1. Plan Ahead • Get outside If you want to lose weight, lose it
for a few slowly. It took you nine months
When you are pregnant:
minutes to gain the weight, give yourself
• Cook meals and freeze them. every day. nine months to lose it. Choose
Stock your pantry with items to Take the low fat, low sugar foods. Cut out
make easy meals. baby for a fried foods, sweets, and soft drinks.
• Clean your house really well. Then, walk if the Avoid crash diets and diet pills. Eat
just pick up and do light cleaning weather is healthy calories not empty calories.
nice.
the first few months after baby
Make easy meals:
arrives. • Wear baby Crock Pot
• Use paper plates and cups so you in a baby Salads
don’t have to wash dishes. sling. Soups
Baby is
• Talk to other members in the Smoothies
close to you while you get things done.
household about how they can help Exercise
after the baby comes. Good Food • Wait a couple of weeks after giving
• Talk to the baby’s dad about his Eat a healthy, balanced diet. birth before starting mild exercises
plans and dreams for the new baby. 2-3 servings from the milk, like walking.
Ask how he wants the child to yogurt, cheese group
be raised and disciplined. Discuss 2-3 servings from the meat, • Breastfeed baby before exercising.
your views on discipline. Decide on poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs & This will keep you from leaking
a joint plan to gently guide your nut group while you exercise.
child. 3-5 servings of vegetables • Start slowly and work up to longer
2-4 servings of fruit and more difficult exercises.
After the baby is born:
6-8 servings of bread, cereal, • If you work up a sweat, shower
Rest
rice, and pasta or wipe off your breasts before
• Sleep when baby is sleeping.
Eat to hunger, drink to thirst. breastfeeding – babies do not like
Have the baby near you at night for
the salty taste of sweat.
easy feeding. Eat the foods you like. Baby will
• Wait until the baby is at least 1 let you know if the foods you eat Help
month old before starting to do not agree with him. If your Taking care of a newborn baby is a
entertain family and friends. baby is fussy every time you eat a full-time job! It helps to have help
certain food, avoid that food for a with household chores!
few weeks. Pick up the clutter so your house
looks neat.
