...of A Single Mom to Twin Babies.
Saturday, May 14th
4:20 AM: Awakened by rare night time cries from the Dynamo. I bring him in bed with me.
5:00 AM: Return the Dynamo to his crib. Sweet Potato does not wake up. Go back to bed.
6:30 AM: Both babies awake. Morning bottles and mat time until breakfast.
7:15 AM: Head to the basement to feed kitty. Make coffee!
7:45 AM: Breakfast! Babies in high chairs. The Dynamo chomps on a Mum-Mum while I feed Sweet Potato oatmeal with banana mixed with pears. Then switch. Four tablespoons cereal each.
8:15 AM: Clean faces and hands and wheel high chairs over to sink so babies can watch me wash baby bottles, bowls and plates and unload the dishwasher. I sing and dance along with the radio while they play with rattles and teething rings.
8:35 AM: Play time in doorway jumper and walker. Shoot this video -
9:00 AM: Nap time in cribs!
9:10 AM: Strip my bed sheets and throw in wash along with other linens.
9:25 AM: Straighten up play room, eat bagel, change out of my pjs, clean out storage cabinets in mud/laundry room. Restock downstairs changing table.
10:45 AM: Babies awake! Mid-morning bottles which they don't finish.
11:15 AM: Change babies out of pjs. Play time in nursery while I sort through their old clothes. Take apart, clean and box up nursery humidifier*. Replace it with table fan.
12:00 PM: Lunch! The Dynamo picks Cheerios off his high chair tray while I feed Sweet Potato chicken with rice, green beans and carrots. Then switch.
12:30 PM: Play time in the exersaucer and musical sit/stand toys.
12:45 PM: Switch morning laundry, do a full load of twins laundry. Hand wash the Dynamo's swim trunks and swim diaper and my bathing suit for swim class.
1:10 PM: Read emails and blog posts. Order diapers, wipes and this swimming pool from Amazon.com. Eat quick lunch. Rescue Sweet Potato who has tipped over from a sitting position.
1:25 PM: Play time with floor toys. Kitty joins us. The Dynamo pulls chunks of cat fur off kitty while Sweet Potato laughs. Kitty tolerates the love.
1:45 PM: Afternoon naps in cribs.
2:00 PM: Vacuum kitchen, foyer and play room floors. Unpack box of jars of baby food, put on storage rack and take inventory. Organize pantry.
2:15 PM: Babies awake?! More play time in the nursery as I continue my clothing sort. Generate five bags of clothes for friend of a friend who just had twin boys via a surrogate. Watch the Dynamo move around the nursery on his belly backwards; pull him out from under Sweet Potato's crib. Help Sweet Potato practice rolling over in both directions.
2:45 PM: Relocate to play room (rainy day kept us indoors!). Finish mid-morning bottles.
3:15 PM: Switch laundry, make bed, wash bouncy seat head rests and Sweet Potato's monkey. Drag bins of my winter clothes from upstairs to basement storage.
3:45 PM: More mat time; reposition babies from belly to sitting, from sitting to belly, pull the Dynamo out from under the changing table where he has backed himself into on his belly.
4:25 PM: Read books to babies: Dr Seuss' The Things You Can Think! and There's A Wocket in My Pocket!.
5:00 PM: Dinner! Oatmeal with banana mixed with apples. Five tablespoons cereal each.
5:20 PM: Babies play on mat while I clean up dinner dishes. Join them on the mat and fold laundry.
5:50 PM: I have quick microwave dinner.
6:00 PM: Babies in jammies. They play together with blocks and Sesame Street pop-up toy and sit in front of their musical sit/stand toys.
6:30 PM: Evening bottles. Babies in bouncy seats watching Baby Einstein DVD. Lights down.
7:00 PM: Sweet Potato in crib. Dynamo fighting sleep.
7:30 PM: Dynamo in crib.
8:00 PM: Clean up play room, get mail, take out trash.
8:30 PM: Go to bed! Catch up on news, blogs, FB on smartphone.
9:00 PM: The Dynamo wakes up; bring him in bed with me. Feel tip of very first bottom tooth poking through gums!
9:30 PM: Back to his crib for the Dynamo. Back to bed for me.
11:50 PM: Teething strikes again: the Dynamo wakes up....
Notice there are no entries for bathing either myself of the babies in my Saturday schedule. I often stay stinky on Saturdays and only bathe the twins right now when someone else is in the house.
Next Saturday's "Day in the Life" consists of childproofing! I live in a split level house with no railings. Baby gates here we come.
*Switching out the humidifier with the fan was a bit premature as my heat is back on in the house!
Update: Click Here to read a typical day in the life when the twins are six months older.
