Easy Health and Energy Hacks for Tired, New Moms

Congratulations, Mama! Are you feeling like one of the really tired, new moms?

Here You Go: Tired, New Moms

Being a new mom is what you feel it is – a blessing, tiring, and anything in between. I’ve been a mom for eight beautiful months now, but I’m also a wellness expert, so I wanted to share a few of my health and energy hacks for tired, new moms that you may find helpful.

These are, of course, based only on my own personal experience and knowledge, so take it with a grain of salt. But still, I hope you find some useful insights.

Here are some great, Easy Health and Energy Hacks for Tired, New Moms.

I wish there was a way around this one. I wish I could tell you that sleep is overrated, and who needs all those hours of sleep, anyway? It doesn’t really seem to fit into our life, sometimes. With my husband’s schedule getting off really late from work, as well, it makes me want to stay up later to spend more time with him.

But this is a wake-up call (haha) to really strategize how to get more sleep time in bed, because it’s just that important in our list of energy hacks. Unfortunately, sleep is where humans get our energy from.

According to Dr. Amy Shah, The Circadian Rhythm governs our sleep, hunger and energy. And an appropriate amount of sleep, around 7-10 hours, is essential to our Circadian Rhythms.

Sleeping around 10 PM (or earlier) is best for the natural melatonin in your brain.

I’ve felt the need to get even more sleep after giving birth. So I stay in bed as long as my schedule allows. If you can’t co-sleep or you’re not finding it easy to get in more sleep, see if you can cut down on the work you need to do to get sleep.

Bottom line: You must prioritize sleep. Baby, eat, and sleep. These are the things as a new mom.

If you have some kind of insomnia, then meditate. This is a fantastic way to energize.

Read on for more health and energy hacks for tired, new moms.

Boost Serotonin with Sunshine for Energy

When you must wake up, step outside with your baby to get morning sunshine. Letting the sun hit your skin (yes, even if you’re in a cloudy environment) will boost serotonin in your brain.

This natural chemical will help you feel more energized, focused, and calm.

Try to get 5-minute sunshine breaks throughout your day. Evening sun is fine as well. Sunshine in general is healthy for your skin and brain.

Read on for more health and energy hacks for tired, new moms.

Consider Co-Sleeping for a Lot More Energy

I have to put this consideration in my blog because I have seen the power of co-sleeping.

It’s only natural, and my son and I both found the crib to be an unnatural torture machine. I did my research around SIDS, noticing that animals in the wild, including those of monkeys, apes and gorillas, would sleep with their young in their arms. Did the babies in the wild get SIDS?

No. SIDS may come from babies not getting breathing techniques right when they are learning to use the vocal cords to make sounds. So actually, co-sleeping can be beneficial for babies because the babies can learn proper breathing techniques from their parents.

This is a controversial topic, so do what you are comfortable with, of course. But I would go with your gut feelings rather than what someone tells you, even if they are nurses in a hospital.

With my baby beside me in bed and offering side-lying breastfeeding, my baby and I sleep through the night, waking up occasionally to feed. It’s super natural to my body and mind. It’s something to consider, if you haven’t tried it yet, and you’re one of the ultra tired, new moms.

Be cautious to have blankets and pillows down and away from the baby as much as you can so that you are certain the baby can breathe properly.

Relax Your Whole Body

If your baby is like mine, he or she will sleep on you (or in my case, only on you or beside you in the bed). So when it’s nap time, feel free to either nap, meditate, and/or relax your entire body.

You can listen to a guided meditation which can help relax each body part at a time, or you can mentally scan your body and relax.

For example, relax your feet, your ankles, your calf muscles, your knees, all the way up the body until the crown of your head is full relaxed. Breathe into the places that need more relaxation and physically let your muscles go, let your facial muscles slide down and relax, and of course, close your eyes.

I do this relaxation game myself, and I find that when I come out of this relaxation, even if it lasts for two minutes, I have more energy.

Read on for more health and energy hacks for tired, new moms.

Quick Ear Massage

This is probably my favorite health and energy tip because it’s so easy to do, you can do this anywhere, and most people don’t think about it.

Gently massage your ear, from bottom up and top to bottom, rubbing your ear gently between your fingers. Your body will tell your fingers where to go.

I have an ear reflexology chart below to show you that when you stimulate your ear, you’re stimulating your whole body on an energetic level that awakens your body’s energy.

When you massage your ears, you stimulate the nerve endings and bring more blood flow to your head. This makes you feel more alert and awake and even releases endorphins.

This can be done several times throughout your day. Again, take note of how you feel after you spend a few minutes massaging your ears.

Try it now! I love this energy hack!

