and it's better to spend your free time on a dream, relaxing bath or socializing with your husband.
But after passing the year line, your baby will become independent: go without adult support, eat with a spoon, drink from a cup and for a while independently play with your favorite toys. Adult, the child will acquire more and more new skills. Thus, freeing my mother from performing some duties. So by two years in the daily schedule there are several free hours. The use of this time will be discussed.
What to do mother in this free time? Someone prefers a healthy dream, someone likes to look through a magazine or newspaper, well, someone just will sit on the Internet or watch TV. All these options have a place to be. But some moms go further and spend time as useful as possible.
A few ideas for spending free time for moms
- Needlework. This is sewing, knitting, modeling of clay, drawing up of ikebana, and even wood carving, in general, who have enough imagination. There are a lot of such activities, they are interesting, even fascinating, they make you work fantasy and hands, do not require large financial investments, although you are unlikely to get any profit. If you do not have a professional skill in this occupation, then this is your hobby, which means that you can not wait for material benefits. For example, if you do not have special education for seamstresses, then you can hardly sew high-quality things to order, rather your products will be for your child, for you or for the home.
- Cooking . Some classify cooking in the section of needlework, according to the principle "done by one's own hands". But this is fundamentally not true. We talk about cooking not as a person's need to satisfy his food needs, but rather as an art. You can learn how to cook dishes of absolutely different world cuisines, from the eastern to the Mexican, from Italian to Ukrainian. Again, the main thing is fantasy! Such a hobby is sure to be appreciated by relatives and friends, and most importantly your husband. The way to the heart of a man, as they say, lies through the stomach. Folk wisdom and we will not argue with it. However, this pastime has one very significant BUT! This is your figure! After the birth of a child, it is often very difficult for women to regain their former form. Therefore, if you are overweight and want to get rid of it, forget about this occupation. Specially for you the following section.
- Sports . Yes, yes, that's it! If there is an opportunity to attend a gym, a fitness center or a swimming pool - fine, if not - also not a problem. There is a huge amount of exercises that you can perform at home, without any simulators. And one more effective way to bring the figure in order, to deflate muscles, to improve mood, to remove stress - running. It is worth noting, in the sport, there is one nuance - you need to love the process and convince yourself that the result will certainly be, and it will exceed all your expectations. Otherwise, your willpower will not last for a long time and in a couple of weeks the sport will be replaced by sitting on the couch in front of the TV.
- Work at home and part-time . Of course, entertainment or a pleasant pastime is hardly called, but it brings money that is never superfluous. Depending on the type of your activity, existing education and work experience, you can choose yourself a part-time job. This can be keeping accounting at home, working as an operator on the phone, translating text, writing articles, etc. But the main thing is that this activity does not irritate you, and ideally it even brings pleasure. Each mother has a lot of responsibilities, physical and emotional stresses, so you should not take any unpleasant work in any case.
- Advanced training, language learning, knowledge replenishment . If you like to read and you always thought that there is not enough knowledge in some area, go for it! Of course, as I said in the previous paragraph, this should bring pleasure. Some people find on the Internet all sorts of on-line courses, they can be related to your professional activities, your personal life or nothing at all connected. Someone plunges into the world of books and draws from there all the necessary information. It's all up to you. As for the study of the language, audiobooks, special computer programs, textbooks and fiction in the language in question will be superfluous.
If you have finished reading, you still have not decided what you want to do in your spare time, I advise you to try all the activities I proposed. You can not say: "I'm not interested in it," "I do not know how," "it's too complicated," without trying it in practice.
Perhaps in you, dear mothers, hidden talents, which you did not even suspect. And maternity leave is a good time to uncover them.