What Does Your Day Look Like?

[abb1701]

Good post! I'm running out of ideas

Right now DS and will walk down to the mail box in the afternoons (we live in a complex so it's a nice distance.

He has one of those play mat things with the arches and the hanging toys. He loves that.

he sits in his high chair (which reclines) and watches me while I talk to him and do dishes or fold laundry.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

At 5 weeks we do dancing , singing, tummy time and play mat and /or swing time.
Our day goes: eat play nap over & over with shorter and shorter naps

[misshart00]

I take DD to the park a lot and wear DS. He seems to like going outside.

[greenpony33]

I always have plans to do stuff during the day but it always seems like a meltdown or a good nap for LO gets in the way. Most of our days are spent eating, sitting on my lap singing songs, or sitting in a bouncy while I'm making breakfast/lunch. I also am getting bored feeling like we don't do enough. I really need to work on a routine, I think that will help. Those of you that are more active during the day, do you have a routine/follow the same pattern daily of what you do?

[misshart00]

All of our routines are based on the toddler's schedule. DS just kind of has to follow along. And if we're going somewhere, I try to feed him and change his diaper right before we leave.

[hollydfromtn]

We're pretty boring here too. DS is up for the day around 7:30 after that we follow the eat, activity, sleep schedule until we go to bed around 10. His activity periods include things like his playmat, tummy time, or sitting in my lap singing and talking/reading. I also watch a lot of netflix. I save most of the chores until DH gets home around 4:30. This way they can have time together without me hovering and it's easier for me to get them done when I don't have to worry about DS crying. DS is still really clingy so I can only put him down for about 20 mins before he has a meltdown.

Starting tomorrow I'm going to be letting my FIL keep DS a couple days a week for about an hour so that I can go to the gym.

[seamonster]

I often have plans to go for a walk in the park or go to the zoo or the mall just to get out of the house, but am usually thwarted by LO wanting to be latched onto my boob all afternoon. We can usually get out if we leave in the morning since he'll go longer between feeds. He doesn't like to sleep unless in motion or a boob is in his mouth.

He plays on his mat a lot and in his bouncer. He likes to stare at the things and reach for them and punch them. We read books and exercise his legs and arms. I read my books aloud to him while nursing because it's really hard on me spending all day with a nonverbal human. I do try to go to the cafe by my apartment to get out and interact with other people.

To be honest, he's pretty happy at home learning to use his body and interacting with his things, it's me who's bored. He does get bored and then we change activities or scenery.

Have you looked at play groups or likeva mom and baby yoga class?

[cougarette]

I was wondering how much time I should be interacting with him versus letting him hang out on his mat/bouncer/swing for independent activity time.

Some days it seems he's left to be independent and other days it seems he's hanging out with me a lot. Either way I do talk to him a lot and describe what I'm doing or what he's looking at. I think his first words will be "fresh diaper"; I say that a lot, haha.

[krispy83]

Like misshart00, much of DD's routine is dictated by DS' schedule. She hangs out in her bouncer while I make breakfast, then usually we'll go to the park/library/run errands/go for a walk. If we're hanging out at home, DS likes to dance and jump on his trampoline so I'll dance with DD while he does that. I'll also sometimes play on the floor with her with toys while DS plays or we'll hang out outside while DS plays in his sandbox. We also follow the eat, activity, sleep routine. The 2 days a week that DS is at daycare are a bit more relaxed/boring but I get more down time and snuggle time with DD on those days, so I'm good with that

[duckker]

Apr 8, 2015 20:25:24 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

 I feel like I'm boring my baby.

OMG. So this... I am a bit of an introvert, and realized that I can essentially go the entire day and say about 50 words, total, to my baby. I'm just not a bubbly, outgoing type, and that hasn't changed with motherhood.

We "read a book" after her morning nap, and do a lot of time on the activity mat and in her rocker/bouncy chair when she's not being held and cuddled by me or her dad. I've started doing a lot of errands during the day and taking her with me. She was quarantined for the first six weeks, so the past few days are the first time she (and therefore I) can leave the house.

