Definitely is hard work. By far the hardest job I have ever encountered. Trying to entertain a 6 month old all day will wear you out, but I wouldn't change it for the world! This job is very rewarding and I'm lucky to be in the SAHM club.
My day starts at 6 am, 7 days a week, to pump for 45 minutes. I prep bottles for the day, make breakfast (oatmeal and toast with peanut butter) and start a load of laundry (if any).
Miss Vivian wakes at 7:30 am like clock work. She doesn't cry , just lies in her crib until I go to get her. I always walk into her room seeing biggest smile on her face. Melts my heart. We change our diaper, but stay in our jammies. Unless she has a blowout in her crib...which has happened 4 nights in one week already...I will change her into leggings and a comfy top.
We eat around 7:40 am while watching Sprout. We like Chloe's Closet :) We'll do a little burp then play with our toys on the floor in the living room. We like to play with our VTech Sit-to-Stand Walker, blocks, rings, Fisher Price make-up vanity and Violet (our play puppy).
If we had a blowout in our crib we'll go in her room and change her sheet. Usually about a 20 minute process with taking off the bumper, change her sheet and put the bumper back on. Changing that thing is a workout in itself, ha! It's great that she's sitting up now...I can just plop her on the floor while I tend to her crib.
I'll also restock her drawers with diapers and wipes if needed.
We'll play more and then around 9:45-10am we will get our bottle. She will take her nap around 10 am and sleeps until around 11:30 am.
While she's napping I will clean the house, have a snack, have a cup of coffee if I make any (usually takes an entire morning to drink) and I will pump for 35 minutes and prep more bottles and freeze milk. After Vivian wakes from her nap we will fold laundry and watch more Sprout.
She doesn't eat again until around 1 pm. After eating, sometimes she will take another nap and if not, we might run errands, do more playing, I'll eat lunch. With it being cold, we mostly stay inside. I don't want her getting sick. We will sometimes take a stroll...again, since its been cold, we have skipped our stroll. The afternoons can get exhausting...especially if she decides she doesn't want to nap. We will watch our favorite video, Will.I.Am on Sesame Street a hundred several times, work on eating solids,
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more playing.
Read our favorite book, Peek-A-Boo Forest.
Sometimes she'll nap around 3 pm for about 45 minutes. So thankful if she does. If so, I relax a little...if not, we play more (work on tummy time...still hate it, play with a jar of macaroni noodles...she likes how they feel, practice crawling on the stairs).
At around 4 pm she will eat again. I will pump again after her bottle for 35 minutes when she's happy and content. After pumping we will go into the kitchen and prep/ freeze milk and wash all our bottles.
We will then start on dinner. After dinner we'll watch more Sprout, lay on the bed and play. At 6:30pm we start our bath. We love baths!
We spend about 15 minutes in the tub and then lotion up and get into our jammies and have our last bottle of the day. Little Miss Vivian is put into her crib before 7:30 pm.
I will take a shower (I found it is easier to shower at night so I know I will be clean for the next day), sweep and clean the kitchen counter, watch TV and I'll pump between 9:00 - 9:30 pm for 35 minutes. After pumping I will wash the remaining bottles, prep bottles and freeze milk. I'm in the bed around 10 pm.
Thankfully B has been home until he starts back next week. He helps out some, but Vivian wants her Mommy right now...wants to be held by me and play with me. I do love every second of this and wouldn't change it for the world!!!
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