Levothyroxine

Okay guys I went over 2 years without treating my hypothyroidism. Bad i know! Well I ended up in the hospital last week and my TSH level was 209 and they told me if I would've waited a week then I would've been in a thyroid coma so needless to say I'm back on my medication and taking if faithfully. However I have a 6 month old daughter so taking it at the same time every single day and not eating 2 hours before and after taking the medicine is unrealistic in my life! How important are those 2 things? I'm 19 and nobody has ever explained this condition to me, my doctor told me I had it and handed me a prescription when I was 14 so I'm pretty clueless about all of this!