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Pregnant Through the Holidays

Getting Ready for Your Holiday Baby

By Teri Brown

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(Champion 2001). "Take one baby step at a time! Make lists, create a countdown, set goals and make realistic deadlines."

As the mother of a Thanksgiving baby, Williams understands the frenzy of preparing for both a baby and the holidays simultaneously. She suggests choosing priorities and sticking to them. "Break your task into manageable pieces, rather than trying to do your entire list of to-dos in one day," Williams says. "When you're tired and feeling a little less than your best self during the last days of pregnancy, keep your list short and sweet with, say, three big priority items rather than your usual five. Do what you do best, then ask for help with the rest."

Williams also advises that you attempt to clean as you go. This way you won't be decluttering when you could be organizing and decorating the baby's room. "Multi-task when you can by addressing holiday cards or baby announcement envelopes as you sit in traffic," she says.

The best advice she can give to parents with holiday babies on the way?

  • Learn to delegate.
  • Learn to say no.
  • Get plenty of rest (most people do the opposite as a result of stress).
  • Make plenty of lists (don't rely on your memory, which is getting fuzzier by the minute).
  • Set realistic standards for yourself and those around you.

But no matter how much you have to do, Williams believes the No. 1 priority should be taking care of yourself and your baby. "Taking care of yourself and your baby is the most important task on your to-do list; everything else is second fiddle," she says. "Your family and friends will support you in this."


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