""Yeah... Imma hold your hand when I say this." "Sleep when the baby crochets." "Showering is gonna feel like your special hobby." "I drove through chick fil once on maternity leave." "You won't have time to brush ur teeth, drink water, eat, use the restroom, nor to sleep." "I had so much planned out but ended up doing nothing but caring for the baby, just pick some shows and get comfortable girlfriend." "Girl. You will be figuring out wake windows and trying to get your baby to nap longer than 24 minutes until about 6m postpartum." "Yall had time for hobbies???""
""Just pick a good tv show. That's all you get." "Start Vanderpump Rules from season 1." "I decided to not watch Wednesday when it released so I could save it for maternity leave. It released November '22. Babies born May '23. It's September '25 and I've yet to watch." "My favorite hobby during naps was repeatedly checking to make sure he was breathing. I also watched a lot of Gilmore Girls, so much that the theme song was sometimes the only thing to make him stop crying.""
A pregnant TikTok user due in October asked followers for hobby suggestions for maternity leave and received thousands of candid comments from parents. Commenters described early postpartum life as dominated by newborn care, fragmented sleep, and basic self-care turning into special moments. Many recommended low-effort activities like binge-watching television during brief nap windows. Several responses offered blunt, reality-check style advice about letting go of pre-birth plans and prioritizing the baby. Others shared humorous or relatable anecdotes about obsessively checking a baby's breathing and struggling to extend short naps for months postpartum.
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