typical day in the life...?

*Barbie* · May 2011

what's a normal weekday like for you? i was thinking about this after TT's post yesterday about needing a wife - and nico's comment about mobile babies.

5:15am - wake up, shower, get ready for work
6:15 - 6:30 - pump
6:30-7:30 walk the dogs, pack my car, drop off Wolverine at daycare (DK changed her and put her in her carseat before he left for work), drive to work
7-7:30 arrive at work
10am-ish: pump
11-1pm: eat lunch sometime in this window
2pm-ish pump
4-4:30pm leave work followed by a ~25-30 minute drive home.
5-ish: BF Wolverine
6-ish eat dinner (DK usually cooks while I BF)
7ish - 10ish: get stuff (clothes, lunches, bottles, etc.) ready for next day, play with dogs and baby, watch TV, sometimes throw in laundry or run sweeper, put Wolverine to bed around 8/8:30(sometimes bath), water plants and lawn, sometimes pump.
10-11:30ish: anytime in this window will pump, then go to bed.
2am: pump for 15-20 minutes

i think in some ways a toddler might be a little easier than a limited mobility baby in that the BF/pumping will be out of the equation, meals will be what we're eating and probably a light snack. (of course this time will then be taken up by chasing the kid down and possibly fighting over bedtime/eating/whatever - so i guess it's a wash)

mrsconn23 · May 2011

Ha...There is no routine at this time.

I guess I need to start thinking about it here soon.

loveshine1 · May 2011

A day I go to work:

7-8AM: Wake up, make coffee, lounge on couch with DH
7:30-8:30 - Baby A wakes up. Change diaper, prepare bottle, hand off to DH for morning feeding while we watch DVRed TV.
8:45-9 - FIL comes to pick up Baby A
9:15 - Arrive at work
9:15-5:30 - Work and have lunch, usually errands are done at lunchtime
5:30-6 - Drive home, stop at store, etc. During this time, DH goes to pick up Baby A OR we meet MIL and FIL for dinner.
6:30-7:30 - Prepare dinner, tidy up, throw clothes in laundry, empty dishwasher, etc., while DH feeds Baby A
7:30-8 - Eat dinner
8-9 - Baby A bath and bedtime routine
9-11- Hang out with DH. TV, sex, whatever.
11 - Sleepytimes

AuntFlo · May 2011

I won't bore you with mine, but yep - having a toddler is SO much easier. Except for the occasional temper tantrum or longer-than-normal nap, we get everywhere on time without much extra effort.

Having the pumping/bfing out of the equation will make a world of difference.

thatgrrrrl · May 2011

on a work day:
5:45am wake up and pump
6:10 make bottles, wash pump parts
6:20 hop in shower
6:40 dry pump parts pack up bag, lay out clothes
6:55 wake up DD, change diaper
7-7:30 nurse
7:30-7:45 get dressed and ready while DD plays in our room
7:50 kiss kid goodbye, shout last minute instructions to H, leave
8-9 commute to work
work 9-5 (pump 3 times at work)
5-6 commute home
6pm pum
6:30 DD gets her bath and into jammies
7 nurse DD while H gets dinner together
8 eat
8:40-9 clean kitchen
9 nurse DD to sleep
10 get my stuff together for next day and go to bed.

wake up multiple times a night for kid, cat, H's snoring.

Weekends aren't much different. I'm still up at 6/6:30am.

dharmabunny · May 2011

Ask me next week when I have to go back to work

...not looking forward to pumping during business hours.

thatgrrrrl · May 2011

Dharma, look at pumping during work as a nice little break. I take in my Kindle and have 20 minutes of silence.

*Barbie* · May 2011

Dharma - i like the pumping breaks. i take a book or my DS, and have been known to snooze on occasion.

GBCK · May 2011

Now that she's sleeping, mine is improving. I'm not sure if the toddler offsets the pump headache.

I will say that I'm not pumping as often anymore--we have SOoo much in the freezer that I can afford to not be paranoid. ANd I'll also say, I did NOT believe the peoplw who said if I gradually stepped it out, I could produce the same amt w/ fewer pumpings...but theywere right. If I pump every 3 hours, I get less per pumping session; if I pump every 4, the session takes longer but I produce an hour's more milk. So I pump less often now for the same amt.

so, schedule:
3:00am -3:45 am, feed/change/etc Buffy (this is her 'middle of the night' feeding she hasnout outgrown yet)
5:30 am, alarm goes off (USUALLY she's awake by 5 and wants to eat between 5 and 6. THis morning she slept until 6 so I did too)

5:30-6:30, get baby fed/changed/etc. Get out the door. (usually what happens is that I feed Buffy and I get myself ready. While I'm doing that the Mr. gets up, makes my lunch, washes all of my pump parts, packs my bags of pump stuff, changes and dresses Buffy, etc. Then he goes back to bed once we leave)

6:30-8:00 Commute/baby drop off/pump while driving.

