5 Practical tips to manage home and work effectively!
Created by Tejal Singh Updated on Nov 30, 2019
Whether you are working mother or stay at home mom when you are mother it’s always like you are short of time or no time at all. Back of your mind, you always feel like you are not able to give the required time to child. I completely understand your predicament but if you manage few things properly then you can manage whole day and slowly week, months. Yes, it is that simple. While discussing things with my partner, friends, colleagues, parents, in laws I understood some basic things, which I thought to share with all moms.
1. Maid comes handy: Yes, it is a wonderful feeling to manage everything on your own. But you do have a limit lady. So give it a break and hire a help at least for the basics like cleaning, washing, or even cooking if that is what tires you out. A maid always comes handy in managing the home when you are doing other stuff.
2. Delegation is the key: Learn to delegate, as it is an art. Delegation will give you more time to relax and be fresh; in addition, you will be able to spend some more time with your baby. You may delegate day-to-day chores like dusting, chopping vegetable, changing diapers for your baby, dressing baby, keeping utensils in proper place, cleaning bed or baby’s bed, putting cloths for drying among others. If you master to delegate some basic things you can surely buy peace of mind and rest for yourself.
3. Routine is important: Routine lets you plan things accordingly. And with a set routine you may keep few hours for yourself, spouse and your family as well. Routine also helps in bringing up your baby in a better way, for instance, a set routine will let you know when the baby will sleep or wake up.
4. Recognising priorities: Managing a home is like managing a whole organisation and you are the manager of it. Learn to set priorities of the things to be done today, things for this week and then things that can be done next week. The more you are able to differentiate between urgent, important and things to do, the easier it will be for you to run the show. You may put a reminder on your mobile.
5. Learn to say No: Learn to say no if you are hard-pressed for time. You are not obliged to say ‘Yes’ to everything that comes your way. Learn to avoid any pressure and stick to your words. Social obligations need to be fulfilled agreed but not at the cost of you being overworked.
Being a mom itself is a huge responsibility. So know your limits take help and create an ambience where everyone gets to take care of the baby and you are not burdened. These are basic things but still most of the time you are struggling to follow these simple rules and end creating more mess for yourself.
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| Jan 11, 2017
Good article but if you detail its lot of mental pressure and constant dilemma of whether something is missing out.. The place of mom can never be fulfilled by any other means.. and if does then it is co-parenting.. Decision is always to make weather we really need to workup to that extent for 2 income or can we suffice with one.. If one is sufficient then mom can take atleast few foundation building years off with the baby so that the bonding continues for long and stress doesnt break the beauty of those initial crucial years.
| Jan 11, 2017
@poonam- thank you for your valuable comments. The article is for managing time whether anyone is working or staying at home. The article is about how to reduce stress by delegating some basic work/ chorses to extended family or home help. No one can be mother for child expect mother herself. Its purely the decision of women whether she needs to work or not. At the end child is more important and how we raise its our choice
| Jul 27, 2017
hi.. m leaving in jointfamily.. my daughter is of 3mnth.. nw i m at my father's home.. bt afyr 1mnth I hv to go bk thr.. and my mil says we should leave maid nd do household chores by my self coz I hv gaind sm weight aftr norml delivery.. nd if I say no thn she got offened.. mk it a huge drama.. wht shd I do?
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