...of A Single Mom to Twin Babies.
Sunday, November 13th
6:00 AM: Awakened by chatter on baby monitor. Times two. Go downstairs, pour morning bottles. Make coffee!
6:05 AM: Into the nursery to greet two happy babies standing up in their cribs. Morning bottles, playtime with Mommy. Music on. The Dynamo practices taking a few steps, the babies fight over toys and argue with Mommy about who gets to turn the light switches on and off. Throw load of laundry in the wash.
7:30 AM: Breakfast! Babies in high chairs. The Dynamo feeds himself Cheerios while I feed Sweet Potato oatmeal mixed with applesauce and vitamin drops. Then switch. Five tablespoons cereal each. They split a small banana, feeding themselves and dropping some on the floor.
7:50 AM: Clean faces and hands and put babies back in playroom. Clean up kitchen.
8:00 AM: Set up baby monitor in bathroom and take a shower! Babies play together while I shower, get dressed and blow dry my hair.
8:30 AM: More playtime with Mommy.
9:00 AM: Nap time in cribs! I eat breakfast. Switch laundry. Straighten playroom. Sweep floor.
10:30 AM: Babies awake! Mid-morning bottles.
10:45 AM: Change babies out of pjs. Coats, socks and shoes on. Load them in the car and head to the park less than 5 minutes away. (Thank goodness the only thing they want to do right now is swing which I can manage on my own. Once they want to do the slides or climb or go in two different directions, going solo will be a challenge! Maybe I need those backpack leash things. Thoughts?)
Take these pictures:
12:10 PM: Out of swings, into stroller, into car. Tears. Times two. They don't want to leave.
12:30 PM: Home, out of coats and shoes, into highchairs. Lunch! They split a jelly sandwich on wheat toast, diced pears and some goldfish crackers. They feed themselves.
12:50 PM: Babies back in playroom. Clean kitchen. Switch laundry. Read emails and blog posts. Pay some bills online.
1:10 PM: Join the babies in the playroom. Work on colors and shapes. Attempt to read to them while Sweet Potato fights me for the book.
2:30 PM: Nap time! Fold laundry. Order two of these for the twins for Christmas. (Hey the trailer was included!) Change light bulb outside on garage.
3:50 PM: Babies awake! Feed them some baby yogurt. Into coats, socks and shoes for a ride in the wagon around the block. Sweet Potato points up at the trees and slurs his excitement. Both babies try to touch the wheels as the wagon is moving.
5:30 PM: Dinner! Macaroni and cheese, peas and carrots, Gerber Graduates lil crunchies.
6:00 PM: Bath time! Sweet Potato goes into the walker in the doorway to the bathroom while I bathe the Dynamo in a tub just like this one (awesome by the way). I pull Sweet Potato and the walker into the nursery while carrying a toweled up Dynamo. PJs for the Dynamo, onto the floor, Sweet Potato out of the walker, onto the floor, Dynamo IN the walker, Sweet Potato crawls to the bathroom as I pull the Dynamo and the walker there (the walker doesn't move well on the hallway carpet). Sweet Potato has bath and into PJs! (Did you follow all that? It's as crazy as it sounds but it works!)
6:50 PM: More playtime in the playroom. I put away toys they are not using and restock diapers, and wipes. I have quick dinner.
7:15 PM: Evening bottles. Babies in bouncy seats watching Baby Einstein DVD. Lights down.
7:30 PM: Take the Dynamo up, brush teeth!, into the crib. He fusses waiting for his brother.
7:35 PM: Sweet Potato's turn, brush teeth, into crib. Fill nursery humidifier with water. Kiss the babies good night through the crib slats.
7:45 PM: Wash bottles, baby dishes, clean-up kitchen for sitter coming tomorrow. Clean blueberry baby yogurt off wall (how did that get there?).
8:30 PM: Go to bed! Catch up on news, blogs, FB on smartphone.
9:00 PM: Sleep, glorious sleep!
Sunday, November 13th
6:00 AM: Awakened by chatter on baby monitor. Times two. Go downstairs, pour morning bottles. Make coffee!
