The Past 24 Hours of Your Life

raeyn · October 2013

The activity level post got me thinking about routines and what we actually do during each part of the day. I feel like I spend most of my day trying to get the baby to sleep, so I am very curious as to how much time other new moms are spending feeding, rocking, playing, etc. with their babies.

For me every day is a bit different, so rather than describing a vague "typical" day, I'd love to see a breakdown of what you did in the last 24 hours. Obviously times will be approximate, but hopefully this will give us a sense of the different ways we are all handling newborn care and getting things done.

Here's mine:

7:00 PM
Eat dinner while baby is in the swing
Watch TV
8:45 PM
Get ready for bed while husband watches the baby
Pump
Clean pump parts, label and freeze milk
9:30 PM
Go to sleep in bed
(DH is on baby duty in the basement - he changes her and gives a bottle at 11:45, then changes her and brings her to me at 2:15)
2:15 AM
Wake up and breast feed baby
Rock the baby to sleep and put her in the crib with the hair dryer running
3:00 AM
Sleep on the nursery floor
5:00 AM
Change and breast feed the baby
Rock the baby to sleep and put her in the crib with the hair dryer running
6:00 AM
Sleep on the nursery floor
7:30 AM
Baby starts to fuss a bit
Tidy up the nursery and collect the dirty laundry while the baby wakes up
Let the dog out and feed him
7:50 AM
Sing the wake up song
Change and breast feed the baby
Dress the baby
8:30 AM
Tummy time
8:50 AM
Put the baby in the ergo and walk around the house until she falls asleep
9:15 AM
Eat cereal for breakfast (wearing baby)
Load the dishwasher/tidy the kitchen (wearing baby)
Check email/facebook/bump (wearing baby)
10:30 AM
Change and breast feed the baby
11:20 AM
Talk to baby and practice tracking with NogginStik
11:40 AM
Rock baby to sleep on my lap
12:50 PM
Put sleeping baby in the bouncer with a white noise app on my phone and carry downstairs
Eat leftovers for lunch
Wash bottles
1:20 PM
Change and breast feed baby
2:00 PM
Shower and get dressed while husband plays with baby and gives Vitamin D drops
Put fussy baby in the car seat
2:30 PM
Drive to Babies R Us with the baby to buy diapers and bottles (but mainly to put her to sleep)
Push baby around the store in the stroller to get her to sleep
4:20 PM
Drive home
4:50 PM
Change and breast feed the baby
5:30 PM
Walk around shushing and bouncing while the baby fusses
5:50 PM
Order take-out
Swaddle and soothe the baby with HBOTB
Put her in the swing with a white noise app on my phone
6:10 PM
Continue to soothe the baby with a pacifier
Check email/facebook/bump
Husband goes to pick up dinner
Feed the dog
7:00 PM
Eat dinner while baby is in the swing

AppleMuffins · October 2013

8pm shower
8:45pm nurse baby
2am baby finally falls asleep. Put her down and go to bed. Changed her diaper twice in this time span as well
3:30am baby wakes to feed again. Change diaper first. Doze off holding baby
5am put baby in bassinet
7:30 baby wakes to feed
8am decide to sleep in bed with her
9:30 wake up to brush my teeth and use bathroom before baby wakes. Wash bottles and warm up oatmeal
10:00am nurse baby
11am put baby down only for her to wake again and need more nursing. So nurse and eat cold oatmeal.
11:30am change diaper and clothes, tummy time
12:00 walk to grocery store for Red box, then walk around the neighborhood with baby in the carrier
1:00 get home and start prepping dinner while baby sleeps in carrier
1:30 change diaper and nurse her.
2:30pm put her down in vibrating chair then go to browse internet
3:00 finish dinner prep
3:30 eat lunch
4:00 get laundry together for laundromat
4:15 pump
4:30pm change and nurse dd
5:00 with TV while holding sleeping dd
5:45 dh gets home. Put dd down and do laundry
6:00 nurse dd
6:30 pass dd to dh and start dinner
7:00 nurse dd
7:15 finish dinner
7:30 nurse while eating dinner
8:00 change dd and back to nursing

She's going through her 3week growth spurt so she wants to nurse all the time.

HBirdie · October 2013

6pm: Watched Seahawks game with DH while feeding son/trying to take pictures of him in his cute onesie.