I'm going back to work next week, and our childcare plans fell through. We found a Montessori infant program close to our house that looks good, and I was reviewing the curriculum (wtf? There's a "curriculum"? For INFANTS?) and felt like a total lazy shit because there are apparently exactly one million things you can do with a baby that are engaging and fun. You know, besides lying around with your shirt off watching Netflix and picking snack foods out of her hair*. Thank God I can pay someone to do those things and I'll go back to being an office drone. I'm going to play to my strengths, is all I'm saying.

*I stand by this as positive interaction time.

[ace226]

Apr 8, 2015 23:11:45 GMT -5 duckker said:

Apr 8, 2015 20:25:24 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

 I feel like I'm boring my baby.

OMG. So this... I am a bit of an introvert, and realized that I can essentially go the entire day and say about 50 words, total, to my baby. I'm just not a bubbly, outgoing type, and that hasn't changed with motherhood.

We "read a book" after her morning nap, and do a lot of time on the activity mat and in her rocker/bouncy chair when she's not being held and cuddled by me or her dad. I've started doing a lot of errands during the day and taking her with me. She was quarantined for the first six weeks, so the past few days are the first time she (and therefore I) can leave the house.

I'm going back to work next week, and our childcare plans fell through. We found a Montessori infant program close to our house that looks good, and I was reviewing the curriculum (wtf? There's a "curriculum"? For INFANTS?) and felt like a total lazy shit because there are apparently exactly one million things you can do with a baby that are engaging and fun. You know, besides lying around with your shirt off watching Netflix and picking snack foods out of her hair*. Thank God I can pay someone to do those things and I'll go back to being an office drone. I'm going to play to my strengths, is all I'm saying.

*I stand by this as positive interaction time.

I can totally commiserate!!

Most of the time, he's sleeping. When he's alert, I feed him, cuddle him, and hold and talk to him for a bit. But I've felt guilty that I just make fun of his old man hair and chubby cheeks! Poor kid. Haha! He still has very little interest in toys, so we tend to run errands to get out of the house. If he's calm in his bouncer, I try to get stuff done around the house so I don't go nuts from the clutter.

[missys]

Apr 8, 2015 23:11:45 GMT -5 duckker said:

Apr 8, 2015 20:25:24 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

 I feel like I'm boring my baby.

OMG. So this... I am a bit of an introvert, and realized that I can essentially go the entire day and say about 50 words, total, to my baby. I'm just not a bubbly, outgoing type, and that hasn't changed with motherhood.

We "read a book" after her morning nap, and do a lot of time on the activity mat and in her rocker/bouncy chair when she's not being held and cuddled by me or her dad. I've started doing a lot of errands during the day and taking her with me. She was quarantined for the first six weeks, so the past few days are the first time she (and therefore I) can leave the house.

I'm going back to work next week, and our childcare plans fell through. We found a Montessori infant program close to our house that looks good, and I was reviewing the curriculum (wtf? There's a "curriculum"? For INFANTS?) and felt like a total lazy shit because there are apparently exactly one million things you can do with a baby that are engaging and fun. You know, besides lying around with your shirt off watching Netflix and picking snack foods out of her hair*. Thank God I can pay someone to do those things and I'll go back to being an office drone. I'm going to play to my strengths, is all I'm saying.

*I stand by this as positive interaction time.

Yes!!! I realized too that I think more than I speak and have been trying to talk more during the day and feel like a dumb ass when I do.

I love every part of this post!

[Deleted]

It's baffling to me how little I actually manage to do in a day. Usually, if we make time for one longer walk with the stroller and a load of laundry (we are CDing so those loads have to be done) then that's a good day.
I usually try to get out before noon. So far we've been walking around the neighbourhood but the plan for tomorrow is a trip to the city - we'll see how it goes.

I talk a lot to myself during the day (haha, I'm a lunatic). I also try to sing a little to DD when she is fussy. But still, it's a lot of Netflix, esp while nursing.

What do you guys watch on Netflix? Any tips?

