A very simple action, the value of which will become clear a little later. After childbirth.
You know, they say that it takes very little to make a person happy. First you need to take everything away from him, let him suffer, and then return. But not all, no. Half is enough. Then a person will learn to appreciate what he has, and stops whining over trifles. What does pregnancy have to do with this statement? The most direct. The column was written by a journalist … Many mothers will agree with her. And this is what Keith writes.
“When I was pregnant, I did a lot of things that only a woman in position can afford. She slept day and night, for example. But there is one thing that I am missing right now. This is an opportunity to get up and get out. Just walk out the door.
If you only recently saw two stripes on a test and are reading this now, just get up and go outside. Right now. It doesn’t matter if you bring your wallet, phone, just go. Come back, say, in about 20 minutes. Come on, then finish reading.
Will you come back? Excellent. So, dear ladies, you have just done a thing that will no longer be so simple and self-evident for you.
You know, recently I had a luxurious 45 seconds, which I decided to spend on a run to the toilet. And only there I realized that the toilet paper was out, I forgot to replenish its stocks. A normal person will say: “It’s okay, I’ll just run out for five minutes and buy a roll at the store under the house.” But, excuse me, you just have no idea what it means to “run out for five minutes” for a young mother. So, the timing of your fees in the new quality will look like this.
— 6 minutes – pack spare diapers. Even if this is an exit for five minutes, but you already know that it is better to play it safe.
— 2 minutes – brush your teeth. It’s noon now, and you still haven’t done it. Don’t waste time on makeup. Of course, you will meet your first love on the way, and he will look like a god, and you will look like a lohudra, but that doesn’t matter.
— 20 minutes – feed the child. Yes, you recently did that. But for sure he will demand a chest as soon as you walk out the door. Let’s play it safe.
— 3 minutes – we hold the child in a column, wait until he spits up.
— 4 minutes – we change clothes for the child. Not for the sake of beauty, but because he burped as soon as you stopped waiting for it. Maybe you want to change your shirt too?
— 5 minutes – change the diaper. This smell, which you tried to ignore, only intensifies.
— 1 minute – we look at the weather. Looks like the baby needs a hat.
— 1 minute – looking for a hat.
— 4 minutes – pack the baby in the infant car seat. The car has yet to be reached.
— 2 minutes – take a wallet, keys, a bag with changing accessories, an infant car seat, go to the door.
— 2 minutes – it seems that you urgently need to go to the toilet. We go to the toilet, remember what the trip was started for.
— 1 minute – looking for a paper towel, wet napkin – whatever. Maybe toilet paper is not so necessary?
— 2 minutes – again we pick up the bag, keys, car seat and finally leave the door.
Total – 53 minutes, and that’s if you move at the maximum pace. Almost an hour just to get out of the house! And now you are standing by the car, dressed in sweatpants, sneakers and with ponytails on your head. Yes, you forgot about the deodorant, but you will never come back because of this.
Morality? The moral is that I didn’t value my freedom of movement until I gave birth. If I knew about this in advance, I would do whatever comes into my head, I would go wherever possible, despite my swollen legs.
Therefore, now, while you are still able to do this, drop all your business and go for a walk in the park. Get a manicure. Go bowling. Anywhere. Because very soon an insurmountable (and adorable) obstacle will arise between you and the door. “