7pm: Naked tummy time for little man

8pm:Diaper change/cuddle time

8:30pm: Fed DS, then watched Netflix and texted my mom until next feeding

10pm: Changed/fed DS again, bed for all of us

1:30am: Change/fed DS, ate a bowl of cereal after he fell asleep

2:30am: I went back to sleep

5am: DS woke up again, DH got up for the day and changed him, then hung out with him until he needed to eat

6am: Fed DS in bed

6:45am: Back to sleep for both of us

9:15am: DS started stirring, I kept sleeping after giving him his paci

9:45am: DS up for real, changed and fed him

10:15am: DS fell asleep again

11:30am: DS is awake, changed and fed him, then had a good 40 minutes or so of nakey (for him) cuddle time

12:30pm: Got DS dressed, he fell asleep again, I had awhile to check facebook, read, straighten the house

1:30pm: I was hungry for lunch but DS needed to eat again

2:15pm: Finally got to eat my lunch while DS slept some more

4pm: DS woke up, I fed him

4:20pm: DH comes home and works on some business stuff while DS slept more

5pm: DS still sleeping, DH and I change DS and head to the grocery store

5:45: We just arrived home, DS slept for another ten minutes or so and is now waking up, I'm assuming he's ready to eat any minute.

That's my best guess, I know I could be off a little on times, but that's about how it goes. DS has slept sooo much today it's insane. Also, I probably didn't include every diaper change in there... don't judge me for not changing my kid enough

They just all blur together after awhile!

thedash · October 2013

We've had a crazy day.

9:00 pm - 12:30 am - DD cluster feeds, takes cat naps, and gets diapers changed
12:30 - DD falls asleep
3:30 - DD wakes up, nurse and change her then try to put her back to sleep
5:00 - DD is back to sleep, I go back to bed
7:00 - I wake up and get dressed
7:15 - DD wakes, nurse and change her
7:50 - DH helps me load DS and DD into car
8:00 - drop both off at sitter and go to work for a few hours
10:15 - back to sitter's house, nurse DD and put her to sleep
11:15 - do some work while DD sleeps
12:20 - load both kids into car and drop DS at preschool
1:00 - arrive home, eat lunch and change clothes, nurse DD and change her
1:40 - DD and I get in car to go to my 6 week PP appt at 2
2:45 - leave doctor's appointment, pick DS up from preschool
3:00 - arrive home, give DS a snack and toys then nurse DD and change her
4:15 - DH arrives home, eat leftovers
5:30 - DH and DS go outside to play, nurse DD and change her
6:15 - head outside to watch neighborhood homecoming parade with DH and DS
7:15 - back inside, clean up some toys then nurse DD and change her
7:30 - DS falls asleep on the couch so we carry him to bed and DH and I watch TV until DD wakes up to eat again!

raeyn · October 2013

starscream said:

I have no fucking idea. I feed him, "play" with him, change his diaper and let him nap but I could not even pretend to say I knew what time these things happened. He did have his first shots today and his appointment was at 10am but that's all I could account for. Am I supposed to know these things?

The only reason I have any clue what time things happen is because I record her feeding sessions on an app on my iphone. Then I just guessed at the times for everything in between. [:P] Also, today the least fussy/most organized day that we've had in a while!

psychgirl33 · October 2013

8:00 - Feed baby a bottle of pumped milk
8:30 - Power pump (10 on, 10 off for an hour)
9:30 - Go to bed
2:00 - Pump
5:00 - Feed baby a bottle of pumped milk
6:15 - Pump and eat breakfast then shower
7:45 - Change, dress, and nurse baby
8:15 - Wake up, change, and dress toddler. Feed her breakfast.
9:00 - Drop toddler off at daycare
9:15 - Nurse baby on and off
10:00 - Unload clean dishes and reload and start dishwasher
10:45 - Feed baby a bottle of pumped milk
11:30 - Go to lunch with friends
11:45 - Nurse baby through lunch (I pick places I can eat one handed)
1:00 - Go to breastfeeding support group
2:00 - Bring husband coffee at work
3:00 - Pick up toddler from daycare
3:30 - Take kids on a walk
4:15 - Nurse baby on and off
5:30 - Go to dinner with friends
7:00 - Nurse baby (one side only)
7:30 - Put toddler to bed
8:00 - Pump

aml8979 · October 2013

HBirdie said:
6pm: Watched Seahawks game with DH while feeding son/trying to take pictures of him in his cute onesie.

Your quarterback is from my town.

jjkaye · October 2013

Why so much floor sleeping?

We had a productive day- cleaned the house, did laundry, got a proposal and a conference call done for work, went to Trader Joe's, cooked dinner. LO got tummy time and a walk and we did a lot of BFing. Also got some thank you cards for random gifts we've gotten this week out.

HBirdie · October 2013

aml8979 said:

6pm: Watched Seahawks game with DH while feeding son/trying to take pictures of him in his cute onesie.
Your quarterback is from my town.