[jensoprano82]

I've been working from home since day one, no maternity leave for the self employed! My day usually goes something like 7:30 wake up, feed, diaper, bath, fresh clothes, baby watches his monsters inc mobile for 20 minutes or so while I shower. All in, this gets us to about 9:00.

Then we go downstairs and he hangs in his bouncy chair while I work until about 10:00. I feel guilty and spend 30 minutes singing, reading him yahoo and buzzfeed articles, or walking him around to look at stuff.

10:30 feed, nap till 12:30, while he naps I work.

12:30 we almost always have an errand to run

1:30: play gym on the floor, mobile time, or bouncer time

2:30: feed and nap till 4:30. I work while he naps.

5:00: we either go out and walk around a bit or make dinner with the baby in someone's arms or ergo pack.

6:30: he eats then chills while we eat. Sometimes he naps for a half hour.

7:00 -10:00 we watch tv and take turns holding him. Snuggle, sometimes make faces or read aloud to him but mostly snuggle.

10:00 final feed and bed.

[flyster]

I'm in the camp that has to remind myself to talk outloud.

We get up sometime between 6 and 8 depending on how lucky I am. Feed, diaper then he plays in his pnp or on the activity mat while I eat/pump.

Once he gets bored we either change venues/activities or he takes a short nap. Eat again then usually a long nap 1 to 3 hours in his swing. my goal is to clean, check email or do yoga during that time but alot of days I just play on the computer. If we are going to run an afternoon errand I get ready during this time.

Once he is up its eat again the. More play time. He is usually on the activity mat for a bit then my lap. When is is on my lap we sing, chat and read. The past few days he has lime being on my shoulder and plays with the chair behind me and sucks on his hand/my shoulder. After a few hours he usually wants a short nap then more food and repeat activities.

I've started reading to him in his swing which puts him to sleep a bit. Towards the end if the day he usually wants to eat every hour/hour and a half. When dh gets home I usually try and pass him off for a bit. Bedtime around 9/930.

[hollydfromtn]

Apr 9, 2015 0:51:04 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

It's baffling to me how little I actually manage to do in a day. Usually, if we make time for one longer walk with the stroller and a load of laundry (we are CDing so those loads have to be done) then that's a good day.
I usually try to get out before noon. So far we've been walking around the neighbourhood but the plan for tomorrow is a trip to the city - we'll see how it goes.

I talk a lot to myself during the day (haha, I'm a lunatic). I also try to sing a little to DD when she is fussy. But still, it's a lot of Netflix, esp while nursing.

What do you guys watch on Netflix? Any tips?

So far I've finished all of Friends and Grey's Anatomy.

[seamonster]

We watched the 5 seasons of Archer on Netflix while nursing. Forget white noise, the theme alone calms him down. Plus it's fun to rewatch and he gets exposed to foreign languages.

We're now working on House of Cards.

[seamonster]

The daycare we're going with has an infant curriculum. I think it's easier when there are multiple people to work with the babies and none of them are attached to your boob. duckker, I'm with you on going back to being an office drone.

I try to do the activities recommended by babycenter for helping with development, but they only take up so much time.

I'm jealous of all these naps other people's children take. Don't know how I'd do this with an older child in the mix.

[seamonster]

Apr 9, 2015 4:06:22 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Anyone else find eat activity sleep hard to stick to? I'll have to do eat activity eat sleep quite bit during the day. It's because he'll sometimes go 2 hrs between feedings and then other times he is hungry after an hour, so instead of EAS, he's ready to eat again after an activity instead of sleeping.

Yes! His sleep is a catnap after eating and god forbid I try to put him down to sleep if it's not while walking in the stroller. So it's more eat, activity, eat, catnap, eat some more, activity, repeat. I can snag a shower during activity time because he likes to watch his crib mobile move.

[jensoprano82]

Apr 9, 2015 3:56:06 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Apr 9, 2015 0:51:04 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

What do you guys watch on Netflix? Any tips?

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was fantastic

Dang I had just gotten the theme song out of my head like two days ago, now it's back!! ("It's a MIRacle!")

