A few people (hopefully nobody who reads this blog) have suggested that as a stay-at-home mom, having all sorts of “free time”, I ought to be doing ______ (fill in the blank). I think they assume that I sit in front of the television and eat bon-bons all day. (Oh, wait, that’s<\/i> what I’m supposed to be doing?) Anyway, after one such conversation, my self esteem plummeted, and I ate several Dove dark chocolate eggs while awaiting notification that I’d won the “World’s Worst Wife and Mother” award.<\/p>\n
So, I decided to track a day in my life to see what I actually do. After seeing it all written down, I can’t imagine why I don’t have time to do the things various people think I ought to be doing. All sarcasm aside, if my parents didn’t live next door I’d be in very sorry shape right now.<\/p>\n
If you want to see all the stuff I did today, read on…<\/p>\n
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\n1:27 AM: awaken to screaming baby. pick up baby. rock baby.
\n1:29 AM: give up and bring baby to bed.
\n4:52 AM: feed baby.
\n6:30 AM: wake up to alarm. transfer baby back to crib. take dogs out. feed dogs. check email.
\n7:10 AM: shower. dress. get laundry and trash together.
\n7:24 AM: take out trash. start laundry.
\n7:33 AM: pick up wakey baby. change diaper. feed baby.
\n8:05 AM: eat breakfast. play with baby.
\n8:53 AM: change diaper. feed baby. try to get baby to nap.
\n9:43 AM: finally get baby to sleep. move laundry. crochet in front of Tivo.
\n10:49 AM: pick up baby. change diaper. feed baby.
\n11:15 AM: baby needs another diaper change. (uh-oh. first dirty diaper in three days.)
\n11:17 AM: oh, sh*t, diaper leaked.
\n11:18 AM: worst. blowout. ever.
\n11:20 AM: give baby bath.
\n11:30 AM: dress baby. scrub onesie. change crib (puddles of spit-up). fold first load of baby laundry. start another load of baby laundry.
\n12:15 PM: play with baby.
\n1:00 PM: take dogs out.
\n1:05 PM: feed baby.
\n1:46 PM: try to transfer sleeping baby to crib.
\n1:47 PM: pick baby back up.
\n1:52 PM: eat lunch.
\n2:15 PM: make bottle.*
\n2:18 PM: play with baby.
\n2:45 PM: change diaper. take dogs out. take baby for walk around the block, end up at Grandma’s.
\n3:30 PM: attempt to get baby to take bottle.*
\n3:47 PM: try sippy cup.*
\n4:00 PM: give up and feed baby.
\n4:15 PM: put sleeping baby in pack & play at Grandma’s. go to Target to buy different bottles.*
\n5:27 PM: return to Grandma’s. play with baby.
\n6:30 PM: change diaper. feed baby.
\n6:45 PM: eat dinner (thank you, mom!)
\n7:00 PM: leave baby with Grandma. go home to feed and let out dogs. quickly wash and sterilize new bottles and pump.*
\n7:15 PM: head back to Grandma’s. play with baby. change diaper.
\n9:15 PM: return home. change diaper. change baby into pajamas. feed baby.
\n9:40 PM: take dogs out.
\n10:00 PM: pump. take milk out of freezer to thaw overnight.*
\n10:40 PM: blog. watch Tivo. attempt to stay awake.
\n11:15 PM: take dogs out. check on baby. get ready for bed.
\n11:23 PM: fall into bed. realize laundry isn’t folded. ignore until morning.\n<\/p>\n
* Due to the show being so close and the rehearsals getting longer, I needed to leave a bottle with my parents last night for Carrie. She refused it. She’s taken bottles before, so I thought it was a fluke. Nope – she wouldn’t take it today, either. Hopefully she’ll take the new bottle tomorrow night, or she’s going to have to go 6 hours until I get home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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