12/1:00 ish, pump

4/5:00 ish, pump

6:30-8:00, commute home (If something has gone wonky w/ my day, I'll sometimes pump here too)

8:00-8:45, get baby to bed.

8:45-11:00, do stuff. Shower (so I don't have to in the AM), feed the adults and pets in the house, etc.

11:00-before bed pump. I don't always do this but if she's not agressively eating @ 8, it's better to do it than not.

11:00, BED

(of course, my trade off is that I only do that 4 x per week. and 2 days Buffy is home w/ her daddy)

**O-Face** · May 2011

I don't have children, so I'll bow out.

dharmabunny · May 2011

I've got Angry Birds, a David Sedaris book, Tetris, Scrabble and whatnot loaded on the iPod for some entertainment. Truthfully I wish I could just have an office with a closing door so I could actually do some high-focus work in some peace and quiet.

What I'm more concerned about is the time not working while I'm pumping. My department is well known to be a bunch of minute-minding busybodies. They've been known to give new moms back from mat leave hell. Hell, they've already targeted several individuals for appearing to be away from their desks for just a little too long.

And I fully expect some busybody to be monitoring exactly how much time I am away from desk and give me crap for it. Even though the department pets get at least 3-4 smoke breaks throughout the day without issue.

Hence, trying to transfer.

nicoleg1982 · May 2011

Weekdays

6:00 a.m. - Wake up, shower. Hope and pray to the world that DD is not up yet.

Sneak around, getting dressed and usually wake up DD in the process.

Get DD changed and dressed, then to the bathroom for face washing/teeth brushing.

6:30 a.m. - Finalize getting dressed, ready, brush teeth, pack breakfast in purse, etc.

Give DD cup of milk. Gather purse, back pack, work bag, lunch bag, etc.

Carry screaming DD out to the car with my eleventy bags in hand.

6:45 - 7 a.m. - Leave the parking lot.

7:05-15 a.m. - Drop DD off at school, head to work.

7:30 - 8 a.m. - Arrive at work.

Noon - Lunch.

5 p.m. - Leave work.

5:30 - 6 p.m. - Pick up DD.

6 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. - Arrive home. DD beings acting like a wild monkey and getting into everything for the next 2 hours straight.

Drop bags at breakfast bar. Pee. Clap along with DD as she tells me I'm "all done" peeing.

Change, while DD runs around like a maniac, trying to play with ALL OF HER TOYS at once.

6 - 7 p.m. - Cook/prepare dinner, eat.

7 - 7:15 p.m. - Begin bath, lasting 10-25 minutes.

After changing into pajamas and brushing teeth/hair, we read and play. A lot.

8 p.m. - DD bedtime.

Nico begins clean up of bag drop, dinner dishes, book reshelving, etc.

10 - midnight - Nico goes to bed.

Weekend and no-DD nights are very, very different.

hmonkey · May 2011

dharma, pumping is my online shopping/angry birds time. it used to be my "family ties" recap time.

5:45 -- hmo awakes, showers, eats breakfast.
6:30 -- mr. hmo awakes, gets meds. enter baby mo's room together, looking like bedraggled weirdos. hmo changes and feeds baby while playing bejeweled blitz or angry birds, mr. hmo doses baby, then showers, eats breakfast, gets dressed.
7:00 -- hmo puts away angry birds, sheds tear. baby is burped and dressed. hmo dries hair and gets dressed. baby hangs out on carpet, occasionally spits up. mr. hmo does breakfast dishes, gathers day things -- bag with baby things, pumpie, lunch, etc.
7:30 -- mr. hmo puts on shoes in baby's room, cleans up spitup. baby is loaded into stroller.
7:45 -- drive to work. look at suspicious cars parked around whtie house.
8:15 -- drop off baby mo at daycare, mr. hmo and hmo go to separate offices.
9:30 -- pump, play solitaire, post on tk.
12:00 -- walk to daycare and bf (daycare is around the corner).
2:30 -- pump, look at shoes, post on fb.
5:30 -- walk to daycare, bf baby mo and wait for dh to show up around 6:30.
7:00 -- arrive home. hmo puts milk in fridge, dumps baby mo's drooly clothes into hamper. mr. hmo frees baby mo from chains of stroller, leaves on floor while he changes. hmo changes clothes, changes baby mo's diaper and into the jammies. dh doses baby mo.
7:30 -- mr. hmo feeds baby while hmo does next day prep and makes dinner.
8:00 -- baby mo goes to sleep, the hmos eat dinner, talk.
8:30 -- a little tv, a little book reading, last pumping for hmo, and then bed by 9:00

