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December 17th, 2011 at 05:13 am

Woke up 7:20. Took care of the baby until 8:30. Got ready for work and run to the train. Bought coffee and mini-croissant near work, had it at the desk.

Chinese brush painting class at lunch.

Lamb over rice from the street cart at the desk. Working hard on an unpleasant complicated task the rest of the day. Will have to go through tons of paperwork for days to have it done. Also, my co-worker is leaving for a 3 week vacation, so I will be alone doing what is normally divided between us.

Leave work at 6, home by 7pm. Play with the baby for an hour and a half.

Run 1.7 miles as husband was putting baby to sleep. (Just enough to get metabolism going).

Than at 9pm we start cooking. We cooked together -- chunky guacamole (diced tomato, onion, minced garlic, cilantro, serranos, and of course, avocado. All salted, peppered and eaten with baked tortia chips.) Not a diet meal by any stretch, but very good nutritionally.

Done eating by like 10:20. Than washing up kitchen and battery of baby bottles, Baby Cook, bibs, spoons tethers, the works. (I don't put any of the baby's stuff into the dishwasher).

Done washing up at 11:40. 20 minutes to take off make-up, brush teeth, sit around.
Now spending 10 min to blog/read, than some time with DH, will probably go to bed at 1-1:30 am again.

Waking up at 7-7:30 tomorrow. And like that every day. Baby knows no weekends.

Must clean something in the apartment tomorrow, it looks out of control.

I NEVER have enough sleep. We must be doing something wrong. DH works just as hard when it comes to work, house, and the baby, and yet both of us are always so tired.

4 Responses to “My days”

  1. PNW Mom Says:
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    Nope! Not doing anything wrong....just life with a baby! Smile

  2. Looking Forward Says:
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    I enjoyed reading about your day. Boy, I'm tired after reading that! Wink I've also been meaning to post about a typical day-in-the-life-of-me.

  3. MonkeyMama Says:
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    "We must be doing something wrong. DH works just as hard when it comes to work, house, and the baby, and yet both of us are always so tired. "

    HA!

    Babies are exhausting. We worked out a way more laid back schedule (spouse not working, etc.), but I still remember the same exhaustion. I always felt more drained when I was home than when I was at work. I think being home with a baby can be more exhausting than getting out and getting your brain some real exercise. (Just to say I don't think your schedule is necessarily that much more draining). BUT, you can maybe manage the chores more efficiently or hire some of that out. I value my sanity - so I would not be shy at all to hire help for my sanity. We did hire help even with a full stay-home parent. So I guess that is the insight I could offer. But you will still be exhausted, you just might get a bit of a break.

  4. ceejay74 Says:
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    I'm definitely tired more often than before I had a kid, but it got much better after the first few months. Hmm...

    That hourlong commute is a real killer. That's the first thing that stood out as being different from my routine. But not something you can change.

    After the first few months, we started putting baby's stuff in the dishwasher. Never suffered any adverse effects that I could tell, and saved a ton of effort.

    For baby's food, we would often puree our meal from the day before. Once she could eat solids, she would eat whole leftovers from the day before. She's hungry as SOON as we get home from daycare, so it just ended up that was the best way to feed her before she got sad. We try a few different foods if she doesn't go for the first one, but we'll let her have crackers and applesauce and milk if she's not feelin' any of the other options.

    We take turns on stuff. One of us cooks the adults' dinner while another feeds and plays with AA. We eat dinner while she's still awake and she usually wants a bit of what we're having. Then she goes to bed and we clean up a bit, hang out and relax together.

    On weekends, one parent gets up with her while the others sleep in. It switches around; nothing formal, but whoever feels the most awake when she starts making noise.

    We don't go out as much on the weekends, other than grocery shopping. Just enjoy hanging out at home, doing housework in increments so the place stays under control.

    My main exercise is a brisk 20-min. walk before work with the jogging stroller, taking AA to daycare, and sometimes (when work allows) wandering the city or doing errands during my lunch hour.

    We hire a housecleaner to come in once a month and deep-clean the things we were having trouble getting to; bathroom and kitchen surfaces, vacuuming, dusting.

    I know my methods probably won't work for you, but I thought I'd go ahead and share them since we have a healthy, happy kid and a fair amount of energy for being working parents. We still feel exhausted some nights, but not all the time.

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