It has been a long time since I have written here. My life has changed so drastically that I don't even know where to begin. So I think I will skip all of it and just say that I now have a baby, a darling 7 month old boy named E, work full-time, and yes, my husband is still working away at his PhD.
What inspired me to start blogging again was some "day in the life posts" that I was reading. As a new mother I find myself constantly wondering about the schedules and day to day lives of other moms. Is it normal for a baby to nap 4 times a day? What time do babies usually wake up in the morning? How do other moms incorporate exercise back into their lives? All this and more. Believe me, much more. So I thought I would do a little day in the life post for myself. Just for fun and because I think that they are interesting :) I will do yesterday, because it was pretty typical.
4:30am - Hear E fussing in his crib. I try my hardest not to feed him his first bottle until as close to 6am as can so I go into his room and rock him back to sleep. Today it is successful. It isn't always.
6-7am - My alarm goes off and I have just enough time to start the coffee and wash my face before E decides it is time for breakfast. After his bottle I like to give him some fruit and cereal and he likes to eat/chew maniacally on the spoon. I also use this time to eat, feed the cat, make lunch, prepare bottles and feed him bites in between.
7-7:30am - I get myself dressed and ready while the hubs entertains E. Then we get E dressed in an extremely adorable outfit that we spend too much time picking out.
8am - After dropping E off at daycare I get to the office and then work until around 4pm.
4:15pm - Leave the office and go pick up E. This is definitely the best part of my day. I always get so excited to see him on the drive and the ten minutes it takes to get there stretches on and on.
4:30-5pm - Arrive at daycare to discover E wearing a completely different outfit. This happens rather often. Find out that he has been wearing the new outfit since 8 am. Spend too long chatting with the daycare teachers. They always seem a little starved for grown up conversation and honestly they are the only ones I know who are just as excited to talk about how much E is eating/sleeping/talking/pooping as I am.
5-6pm - Drive home, E chatters away telling me about his day. I get home and try to put E down for a nap. This just results in 10-15 minutes of him sobbing in his crib until I finally crack and put him in his exersaucer. Hubs attempts to entertain him while I wash bottles, clean up the kitchen and make dinner.
6-6:30pm - E starts getting fussy and that is when I know it is time for some sort of solid food. Tonight it is squash, which is a favorite. Hubs and I eat while I feed E dinner and then as soon as we are all done we head out for a walk.
6:30-7pm - This comes in as a close second for favorite part of the day. We recently moved to a new part of town which has a creek running through it. So, on our walks we often see deer and other animals wandering around and it is such a wonderful thing. After growing up in an extremely urban setting, seeing deer in our backyard is just magical.
7-8pm - Bedtime routine. Hubs and I both have specific tasks for E's bath and bedtime and so far it has worked out brilliantly. After his bath hubs feeds E and I get random stuff done around the house. After his bottle E stays awake for a few minutes in his swing then we say a prayer, put him in his crib and kiss him goodnight. E sings and plays with his feet for a while before falling asleep. We just recently sleep trained him and it has been amazing to be able to just put him down and then go on with the evening.
8-10pm - I clean the kitchen, making lunch for the next day, taking a shower (because if I don't I know it won't happen in the morning), and watch a show with the hubs. Then I go to bed and cross my fingers that E sleeps through the night.
That is my typical day. Was that boring? Don't tell me if it was. I promise to only do a "day in the life" this one time. You can look forward to my next post being all about E and the wonders of him.
