The Three Hour Solution
May 21, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Mental Health
Exhausted, overwhelmed mothers need breaks when sleeping through the night is not an option.
Most babies can go three hours between nursing sessions and that three hours rest is often a good compromise to getting yourself back together. To implement the three hour solution, you still need the baby’s father, a mother, mother-in-law or good friend to make an afternoon commitment.
1. The moment you finish nursing, hand the baby over to be burped, changed and settled to sleep or played with in another room by someone else. If the weather allows, a nice walk to the park without you is also …read more
