Your maternity leave has started but before you put your feet up, ticks a few things off your to-do list first…
If you haven’t got time to cook up batches of food, go through your cupboards and check your levels of staples like rice, pasta and tinned soups. “Make sure you’ve got essentials like toilet roll and washing powder too, as these can be too bulky to carry in the bottom of your buggy when you’re shopping with your baby,” advises health visitor Angela Davy (www.bootsparentingclub.com). “Another good idea to is to buy a cake that can be frozen in slices and defrosted for all those visitors in the first few weeks.”