5-Minute Exercises, When Your Body Feels Ready

Exercise boosts your mitochondria in your body, giving you lots of new energy.

I began exercising as soon as I could because that’s what I love to do. I had a C-Section, and as soon as a few months passed where I felt like I could move better and didn’t have pain, I worked on a few yoga poses.

Eventually, I built up to 5 minute exercises.

My baby was rarely out of my arms, though. He didn’t like me putting him down for yoga poses, so I wondered how I could work out. So I started slowly by doing leg exercises like squats and lunges (modified to go down only as low as I felt like) with the baby in my arms.

*Remember good posture in your back, and when you’re able to comfortably, gently suck in your belly button to give your back more support. Bending down in a squat with your booty out, no bent back.*

I would follow the exercises on my awesome fitness program. What I love is that they give 5 minute stretches or exercises like this (as well as pre and post-partum workouts, beginners workouts, yoga, expert workouts, all levels workouts and an ongoing mindset program).

I would recommend you checking it out for sure. Remember, those who exercise live longer.

As you grow more confident with how you’re doing workouts with your baby, you can exercise more time such as building up to 15 minute exercises, and/or exercise those 5 minute exercises or stretches at different times throughout the day.

For me, I slowly got my baby comfortable being on the yoga mat with me as I did my exercises and yoga. So eventually, it was a piece of cake to work out with him. I would often touch him and talk to him so he knew I was there and do my best to quell any separation anxiety.

Water, Water, Water.

Did you know that as soon as your lips or mouth feels dry, you’re dehydrated?

Drinking lots of water is a simple but powerful technique to great health and energy.

Water stimulates the flow of nutrients in your body and releases feel-good endorphins. This keeps you happy and energized.

A gallon of water a day would be great. If not, don’t beat yourself up. But remember to wake up with lots of water and hydration. Before you eat, it’s not a bad idea to encourage yourself to drink a glass of water. All throughout the day, carry your water bottle with you to remind yourself.

There are also hydration apps now that lets you set up reminders to yourself to drink water, and you can set them up to go off every hour.

As a breastfeeding mom, I know that whenever my baby nurses, my body automatically lets me know how thirsty I am. So, I always like to have water nearby.

I know you want to grab other drinks like coffee and tea, and that’s perfectly fine, but know that you should drink water before and after. Other drinks that aren’t specifically created for hydration, like the one listed below, or water, will dehydrate you.

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Clean Energy Drink.

I can’t write this article without giving my go-to source of no-jitter and good-feeling-for-your-body Energy Drink.

I love a drink that gives me clean energy, one that’s not filled with too much sugar or caffeine. I am not against coffee! I absolutely love coffee, but I drink coffee mostly for fun and for the taste, but not necessarily for energy, honestly.

Just because I know this clean source of energy will end up giving me way more energy. I think it’s perfect for me and other tired, new moms.

This energy drink tastes like lemonade or fruit punch, depending on what flavor you get, and only has 100 mg of clean caffeine from green tea and coffee bean extract. This kind of energy from Beta-alanine, Quercetin, magnesium and Potassium allows you to have a ton of energy without the jittery feeling or crash.

My Clean Energy Drink is known to sharpen focus and reaction time, being a pre-workout. You can have it any time in the morning or early afternoon to energize yourself.

Read on for the last health and energy hack.

Meditate for Energy

I save the best for last. Meditation slows down your brain waves, activates the prefrontal cortex, and calms the amygdala. We turn our brains from “survival mode” to “thriving mode.” In this way, we stress less and increase our energy.

I think meditation is a top tip because you can do this before you go to bed or any time throughout the day.

Meditation is focusing on your breath, and learning to calm your mind down. You focus on the feeling of the breath coming in and out of your nose. Your mind will wander a lot, but when you notice your mind has wandered, gently bring it back to the present moment.

The places in the past or future that your mind visits aren’t real. Nothing is real anymore, except the here and now. So we bring the breath back to what is real.

As a breastfeeding mom whose baby naps on her, I tend to find meditation time in those moments when he’s asleep. This meditation time while he naps can tie into the energy tip of relaxation of the entire body.

Take note when you do this, and notice how you feel when you do come out of meditation or relaxing your whole body. Do you have more energy?

I notice that I do. And I truly hope this helps tired, new moms who puts this in her routine. Having more energy like this always makes me want to meditate even more. But start with just a few minutes.

I encourage you to keep trying to relax for energy even if you’re not sure it worked the first couple of times. Sometimes it’s hard to measure energy, and sometimes the energy will come to us a bit later.

Check out my YouTube channel for free yoga and meditations, and please subscribe if it resonates. I truly appreciate it.

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