Coping with Mornings During Pregnancy - with Toddlers {New Mums}

Asalamalaikum Sisters :D

We praise Allah when we fall pregnant with our second child. For the muslim women in my friends and family the idea of our first child being an only child doesn't appeal. Often we come from big families and like our own to follow. Other times we ourselves have been brought up as only children and didn't want our children to feel as we did when we watched siblings grow up together. Second children and subsequent children therefore are a source of relief and joy - especially for the sake of our first child.

Then comes the morning sickness and we start wondering how on earth we are going to cope - especially in those gruggy mornings when sleep is already a nagging issue.

How to Cope with Pregnancy Mornings and Toddlers:

First we say Alhamdulilah - all praise be to Allah who has blessed us with a gift of being able to bear children.

Next we say Bismillah - we start in the name of Allah the most merciful and kind. This will add a spiritual boost as well as adding blessings and reward to our actions...inshallah :)



Here is one suggestion I found very helpful:

 - Buy a child size table or set up an area easily reachable for your toddler

 - Set up a breakfast for your toddler the night before

- Suggestions include: sliced fruit, a bowl with dry cereal and a sippy cup full of juice

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I found these suggestions extremely helpful and appropriate also for sisters who are renting.

The fruit and cereal are healthy foods that inshallah the toddler will not choke on and they are not really very messy foods.

The juice is also a good option since it gives the child refreshing energy and it won't spoil overnight inshallah. The sippy cup will insallah prevent too much spill. Unless you have a toddler like my Toddlergirl2 who is bent on shaking everything until it splatters on the floor - at which she giggles showing her two little bottom teeth. Ahhhrr I love them when theyre at that stage, despite the intense work........alhamdulilah :D

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Ok take care everyone

Salamalaikum

Umm Musk