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Adapting to Motherhood
Less expectations. More freedom.
Becoming a mother changes everything—including you. Just as children go through adolescence, mothers are going through matrescence.
Embrace your new identity with the resources to do it all, hands-free and stress-free.
The Transition into Motherhood: Matrescence
Becoming a Mom, Finding Yourself
Matrescence—the transformation into motherhood—is a journey of both giving and becoming. Loving motherhood is not always easy – there are parts of this new life that are (let’s face it) really tough. As you adjust to caring for your baby, you’re also redefining who you are. It’s not just our opinion, see what science says about motherhood too! With Ergobaby, you can bond with your little one while regaining the freedom to tackle your day with confidence. Get the tools you need to avoid motherhood burnout and thrive!
FAQs: How to Get More Done with Baby
Your Parenting Questions, Answered
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Expert Motherhood Tips
Tackle the Day, Together
- Use a baby carrier for hands-free chores and errands.
- Opt for a stroller with storage for groceries, diapers, and more.
- Create routines that work for you and baby—whether at home or on the go.
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Small Changes, Big Sleep Wins
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In the United States, the speed with which a mother recovers from birth and “gets her body back” is measured in weeks, not months. Magazines flaunt celebrities who lost the baby weight in just 2 weeks, dashed back to work after a mere month, while effortlessly bouncing a baby on their hip. Women are expected to return to work 6 weeks after giving birth, just as if nothing had happened. We are one of the only cultures that does not value the importance of slowing down and asking for support in the postpartum year. I would like to help change that. Here are ten tips for how you can enhance your physical, emotional and mental health in the first year after giving birth – whether this is your first or fifth baby.
Stay in Bed
As long as you can! Take all the help you can get in the first year after your baby/babies are born, and don’t feel guilty about it. A midwife I know has this rule of thumb: 1st week – in the bed, 2nd week -‐ around the bed, 3rd week around the house, 4th
Kristina meltzer of 100 Layer Cakelet
Kristina's blog 100 Layer Cake and it's latest incarnation for families, 100 Layer Cakelet are the go-to spots for beautiful and inspiring ideas for weddings, kids' parties and family fun. This multi-talented mama is a freelance graphic designer, backyard farmer, cookbook reader, project starter, and has two gorgeous little boys. We look forward to her daily dose of beauty in everyday things and her easy, lovely California style. We love working with Kristina and her amazing eye and sometimes give her sneak peeks of new products to style and showcase with her impeccable style. We are over the moon that she agreed to apply her style to an ErgobabyWhat are some of your Thanksgiving traditions?
Last Thanksgiving was my first grain free Thanksgiving. I was worried that my family might feel deprived, but it ended up going really well. So I’m excited to do that again this year. I’m trying to think back to the first time I did a roast turkey…. It was six or seven years ago, and I remember being terrified. It seemed so out of my league. But once I realized how easy roasting a chicken is, I just pretended the turkey was a bigger, fatter chicken. And I’m happy to say I can do a pretty damn good turkey these days. Also, my aim with Thanksgiving is good enough; I’m not going for MarthaIf a full night’s sleep for anyone in your household is starting to feel like a long-lost luxury, Sleepy Planet’s Jennifer Waldburger and Jill Spivack are the ladies of your (ahem) dreams. Their Sleepeasy Solution program and one-on-one consultations give parents strategies and tools to help kids sleep better and longer. Ergobaby caught up with them for some pillow talk.
What inspired you to start Sleepy Planet?
Jill: I was a practicing family therapist when I had my first baby 16 years ago, and he had a very nasty sleep problem. My son was waking every two hours at night, I was nursing every couple of hours and when I wasn’t, my husband was pacing the floors, bouncing and rocking the baby. This went on for eight months until we reached out to a parenting center in New York City where we were living; the center was doing a micro-version of the program we have now fleshed out in Sleepy Planet. Once I had resolved my sleep issues with my son, I was inspired to do this work (along with leading
Lunchtime.Sweet baby Apple was sound asleep and my two "big" kids were eating at the table. I was sitting between them and after a few moments Ainsleigh creeped over and climbed up on my lap. She was facing towards me and grabbed my cheeks, looked me straight in the eyes and smiled....over and over again in between kisses on my cheeks.Something about the way the sun was shining behind her, something about those sweet dimples that she has.Something about the way her tiny fingers were stroking my hair and clinging to me.Something about the way she clenches on when she thinks I am about to get up.She, too, wants it to last.I desperately wanted to jump up and grab my camera but I didn't. I held her tight. Soaked it in. And am doing the best job that I can right now to repaint it as a memory.
The weather here in Texas is changing.
It nudges at my soul.
Today I was thinking.
Recently I had to take a personality test for some "work" related things. We wanted to see where we fit best on our
Motherhood is so all-consuming at times, it’s easy to forget the person we were before we had children – what was life like for you before kids?
I was a musician. About halfway through my first year of college I borrowed my sister’s guitar and taught myself to play. In 3-4 months, I wrote 30+ songs. I dropped out of college…with the full support of my family. I gave myself a year and within the year had radio jingles, was on a Disney Made For TV movie, recorded with local bands, and put out my own album.
I got married Babywearing is a topic that comes up when I go on interviews with potential clients. It is a topic that came up when I first met Lindsay Price from 90210 and Lipstick Jungle fame. I assured her that I would help her get established with babywearing if she decided to have me as her postpartum doula. Mutually, we agreed that we were a good match and the day Lindsay brought her newborn son, Hudson, home from the hospital, I was there to support her in her new role as a mother. I encourage babywearing from early newborn days to toddlerhood and beyond if possible. The benefits to both parents and babies are priceless. Early babywearing is beneficial to foster bonding between parent and baby. Hugging baby close in a carrier is a wonderful way to get to know your baby and for your baby to learn about you. Babies also thrive with touch, and babywearing is a wonderful way to maintain a loving contact with your baby. Beyond bonding and touch, babies who are worn are more
When my daughter Leah was born in 1996 I knew that I would wear her. Baby wearing was new to Salt Lake City, Utah and people always stopped and stared as I passed by. Even more people stopped to look when my husband Aaron carried little Leah in the sling. We loved slinging her! I could nurse her privately in public. I could take her anywhere, keeping her close, and still having my hands free.
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We didn’t own a stroller and we had no interest in getting one. Leah was comfortable living out of her “pouch” and experiencing the world closer to our eye-level rather than from the compartment-like stroller. We wore her through the streets of Boston, on a ferry to and from Martha’s Vineyard, and on the subway in New York City. She snuggled up against us in Los Angeles, at the beach, and most everywhere we went. Aaron and I marveled at how cumbersome those adventures would have been if her main mode of transportation had