A typical day
Since a lot of people had asked "Monica, what do you do everyday? Do you just play with him all day?" like I have nothing better to do, I think I'd post a typical day if I'm staying at home with Agastya the whole day.
He usually wakes up between 7:00-8:00. Then it's breakfast time for him, then I'll have breakfast for myself. That usually finishes around 9:00. While having breakfast, we usually watch The Rugrats and In The Box, both on channel 10. He has his breakfast on the high chair.
I usually change his nappy after he finishes breakfast, because if he had not poo just after he wakes up, then he'll poo around this time.
After that it's run-around-making-mommy-tired time. He's just one busy bunny. At about 9:30 I usually give him a slice of cheese. I don't put him on high chair for treats and snacks like this.
Then back to run-around-making-mommy-tired time. In the mean time, I have to also cook for his lunch and dinner, and mine too. I do that around 10:30. He'll be inside the travel cot (which is full of toys) and he'll be playing happily all by himself. Sounds too good eh, indeed. Of course not. He wouldn't like being put in there. However I have mastered the trick. Savoury biscuits. If that still doesn't work, then pappadums :D So I'll always have some biscuits or pappadums ready next to me while cooking. Otherwise he'll be crying asking me to pick him up.
Cooking doesn't last very long. At the most 30 minutes. I usually pick him up when I've finished washing up the utensils. While waiting for lunch time, it's run-around-making-mommy-tired again, what else.
Lunch time at 12:00. His clockwork amazes me and it's good because it's a routine which I understand. Put him in his high chair, and start feeding him the food I prepared earlier. Usually it's steamed veggies with rice, dhal or tofu and some mince meat. (If you don't know what dhal is, it's some kind of lentils. If you don't know what tofu is, get a life.)
He'll only finish his food half an hour later, and need entertainment while eating. This includes putting most of his toys that aren't too big to be put on the high chair. If this one is boring then get another one, and so on and so forth. It's better than me having to chase him around the place for eating. Some moms prefer that way, I just don't have that much energy on me to do that. Remember all that run-around-making-mommy-tired time we had already?
After food, guess what he'll do? Oh yes, unmistakably, it's run-around-making-mommy-tired time! In between I'll have my lunch, and I'll put him inside the travel cot again, while feeding him either my food or savoury biscuits. The run-around-making-mommy-tired time will last until about 1:30, that's when his energy level had gone down a notch, and he'll give in to go to sleep. He'll sleep for anything between 1-2 hours, which is also time for me to catch some breath and sleep next to him, or if I'm not that sleepy (it's difficult sometimes to go to sleep although I'm very sleepy) then I'll go online checking my email and chat with some friends. I need some adult conversations. That is conversations with adults, by the way, in case anyone has some other things in mind. Or if the house looks very messy which usually does, then I'll clean up.
Between 3:00-3:30, he'll be up again, and back to run-around-making-mommy-tired business. Afterall he had just recharged his energy level to full power!!! In between running around I give him yoghurt (which he likes very much) and banana or papaya. Again, I don't put him on the high chair for this. High chair is only for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
At 4:30 is bath time. He enjoys his bath and never complains. If he hasn't pooed at earlier in the afternoon, then he usually pooes around this time.
The run-around lasts until dinner time, which is 5:00, for half an hour approximately. Then back to you-know-what. Then when it's not too hot which will be around 6:30-7:00 and if it's not raining, I'll take him for a walk with the stroller. It works wonders because he'll be sleepy during this time and by the time we come back, it's milk time and then bed time. He usually has his milk around 7:30 then sleep by 8:00. Sometimes it takes him one hour to go to sleep, but by 8:30 at the latest he'll be asleep. Then it's time for me to sterilise bottles and prepare for his next milk (he'll have another milk at around 11, then nothing until he wakes up in the morning). After all chores finished, then only I can go online, reply to email, chat more and blog, if I still have some energy left on me.
I actually prefer not spending the whole day in the house like this. I'll be even more tired, but happier. That's why I like the playgroup session on Wednesday afternoon, and I've enrolled him on swimming lesson, which will commence next week on Tuesday morning.
Update on the nappy crisis:
It's not so much of a problem now, I think I get used to the normal diaper now, instead of the pull-up type. Also during the nights he only drinks 2 batches of milk instead of 3, so I just have to change his nappy just before I go to bed around 11, and it will last until morning when he wakes up. Charming.
