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Homeschool Question of the Day: “How do you continue to homeschool with a newborn in the house? I’m due in a month and wondering how I’m going to manage!”
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Homeschooling with a newborn, from my experience, was much easier than with older babies. I always kept baby near me, either in a bouncy chair or in a sling of some kind. I would nurse on demand. If you know the cues of a hungry baby you will know when they are hungry before they ever cry. Crying is the last sign of a hungry baby. Beginning to rouse from a nap, stretching, and sucking on hands are the first clues. If baby is near, you will know. I loved scheduling my older babies but I didn’t nurse them. I thought I would lose that when I started breast feeding. They eventually fell into a nice schedule/routine and I was able to plan around them.
While they are brand new, I would plan a ton of reading and lots of school on the couch. Mom needs to rest her body. I usually would put school away for 3-4 weeks. We used the baby as life skills training. I didn’t go many places. We needed time to adjust. Once we started school back up, we do only basics. We slowly add other things into the mix until we were full on and fully adjusted to baby. It really takes about 12 weeks to find your new normal so be willing to give yourself lots of grace. You have to learn a whole new personality. If the children you are teaching are fairly young, you’ve got lots of room. They won’t miss much in that short time if you did take an extended break.
I failed to introduce myself in the beginning. I am a nearly 9 year homeschooling mom with 7 children ages 3 to 14. I introduced 4 newborns into our school over the years. I miss the easy days of homeschooling when I wasn’t planning high school level learning with 2 preschoolers demanding a piece if the action. But I also wouldn’t change this beautiful season for the world. Newborns truly are easiest to homeschool other children around. God bless.