My typical day

I was thinking.. here my blog title is a day in the life of a stay at home mom and I have never really delved into what that entails, for me at least. Here is just a glimpse of my "normal" day:

We'll start at midnight, just for the sake of that's when a day does start.

Sometimes Edison wakes up around midnight to eat so I get a bottle ready. Then, regardless of what time he did eat before, he wakes up between 3 and 4:30 to eat again. He does eat pretty quickly so I put him back in bed, but he inevitably wakes up again between 6 and 7. At this point Paco is either getting ready for, or is already at, work so I just bring Edison in my bed so I can 'sleep' for a few more minutes before Lilly decides to bounce in and hop into bed to play/chatter/pester the dog (who is also in the bed).

We get up and I proceed to get milk and some form of breakfast for Lilly. I get yet another bottle ready for Edison. Right about 5 minutes into feeding him Lilly announces that she needs to 'tinkle in the potty!!!' Poor Edison. I have to interrupt his food, put him on the floor, then rush to help Lilly get up on the toilet since she is so short even using a step stool doesn't work. Edison cries for a bit if he didn't get enough food in him to keep him content for these few minutes he is waiting.

I get back to feeding Edison, although it takes a bit of coaxing since now he is probably arching his back and unsettled from his reflux issues. Cry cry cry, arch arch arch, cry cry cry... calm and eating. whew. He takes the rest of the bottle like a champ then is content to play on the floor for a while so I hang out there with him making exaggerated faces until Lilly needs to use the bathroom again or starts begging me to play with her dollhouse... OR...

While she chatters away, asks to paint, or to go in the porch, or to watch Wow Wow Wubbzy, or play princesses OR....

Then we get some of this...

(this is her on no sugar by the way... I have NO idea, but this is pretty normal. strange kid...)

or some of this...

But there is a lot of this...

Then we try to get some form of healthy lunch, or lunch at all. Lilly is picky and I just never know what to eat or have lunchy things for me around. Edison will take naps, but only in 25 minute increments. This is NOT enough time for a 6 month old to sleep. I try desperately to get some dishes done or laundry folded or house cleaned up. Usually not a lot happens because Edison wakes up. Lilly has to go to the bathroom, 3 more times... or I am just trying to keep Lilly from getting all antsy since we have been quarantined for 4 months. Lately she throws a fit because she wants to go outside or in the porch but thank you groundhog (LIAR) it is freezing outside and that just doesn't work out.

At 1 I take an hour to myself, regardless of what I have or have not gotten done, to watch my beloved One Life to Live. I have watched this show since I was 10, sad I know.

I do play with Lilly. She loves to role play and currently loves super heroes. She gives me one of her toys and she grabs her spiderman from McDonalds and tells me to have my toy say "help me help me!". It is hilarious. I also try to go over the alphabet a lot. This is Lilly's alphabet right now: ABC KMNOB QRS QRB X Z! yeah, needs some work.

The afternoon goes smoothly until about 4pm when Edison is just always unsettled for some reason. He cries and cries and cries. Mostly because he is trying to eat but just not having it. I need to call the doctor on Monday to tell him the zantac is just not working. SO add that to my already busy day (dropping off weetail stuff), I will need to take Edison BACK to the Dr. AGAIN.

At this time Bailey also usually starts barking because she thinks she needs more food. and Lilly wants to watch this or do that or go somewhere! I often spend a lot of my time looking for various toys she has misplaced.

Shortly after all the meltdowns I call Paco to see what time he wants dinner and what time he will be home so I can get that started. I will openly admit it is a silent plea for him to say "oh gee honey, I'm coming home right now." This is not because I think all of the above was too overwhelming or that I do so much that I am so busy and need a break. It's mostly that I'm ready for company that isn't dancing around half naked... Okay it is partly because with Edison's reflux and Lilly's random tantrums I can only handle so much crying in one day.

Throw in the weekly playgroup on Thursday's, random doctor appointments and you have a typical day. It really sounds like a lot less when you type it out. grumble.