0530-0630: baby wakes. Lotsa love, hugs, cuddles. Take a shower, have breakfast, attempt to read the papers. Wash and sterilise. Dump the laundry into washing machine
0730: baby's first milk. Hb leaves for work
0745-0830: baby's first nap. Hang up laundry, wash bottle, prepare towels and clothes for baby bath, prepare diaper bag to bring out, prepare milk for next 2 feeds
0830: baby wakes. Bath
0845-0900: ready to leave the house for mum's. Call mum, possible detour to pick mum from market.
0930: feed baby solid. Play time
1030: milk feed. Baby naps. Wash bottles and bowls.
1130: second pump
12-1230: baby active play time
1330: milk. Nap.
1330-1430: mummy's down time - Facebook, whatsapp chats, Instagram and possibly nap.
1500-1530: drive home. Feed baby solids
1630: milk. Nap. Prepares ingredients for dinner. Prepare baby's purée.
1700-1730: baby wakes from nap. Take a walk with baby.
1800-1830: wipe down for baby. Simple games, lotsa reading, winding down.
1900: last milk feed. If hubby is back, hubby feeds and I prepare dinner
1930: baby asleep. Dinner. Wash up
2000-2030: last pump. Watch tv while pumping
2100: KO
2300-0000: baby flipped in sleep, annoyed, cries. Baby dropped paci, annoyed, cries. Walk to and fro baby's room to flip baby back and put paci in.
0300: baby stirring. Warm up milk. Feed. Change diaper
0330: lay in bed, can't sleep. Check fb
0345: KO
0500: alarm rings. First pump of the day
Conclusion: it's nice to be a baby.
I remember the waking up upteem times to put the pacifier back into baby K's mouth and boy was it exhausting.
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