Saturday, May 14th
4:20 AM: Awakened by rare night time cries from the Dynamo. I bring him in bed with me.
5:00 AM: Return the Dynamo to his crib. Sweet Potato does not wake up. Go back to bed.
6:30 AM: Both babies awake. Morning bottles and mat time until breakfast.
7:15 AM: Head to the basement to feed kitty. Make coffee!
7:45 AM: Breakfast! Babies in high chairs. The Dynamo chomps on a Mum-Mum while I feed Sweet Potato oatmeal with banana mixed with pears. Then switch. Four tablespoons cereal each.
8:15 AM: Clean faces and hands and wheel high chairs over to sink so babies can watch me wash baby bottles, bowls and plates and unload the dishwasher. I sing and dance along with the radio while they play with rattles and teething rings.
8:35 AM: Play time in doorway jumper and walker. Shoot this video -
9:00 AM: Nap time in cribs!
9:10 AM: Strip my bed sheets and throw in wash along with other linens.
9:25 AM: Straighten up play room, eat bagel, change out of my pjs, clean out storage cabinets in mud/laundry room. Restock downstairs changing table.
10:45 AM: Babies awake! Mid-morning bottles which they don't finish.
11:15 AM: Change babies out of pjs. Play time in nursery while I sort through their old clothes. Take apart, clean and box up nursery humidifier*. Replace it with table fan.
12:00 PM: Lunch! The Dynamo picks Cheerios off his high chair tray while I feed Sweet Potato chicken with rice, green beans and carrots. Then switch.
12:30 PM: Play time in the exersaucer and musical sit/stand toys.
12:45 PM: Switch morning laundry, do a full load of twins laundry. Hand wash the Dynamo's swim trunks and swim diaper and my bathing suit for swim class.
1:10 PM: Read emails and blog posts. Order diapers, wipes and this swimming pool from Amazon.com. Eat quick lunch. Rescue Sweet Potato who has tipped over from a sitting position.
1:25 PM: Play time with floor toys. Kitty joins us. The Dynamo pulls chunks of cat fur off kitty while Sweet Potato laughs. Kitty tolerates the love.
1:45 PM: Afternoon naps in cribs.
2:00 PM: Vacuum kitchen, foyer and play room floors. Unpack box of jars of baby food, put on storage rack and take inventory. Organize pantry.
2:15 PM: Babies awake?! More play time in the nursery as I continue my clothing sort. Generate five bags of clothes for friend of a friend who just had twin boys via a surrogate. Watch the Dynamo move around the nursery on his belly backwards; pull him out from under Sweet Potato's crib. Help Sweet Potato practice rolling over in both directions.
2:45 PM: Relocate to play room (rainy day kept us indoors!). Finish mid-morning bottles.
3:15 PM: Switch laundry, make bed, wash bouncy seat head rests and Sweet Potato's monkey. Drag bins of my winter clothes from upstairs to basement storage.
3:45 PM: More mat time; reposition babies from belly to sitting, from sitting to belly, pull the Dynamo out from under the changing table where he has backed himself into on his belly.
4:25 PM: Read books to babies: Dr Seuss' The Things You Can Think! and There's A Wocket in My Pocket!.
5:00 PM: Dinner! Oatmeal with banana mixed with apples. Five tablespoons cereal each.
5:20 PM: Babies play on mat while I clean up dinner dishes. Join them on the mat and fold laundry.
5:50 PM: I have quick microwave dinner.
6:00 PM: Babies in jammies. They play together with blocks and Sesame Street pop-up toy and sit in front of their musical sit/stand toys.
6:30 PM: Evening bottles. Babies in bouncy seats watching Baby Einstein DVD. Lights down.
7:00 PM: Sweet Potato in crib. Dynamo fighting sleep.
7:30 PM: Dynamo in crib.
8:00 PM: Clean up play room, get mail, take out trash.
8:30 PM: Go to bed! Catch up on news, blogs, FB on smartphone.
9:00 PM: The Dynamo wakes up; bring him in bed with me. Feel tip of very first bottom tooth poking through gums!
9:30 PM: Back to his crib for the Dynamo. Back to bed for me.
11:50 PM: Teething strikes again: the Dynamo wakes up....
Notice there are no entries for bathing either myself of the babies in my Saturday schedule. I often stay stinky on Saturdays and only bathe the twins right now when someone else is in the house.
Next Saturday's "Day in the Life" consists of childproofing! I live in a split level house with no railings. Baby gates here we come.
*Switching out the humidifier with the fan was a bit premature as my heat is back on in the house!
Update: Click Here to read a typical day in the life when the twins are six months older.