6:05 AM: Into the nursery to greet two happy babies standing up in their cribs. Morning bottles, playtime with Mommy. Music on. The Dynamo practices taking a few steps, the babies fight over toys and argue with Mommy about who gets to turn the light switches on and off. Throw load of laundry in the wash.
7:30 AM: Breakfast! Babies in high chairs. The Dynamo feeds himself Cheerios while I feed Sweet Potato oatmeal mixed with applesauce and vitamin drops. Then switch. Five tablespoons cereal each. They split a small banana, feeding themselves and dropping some on the floor.
7:50 AM: Clean faces and hands and put babies back in playroom. Clean up kitchen.
8:00 AM: Set up baby monitor in bathroom and take a shower! Babies play together while I shower, get dressed and blow dry my hair.
8:30 AM: More playtime with Mommy.
9:00 AM: Nap time in cribs! I eat breakfast. Switch laundry. Straighten playroom. Sweep floor.
10:30 AM: Babies awake! Mid-morning bottles.
10:45 AM: Change babies out of pjs. Coats, socks and shoes on. Load them in the car and head to the park less than 5 minutes away. (Thank goodness the only thing they want to do right now is swing which I can manage on my own. Once they want to do the slides or climb or go in two different directions, going solo will be a challenge! Maybe I need those backpack leash things. Thoughts?)
Take these pictures:
12:10 PM: Out of swings, into stroller, into car. Tears. Times two. They don't want to leave.
12:30 PM: Home, out of coats and shoes, into highchairs. Lunch! They split a jelly sandwich on wheat toast, diced pears and some goldfish crackers. They feed themselves.
12:50 PM: Babies back in playroom. Clean kitchen. Switch laundry. Read emails and blog posts. Pay some bills online.
1:10 PM: Join the babies in the playroom. Work on colors and shapes. Attempt to read to them while Sweet Potato fights me for the book.
2:30 PM: Nap time! Fold laundry. Order two of these for the twins for Christmas. (Hey the trailer was included!) Change light bulb outside on garage.
3:50 PM: Babies awake! Feed them some baby yogurt. Into coats, socks and shoes for a ride in the wagon around the block. Sweet Potato points up at the trees and slurs his excitement. Both babies try to touch the wheels as the wagon is moving.
5:30 PM: Dinner! Macaroni and cheese, peas and carrots, Gerber Graduates lil crunchies.
6:00 PM: Bath time! Sweet Potato goes into the walker in the doorway to the bathroom while I bathe the Dynamo in a tub just like this one (awesome by the way). I pull Sweet Potato and the walker into the nursery while carrying a toweled up Dynamo. PJs for the Dynamo, onto the floor, Sweet Potato out of the walker, onto the floor, Dynamo IN the walker, Sweet Potato crawls to the bathroom as I pull the Dynamo and the walker there (the walker doesn't move well on the hallway carpet). Sweet Potato has bath and into PJs! (Did you follow all that? It's as crazy as it sounds but it works!)
6:50 PM: More playtime in the playroom. I put away toys they are not using and restock diapers, and wipes. I have quick dinner.
7:15 PM: Evening bottles. Babies in bouncy seats watching Baby Einstein DVD. Lights down.
7:30 PM: Take the Dynamo up, brush teeth!, into the crib. He fusses waiting for his brother.
7:35 PM: Sweet Potato's turn, brush teeth, into crib. Fill nursery humidifier with water. Kiss the babies good night through the crib slats.
7:45 PM: Wash bottles, baby dishes, clean-up kitchen for sitter coming tomorrow. Clean blueberry baby yogurt off wall (how did that get there?).
8:30 PM: Go to bed! Catch up on news, blogs, FB on smartphone.
9:00 PM: Sleep, glorious sleep!
Not a peep until about 6 AM the next day. Awakened by chatter on baby monitor. Times two. :)
What a difference six months make. To see what I mean, check out my last Day in The Life Post.
The busy life of an SMC-MoM
ReplyDeleteThat made me tired just reading it :)
ReplyDeleteBut it sounds like you've found your groove as a toddler mama.
I never did the leashes, I just don't see the point of them to be honest. At the playground they would be impossible. I felt like it was more important to teach my girls how to behave when they weren't in the stroller and if they couldn't do that, back in the stroller they went.
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