Blogroll

OK...this is not complete yet. If I left you off please let me know. I have 129 subscriptions on my Google reader. I need to cut it way down. haha. I was over ambitious.

Because of God's Grace
Random Thoughts
If Only I had Super Powers
Hike4Autism
Baby, Toddler, and Beyond
Teacher Turned Mommy...not as easy as it sounds
From the Cheap Seats
Just Talk
I've Got Mommy Brain
Write from Karen
Adventures in Babywearing
Welcoming Preston Cole
Blonde Mom Blog
Babywearing Buzz
Fina'Drea
The Laughs Will Go On
PletcherFamilyJourney
Carry Me, Mama- A Babywearing Blog
Maternal Spark
A[tipp]ical Thoughts
Erin's Words
What's On Mommy's Mind
SAHM Ramblings
Mommy Mechanics
Green & Clean Mom
Cakerwakers
Dandelion Wishes . . .
Mommy Moments
life is good
Livin' With Me
BeesandBooBoo
Momdot
BurpieBaby

A Day in the Life...

Today I will break down my schedule for one day as the 30 minute mommy. A snapshot of what you would see if you were a fly on the wall in my house; which by the way you wouldn’t want to be because my cats go after those bugs pretty hardcore. Rise and shine at 8:30 a.m. and warm up a yummy bottle of EBM. I am assuming it is yummy – haven’t tasted it myself, but my mom has- that’s a whole different story. After Eliza eats it is time for mommy to pump and watch Regis and Kelly! Yes, I pump full time. Yes, that makes me insane. I spend 2 hours a day pumping; or eight times a day for 15 minutes and about an hour a day washing pump parts. At around 9:30 we have play time on back and tummy. I usually will go as long as I can before she starts to get cranky or I get cranky- whichever comes first. Then it is time for changing, swaddling and napping. I like to play my rain CD for baby Eliza but lately it skips so I have had to switch to baby Bach or Mozart or baby something or other. I put her down in her baby positioner and pat her little bottom until she nods off to dreamland. Sometimes I gently caress her little eyebrows because that makes her sleepy too. I would like to put her down awake and have her nod off on her own but that has not happened yet, so we gently spank her butt instead. I don’t know what it says about her future that she enjoys a nice spank on her rear now and again nor do I want to think about it at the present time. LOL When she naps I chop everything for the stone soup I am making for supper and make myself some oatmeal. She wakes up to eat about an hour later and we start the whole process all over again- eat, pump, play, pat the butt- you get the idea. The next time she sleeps I fluff my x-mas tree some and inhale a turkey and Swiss on rye. I eat my lunch while e-mailing my husband and surfing the net. At some point we went out to Target because I hadn’t been out of the house for a few days. At around 4:00 I put her in the baby carrier and try to get some chores done. At 6:45 I start putting dinner together. DH gets home around 7:30 and we go into Phase II- Daddy Time. He plays with DD and then bathes her, gives her a bottle and puts her to bed at 9:00. We then sit down for some dinner at which point we realize I put way too much hot sauce in the soup. Actually it takes me about an hour to remember that I even put hot sauce in the soup. First, DH and I take turns sniffing the smoked Paprika trying to figure out if is super spicy! We head up to bed at around 10. I wake up at around 1:30 to pump. Baby Eliza wakes up at 4:30 to eat and DH feeds her and puts her back down. She sleeps until 8:30 a.m. and we start the fun all over again. Although this sounds pretty smooth she usually wakes up from naps a few times and I end up holding her and rocking her while she sleeps. I would hold her all day long if I didn’t have to eat, bathe or get things done!

30 minute mommy

Hellooooo! This is the thirty minute mommy here. This means that in 30 minutes or less I will find some aspect of new mommyhood to rant about everyday. Why 30 minutes? Well aside from my affection for Rachael Ray it has occurred to me that I now break down my day into pretty much thirty minute intervals with an occasional hour nap if I am lucky. No, not me-the baby. Why the rant? Well apparently while being home all day long I tend to build up a lot of frustration that seems to be coming out at DH (dear hubby). Hopefully, I can get it all out here and be well on my way to marital bliss. I decided to write down what I do all day long with my three month old daughter so I could show my husband. I figured that maybe this would help him understand why I am "crabby" or on the brink of insanity by the time he strolls in the door from spending all day with people who no longer wear diapers. OK, that is a slight exaggeration- the brink of insanity ended somewhere around 8 weeks old. Anyhooo, after setting up this blog and a quick rant my time is up. I need to go fluff the x-mas tree, do the laundry, cook dinner and take care of the baby. MMMMMMMMMMM a shower might be nice to at some point. A good rant is never more than thirty minutes away.