Hi friends! I’ve been meaning to do a day in the life post for awhile- I love reading them myself and it will be fun to look back on when Audrey is a little older. Right now, Audrey is 3.5 months old and generally (knock on wood!!) sleeps through the night, going down between 9-10 and waking up between 5-7 to eat and then goes down for a little longer. During the day all bets are off as to when she’ll nap. :D
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3:00 A.M- Audrey wakes up with bad gas (poor little). Brian gets up and soothes her back to sleep after some Mylicon and bicycle kicks.
6:13 A.M- Audrey wakes up for her first feeding of the day. As a general rule after her first feeding she will go back to sleep for a few hours.
7:45 A.M- Audrey starts fussing in her pack n play, so I bring her in bed with me to hang out.
Good morning!
8:17-8:45 A.M- Audrey’s second feeding of the day- this one is typically longer.
8:45-9:45 A.M- Diaper change! After getting changed, Audrey plays in her pack n play (she loves talking to her BFF, the ceiling fan) while I grab my coffee, put the cloth diapers in the wash, give Bailey a treat, publish a blog post I wrote the night before, get myself ready and get her clothes out. Audrey gets into a going out outfit (she usually wears sleep n plays unless we are going out somewhere).
All dressed up:
9:50-10:00 A.M- Car ride to panera to meet some moms that I found on a local meetup group. Audrey loses her ish after her pacifier falls out of her mouth. Oy. Good thing it’s only a five minute car ride!
Do I have to ride in my car seat?
10:00-10:30 A.M- Audrey naps in Panera while I chat with the other two moms- one has a little guy that is a week younger than Audrey. It was so nice to meet another new mom in the area!
10:30 A.M- Audrey wakes up hungry- I’ve never really nursed in public before but hey, when a baby is hungry they need to eat! I grab my cover and feed her at our table. It went pretty smoothly! I felt more comfortable doing so with the other moms around.
11:15 A.M- Audrey decided that she is hungry again, so I feed her again while chatting it up with the moms.
11:40- We head home, but not before Audrey has a big spitup in her carseat. Thankfully she was wearing a bib!
12:00 P.M- Diaper change, outfit change to outfit number two of the day. We play for a bit and I put her in her swing. She isn’t feeling it. She seems tired so I put her in her pack n play. She isn’t feeling it. She tolerates the rock n play for a little bit before she starts with the hunger cry so eating it is!
No swing, please.
Nap? You crazy, devil woman!
Rock n play? Nah, I’d rather eat
12:34-1250 P.M- Audrey’s fourth feeding of the day. I catch up on my DVRed shows (Switched at Birth anyone?) while feeding her. She seems sleepy afterwards so I swaddle her (I usually don’t swaddle her during the day) and put her in the pack n play.
12:50-1:40 P.M.- Audrey naps! While she naps I clean up the kitchen, take out the garbage, get the guest room situated (Brian’s mom is coming this weekend), put clothes away and run the cloth diaper wash again. Bailey decides our closet is a nice place to pee so I clean up Bailey pee.
1:40-2:15 P.M- Audrey wakes up and it’s play time! We read a book and then Audrey drops a bomb. Diaper change and outfit number 3 of the day (she spit up a bit too- did I mention she’s a spitter?) We play/sing on her changing table for a bit- she loves getting her diaper changed!
Let’s play!
I can help turn the pages ya know…
Bailey chills next to us while we hang out.
Outfit number three!
2:15-2:30- tummy time! Audrey hates tummy time but I started using the boppy during it yesterday and she is doing a lot better with it. It’s a good thing I laid a cloth down because after I took this picture spit up fest 2012 happened.
Tummy time!
This is what I think of your tummy time
2:30- Audrey chills in the rock n play while I heat up my lunch (Trader Joe’s pesto pizza). She falls asleep around 2:50 so I settle in to eat, clean up the living room, start the cloth diaper rinse, compose this blog post and write thank you cards (I’m only a few months behind, haha) with the DVR on in the background.
Sleep!
Cloth diapers (love ‘em!)
3:50- Audrey wakes up to eat for her fifth feeding of the day and then falls asleep. Cuddle time until 4:20 and then I put her in the rock n play to rest while I hang up the cloth diapers, vacuum and start a load of laundry.
4:50- Sleeping beauty wakes up- diaper change time! Afterwards we play and read on the bed, where she spits up again. Time for outfit number 4 of the day!
5:20-6:10- Audrey is hungry and eats for awhile- sixth feeding of the day! I check facebook on my phone and catch up on the DVR.
6:10-6:50- More playtime! We walk around the house a little bit and Audrey plays with her seahorse.
6:50- Diaper change!
7:00- Audrey is cuddly so we sit on the couch where she falls asleep on me.
7:15- Brian’s home! He heats up our leftovers (chicken burrito bowls) and I eat while Audrey sleeps on me. It’s a balancing act.
Sleepy baby
7:50-8:20- Catch up with Brian and hang out while Audrey sleeps.
8:20- Audrey wakes up- time to eat again. Seventh feeding of the day- hungry girl!
9:00- Audrey appears to be done eating so I hand her to Brian to put her to sleep and get changed into running clothes.
9:10-9:40- I hit the treadmill and get 2.5 miles in, as my training plan requires. Woohoo!
9:40- Audrey is still hungry! I nurse her again for her eight and final feeding of the day.
10:15- Audrey goes to sleep in her pack n play so I shower, then clean the kitchen up, hang up the wet laundry and get the trash together from around the house to be put out tomorrow.
11:15- Time for a nightcap- Guinness! (It’s good for milk production. Duh.). I type up a bit of this post, read some blogs and then call it a night.
Whew!
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A few notes:
- Audrey ate eight times today- she’s generally anywhere from 5-8 times. A lot of my time is spent nursing her
- She took a few naps today, which is unusual. Generally she will nap when we are out and about but if we’re home she will do a twenty minute catnap, if that.
- Audrey only dropped one bomb today but was quite spit uppy. It varies from day to day- sometimes it seems like every diaper is dirty and she hardly spits up!
- As a general rule, I try to get out of the house with her once a day, be it to run an errand, pick up some things at Target or meet a friend. It’s nice to break up the day.
- I usually take her for a walk in the afternoons (love this Southern weather!) but it was rainy.
So, there’s a typical day for me and Audrey! I’m wondering how much it will change as she gets older. Time will tell!
Have a wonderful weekend, friends!
Katie
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