AuntFlo · May 2011

nico - DD's hair looks so light in that picture! Is it all the chlorine and Florida sunshine - or just the lighting?

zsazsa-stl · May 2011

7:00 - 7:30 lay in bed while H gets ready, yell at him to rub my back

7:30 - 8:15 roll out of bed, decide to save showering for another day, make coffee

8:15 - 8:16 commute to work down the hall

8:16 - 8:20 H comes in to tell me goodbye, then realizes he forgot something upstairs, goes to get it, feels the need to tell me goodbye again, leaves, comes back to get that thing he forgot upstairs and the forgot again in the kitchen, comes to tell me goodbye AGAIN, I stab him, he finally leaves for good

8:20 - 5:30 Work, knot, let the dogs out, let the dogs in, knot some more, maybe a little more work, let the dogs out, let the dogs in

5:30 - 6:30 H comes home, we play with the dogs or go to the gym or just spend that time yelling at each other

6:30 - 8:00 Make and eat dinner or leave for various evening meeting/activity, yell at H

8:00 - 11:00 Laze about the house, watch TV, do laundry, yell at H

11:00ish Bedtime

nicoleg1982 · May 2011

It's the sunshine. It's nearly blonde now.

NOLABridesmaid · May 2011

You know what I'm noticing:

1. I think if I'm going to have to do the single mom thing, then the kid has to be 8 and up.

2. Kids cut into your tv watching time.

3. I understand why new moms have a touch of the crazy.

mrsconn23 · May 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_typical-day-life?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:acd1724f-965d-44d7-9cf6-4f46247cd2b1Post:d0dffe19-0b64-4dfd-ad68-deef5f3ee605">Re: typical day in the life...?</a>:
[QUOTE]You know what I'm noticing: <strong>1. I think if I'm going to have to do the single mom thing, then the kid has to be 8 and up.</strong> 2. Kids cut into your tv watching time. 3. I understand why new moms have a touch of the crazy.
Posted by NOLABridesmaid[/QUOTE]

It does make life so.much.easier when they reach about 7 or 8. Having a newborn and a 10 year old is quite easy. IDK how people with toddlers and newborns do it. Especially 2u2.

And yes, kids do mess with your TV time. :)

baconsmom · May 2011

On a day I have to get up:

6:30-7:10: Alarm goes off, I snooze. At 7, I give Bacon her 10-minute warning. She's to be ready to go when I get out of bed.

7:10: Change pajama pants for jeans, brush hair, put on shoes. Take Bacon to school.

7:40 - noonish: Watch TV, play on the internet, "write".

Noonish: Shower and have lunch.

Noon-thirty - 2:40: Do chores, wii, catch up on DVR, more internet. Possibly sex, if H gets home early enough.

2:40: Go get in the pick-up lane at school. Read my book or write. Sometimes I stop for a soda on my way.

3:40-5:40: Make dinner, chat with Bacon, eat dinner.

5:40 - 12: watch TV, have sex, write. Thursdays I have choir, and I go out afterward with my friends for a snack.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are H's days off, so I don't have to get up. In these cases, I roll out of bed around 10, and the rest of the day is mostly the same.

baconsmom · May 2011

Oh - H supervises bedtime and reads stories, per Bacon's request. I tell her when to do homework and check it for her, but she does it independently.

And at midnight I go to bed, usually. I don't just stop existing till the next morning. Also, I'm so happy: there's only 3.5 weeks of school left. 4 more Thursdays and Fridays, 3 more Mondays!!!!!!!! And then it'll be at the beach all day, every day it's not raining.

GBCK · May 2011

8 is the magical age...I refuse to deal w/ large groups of kids UNDER age 8 if I can help it.
(age 8 knows paper cuts hurt but won't die from. pre age 8, they assume blood = death and destruction and screaming. It's mroe than that but that's part of it.)

6fsn · May 2011

5ish- M1 gets up with DH. He still won't let me get him out of the crib. He helps DH get ready while I snooze.

6-7- TV time while I pump and get ready for the day.

7-9 free play, poop patrol, get dressed, coffee

9-noon errands, playdates, or more free play

noon-lunch

afternoon- naps and chores

5ish- DH home, either workouts, grass cutting or dinner making.

7 baths

8- M1 bed

9:30- DH bed

M2 goes down anywhere between 830 and 10.

hmonkey · May 2011

i need more husband yelling time and applause when i pee.

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