Wilson? He seems like a pretty cool guy, on and off the field.

kimberlymacrae · October 2013

Russell Wilson is amazeballs.

psychgirl33 · October 2013

raeyn said:

starscream said:

I have no fucking idea. I feed him, "play" with him, change his diaper and let him nap but I could not even pretend to say I knew what time these things happened. He did have his first shots today and his appointment was at 10am but that's all I could account for. Am I supposed to know these things?

The only reason I have any clue what time things happen is because I record her feeding sessions on an app on my iphone. Then I just guessed at the times for everything in between. [:P] Also, today the least fussy/most organized day that we've had in a while!

This is the only reason I know, too!

raeyn · October 2013

jjkaye said:
Why so much floor sleeping?

Because she usually doesn't sleep as well as she did that night, and she requires some seriously loud white noise to sleep in her crib for more than a few minutes at a time.

We tried sleeping with her in our room and we tried sleeping with her in the nursery while we were both in our room, and neither of us got any sleep with those options. I'm not willing to leave the hair dryer running when I'm not in her room, for safety and because I wouldn't be able to hear her cry.

We found what works for us is taking shifts. My husband takes 9pm-3am (but brings her to me in bed when she needs to nurse) and I take 3am-8am, keeping her away from the bedroom so the other one of us can really sleep. When I am able to get her down on my shift, I catch some extra sleep on the nursery floor.

erink7211 · October 2013

5:30 am- change and BF
6:30 am- put DS back in PNP and spend a few minutes with DH before he leaves for work
6:45 back to sleep
9:00 change and BF
10 DS falls asleep in swing. I eat breakfast/shower/clean up
11:30 change and BF
12:15 tummy time/read story/play
1:00 change and BF
2:00- DS falls asleep in bouncer. I nap for 20 min and then do dishes
4:00- change and BF
4:45- strap in ergo to help with fussiness. Start dinner
5:45- DH comes home. Change and BF.
6:30 eat dinner while DS sleeps in bouncer
7:00 watch movie with DH
8:30 change and DH gives bottle. I pump.
9:00 help soothe fussy DS
10:00 DH gives a little more to DH in a bottle.
10:30 put DS down in PNP
10:40 pick him back up to soothe
11:30 change and BF
1:30 am put LO back down in PNP. I sleep
5 am Change and BF

aislinsmom · October 2013

Breastfeed baby. Change baby's diaper. Rock to sleep. Try & put him down only to have him cry and wake up. Lather, rinse, repeat. All. Day. Long.

crenteri · October 2013

530 am feed and change baby

6am PUMP and eat breakfast with hubby

630 am baby back to sleep , I SLEEP

10 am feed and change baby

10am - 12 Pm SLEEP LOL

12 - 3 pm Watch tv, and do whatever

3pm showered , hung out at home with hubby and baby , PUMP

630PM Date night with hubby, had a MANGO MARGARITA! Carne asada tacos. Dropped off baby with her gradma for 2 hours

930 back home, feed baby , PUMP, change etc.

113o pm back to sleep

RIght now 6 am just fed her and now im pumping

bumpuser9130703 · October 2013

Why so much floor sleeping?
Because she usually doesn't sleep as well as she did that night, and she requires some seriously loud white noise to sleep in her crib for more than a few minutes at a time. We tried sleeping with her in our room and we tried sleeping with her in the nursery while we were both in our room, and neither of us got any sleep with those options. I'm not willing to leave the hair dryer running when I'm not in her room, for safety and because I wouldn't be able to hear her cry. We found what works for us is taking shifts. My husband takes 9pm-3am (but brings her to me in bed when she needs to nurse) and I take 3am-8am, keeping her away from the bedroom so the other one of us can really sleep. When I am able to get her down on my shift, I catch some extra sleep on the nursery floor.

can you get a white noise maker or an app instead of using the hair dryer?

raeyn · October 2013

Littlejellybean said:

Why so much floor sleeping?
Because she usually doesn't sleep as well as she did that night, and she requires some seriously loud white noise to sleep in her crib for more than a few minutes at a time. We tried sleeping with her in our room and we tried sleeping with her in the nursery while we were both in our room, and neither of us got any sleep with those options. I'm not willing to leave the hair dryer running when I'm not in her room, for safety and because I wouldn't be able to hear her cry. We found what works for us is taking shifts. My husband takes 9pm-3am (but brings her to me in bed when she needs to nurse) and I take 3am-8am, keeping her away from the bedroom so the other one of us can really sleep. When I am able to get her down on my shift, I catch some extra sleep on the nursery floor.
can you get a white noise maker or an app instead of using the hair dryer?

I do have a pretty good app that makes hair dryer noises, but sometimes it's just not loud enough. I also have the Sleep Sheep and the My Baby Soundspa, but both are waaaay too quiet for night time sleeping.

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