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New Parent Holiday Hustle: Managing Expectations and Prioritizing Rest Postpartum

New Parent Holiday Hustle: Managing Expectations and Prioritizing Rest Postpartum

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Ravae Sinclair discusses navigating the holiday season as a new parent, emphasizing the importance of setting boundaries, prioritizing rest, and simplifying traditions. She highlights four main challenges: increased social demands, physical recovery, emotional needs, and baby-centric attention. Strategies include learning to say no confidently, delegating tasks, simplifying traditions, setting visitor boundaries, and focusing on connection over perfection. Ravae stresses the necessity of rest for postpartum healing, advising new parents to avoid overexertion and to create calm, intimate moments with their baby. She encourages prioritizing self-care and bonding over external expectations.

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