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By Livia Gamble
Brought to you by Medela.
Burnout is common among mums for one reason: they put everyone else’s needs above their own.
But the truth is, you can’t look after everyone else without taking care of yourself first.
In our latest Facebook live chat for TMB TV, Astrid McCallum, a clinical nutritionist and life coach, says she wishes she’d known to put herself first when she was a new mum.
“It’s really, really important,” says Astrid. “You’re going to be carrying these precious babies. They’re going to be depleting your body of all nutrients, so making sure that you’re actually putting yourself as a priority is really important before falling pregnant and post-pregnancy.”
“I think especially as women, and as mums, we tend to put ourselves down that list, so I’d like to remind everyone to pop yourself right back up there.”
One major tip is to set your priorities for the day – then stick to them.
Astrid says, “Ask yourself: what do you really need to do today for baby and yourself? That’s your two priorities.
“The rest of it will happen when they need to.”
Astrid believes that we all have enough time in the day to get the things that actually need doing done: for example, having a shower and getting enough sleep definitely trumps the pile of washing on the couch or cleaning the kitchen.
“Everything does get done that you need to get done. And anything else, there’s always tomorrow – or the next day.”
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