He usually wakes up between 7:00-8:00. Then it's breakfast time for him, then I'll have breakfast for myself. That usually finishes around 9:00. While having breakfast, we usually watch The Rugrats and In The Box, both on channel 10. He has his breakfast on the high chair.
I usually change his nappy after he finishes breakfast, because if he had not poo just after he wakes up, then he'll poo around this time.
After that it's run-around-making-mommy-tired time. He's just one busy bunny. At about 9:30 I usually give him a slice of cheese. I don't put him on high chair for treats and snacks like this.
Then back to run-around-making-mommy-tired time. In the mean time, I have to also cook for his lunch and dinner, and mine too. I do that around 10:30. He'll be inside the travel cot (which is full of toys) and he'll be playing happily all by himself. Sounds too good eh, indeed. Of course not. He wouldn't like being put in there. However I have mastered the trick. Savoury biscuits. If that still doesn't work, then pappadums :D So I'll always have some biscuits or pappadums ready next to me while cooking. Otherwise he'll be crying asking me to pick him up.
Cooking doesn't last very long. At the most 30 minutes. I usually pick him up when I've finished washing up the utensils. While waiting for lunch time, it's run-around-making-mommy-tired again, what else.
Lunch time at 12:00. His clockwork amazes me and it's good because it's a routine which I understand. Put him in his high chair, and start feeding him the food I prepared earlier. Usually it's steamed veggies with rice, dhal or tofu and some mince meat. (If you don't know what dhal is, it's some kind of lentils. If you don't know what tofu is, get a life.)
He'll only finish his food half an hour later, and need entertainment while eating. This includes putting most of his toys that aren't too big to be put on the high chair. If this one is boring then get another one, and so on and so forth. It's better than me having to chase him around the place for eating. Some moms prefer that way, I just don't have that much energy on me to do that. Remember all that run-around-making-mommy-tired time we had already?
After food, guess what he'll do? Oh yes, unmistakably, it's run-around-making-mommy-tired time! In between I'll have my lunch, and I'll put him inside the travel cot again, while feeding him either my food or savoury biscuits. The run-around-making-mommy-tired time will last until about 1:30, that's when his energy level had gone down a notch, and he'll give in to go to sleep. He'll sleep for anything between 1-2 hours, which is also time for me to catch some breath and sleep next to him, or if I'm not that sleepy (it's difficult sometimes to go to sleep although I'm very sleepy) then I'll go online checking my email and chat with some friends. I need some adult conversations. That is conversations with adults, by the way, in case anyone has some other things in mind. Or if the house looks very messy which usually does, then I'll clean up.
Between 3:00-3:30, he'll be up again, and back to run-around-making-mommy-tired business. Afterall he had just recharged his energy level to full power!!! In between running around I give him yoghurt (which he likes very much) and banana or papaya. Again, I don't put him on the high chair for this. High chair is only for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
At 4:30 is bath time. He enjoys his bath and never complains. If he hasn't pooed at earlier in the afternoon, then he usually pooes around this time.
The run-around lasts until dinner time, which is 5:00, for half an hour approximately. Then back to you-know-what. Then when it's not too hot which will be around 6:30-7:00 and if it's not raining, I'll take him for a walk with the stroller. It works wonders because he'll be sleepy during this time and by the time we come back, it's milk time and then bed time. He usually has his milk around 7:30 then sleep by 8:00. Sometimes it takes him one hour to go to sleep, but by 8:30 at the latest he'll be asleep. Then it's time for me to sterilise bottles and prepare for his next milk (he'll have another milk at around 11, then nothing until he wakes up in the morning). After all chores finished, then only I can go online, reply to email, chat more and blog, if I still have some energy left on me.
I actually prefer not spending the whole day in the house like this. I'll be even more tired, but happier. That's why I like the playgroup session on Wednesday afternoon, and I've enrolled him on swimming lesson, which will commence next week on Tuesday morning.
Update on the nappy crisis:
It's not so much of a problem now, I think I get used to the normal diaper now, instead of the pull-up type. Also during the nights he only drinks 2 batches of milk instead of 3, so I just have to change his nappy just before I go to bed around 11, and it will last until morning when he wakes up. Charming.
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