Great show!

[flyster]

I've been rewatching the west wing. also lots of HGTV shows. I tried getting into the Borgias, but it was a little too bloody for baby feeding watching. We were trying to get through a movie, but its been about 2 weeks now.

[misshart00]

I've noticed if I do too much with him during the day, he gets way over stimulated and cranky.

[mommadozer]

LO has his routine. Eat, hang out in my lap, lay on his play mat, nap and repeat.

LO takes a 2-3 hour nap every morning. The past two days, I have started painting rooms in our house. Might as well fix up the house before I have to go back to work. I would love to go out and window shop but, that is a deadly idea.

[mrsclark731]

Apr 9, 2015 0:51:04 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

It's baffling to me how little I actually manage to do in a day. Usually, if we make time for one longer walk with the stroller and a load of laundry (we are CDing so those loads have to be done) then that's a good day.
I usually try to get out before noon. So far we've been walking around the neighbourhood but the plan for tomorrow is a trip to the city - we'll see how it goes.

I talk a lot to myself during the day (haha, I'm a lunatic). I also try to sing a little to DD when she is fussy. But still, it's a lot of Netflix, esp while nursing.

What do you guys watch on Netflix? Any tips?

Unbreakable--Kimmy Schmidt, it is Tina Fey's new series. I also re-watched 2 seasons of Entourage yesterday.

She has hit the 6 week growth spurt full stride...I've been a zombie milk machine the past few days in a cycle of waking, diaper, eat, snuggles, sleep. Reapeat every 2 hours.

I opened back up my etsy shop on Monday and have been slowing gaining steam. I have a few orders to complete today so hopefully she'll get a longer nap in before dinner. I've got to figure out a new routine now that I'll be getting busier and busier....

[FlutterOfYoshis]

Apr 9, 2015 4:06:22 GMT -5 @holachica said:

Anyone else find eat activity sleep hard to stick to? I'll have to do eat activity eat sleep quite bit during the day. It's because he'll sometimes go 2 hrs between feedings and then other times he is hungry after an hour, so instead of EAS, he's ready to eat again after an activity instead of sleeping.

Yup! Here it's often eat, sleep, eat, cry until she gets back to sleep, and repeat. She absolutely hates tummy time (tried going for 10 mins at a time but she cried the whole time, tried multiple times a day only til she cries which only lasts a few seconds, tried propping her on the boppy, tried doing it while she lays on me...it all fails) and doesn't stay calm very long in the bouncer. When she's awake I'm always holding her upright while dancing to songs or putting her in the swing to watch the mobile above her head. Both end in her sleeping again before long. I feel like the only time she's really alert is when changing her diaper--apparently that's the most fun ever. As a result I've been watching a lot of Netflix, too. I don't know if this is bad or just my baby's normal at 7 weeks.

[anchovies]

My kid doesn't believe in naps either. Unless I take him for a car ride. He does boob catnaps too. Idk. And it's not like he's a kid who is eating all day and STTN. He still wakes up every 3 hours at night to eat.

Also, I watched the entire series of Gossip Girl on Netflix. Just started Orange is the new black and House of Cards

[ace226]

Apr 9, 2015 0:51:04 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

What do you guys watch on Netflix? Any tips?

I'm loving Parenthood right now. I'm watching it for the second time I'll confess.

[mands1125]

Plus one for Parenthood. It's my first time watching. I'm on Season 2 now!

[dacora]

Most of the morning/early afternoon it's change diaper, eat, awake for a little bit, sleep. She gets cranky if I try to play with her too long because she's tired. I'm bad about consistently engaging her with her play mat or doing tummy time, and I'm fairly introverted so it's hard to remember to talk to her while she's awake. I'm getting better though, sometimes it's like she's trying to talk back to me because she starts cooing and smiling.

[dacora]

Oh, I too have been watching tons of Netflix. I just rewatched Doctor Who for like the fourth time, watched a bunch of Kitchen Nightmares, and I'm rewatching Parks and Recreation now.