Our day

I have to go back to work in about two and a half weeks, and I'm not really looking forward to it.  I love spending time with Payton all day!  If I could be a full time mom, I would do it in a heartbeat.  But that's not to say that taking care of her is stress free.  Taking care of her is a full time job.  This is a rough outline of our daily routine:

6:30 am - 7:00 am:  Diaper change and Payton eats.  Now depending on her mood, she will either go back to sleep for another two and half to three hours or she'll stay awake.  My hopes is she'll go back to sleep so that I can either catch a cat nap or get some things done around the house.

Should she go back to sleep:  8:30/9:00-ish-9:30:  Diaper change and Payton eats.  The more awake she is to eat, sometimes it takes her longer to eat.  After scarfing down two ounces she sometimes starts to daudle and will smile or play around and push the bottle out with her tongue.  After playing around for about five minutes, then she's hungry again. 

Should she not go back to sleep: We both stay up and play. Well, she plays on her playmat and I will wash bottles, play with the dogs, then her and I hang out.


10:00 am - 10:05 am:  Payton and I have tummy time.  This is where I place her on her tummy so she can strengthen her arm, neck and stomach muscles so she can work on holding her own head up.  And it aides in the process to help her roll over some day soon.


11:00 am - 1:00 pm  Diaper change and Payton eats.  After she's done eating she'll play on her playmat.  She usually starts to fall asleep on her playmat around 11:30, so I'll move her into her crib and lay her down for a nap.  The morning nap usually lasts about an hour, if she decides to stay asleep.  Heath is also home for lunch during this time.  If she wakes up, she'll eat around noon.  So as Heath is eating, Payton is too.  Then when Heath is done, he takes over feeding Payton so that I can eat.

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm:  Payton will play on her playmat and then get pretty drowsy. 

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm:  I lay Payton down for her afternoon nap.  Sometimes she sleeps for an hour, sometimes she sleeps for two to three hours.  During this nap is when I try to get the bulk of my housework done.  I'll do a few loads of laundry, wash bottles (again), sweep the floors (albeit that happens about once a week), give the dogs some attention, put the clean dishes in the dishwasher away, think of something to have for supper, etc.

3:00/4:00:  Payton wakes up from her nap and decides she wants to eat and needs a diaper change.

6:30-7:00 pm:  Payton eats, again.

8:30 Depending on the day, Payton gets a bath

9:30/10:00:  Payton eats for the last time before she goes down for the night.  Then at 6:30 am we start the process all over again.  Atleast she's still sleeping through the night.  With her teething she's starting to get a little fussy during the day.  Either that or she's trying to poop.  Anyway, that is our day, full of fun and excitement and stress. :)

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It never ceases to amaze me how much laundry a two month old child can accumulate in the course of a week, especially when more often than not we have "pajama day".  Everytime we see my parents (or when they send a package), or see Heath's parents Payton gets atleast two new outfits.  I must admit, Heath's mom bought Payton the cutest dress to wear for Heath's brother and his fiancee's wedding.  Unfortunately, Payton won't be attending.  She's staying with my parents that weekend.  Here's the dress.  Sorry about the link, but it wouldn't let me just save the picture and post:
http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/kids/baby/infantgirlsapparel/PRD~761779/Youngland+Organza+Heart+Dress+and+Knit+Cardigan+Set++Infant.jsp

But I'm sure after spending a weekend with my parents, Payton will come home with numerous new outfits.

Lately our little bundle of joy has started cooing more when we talk to her.  It's really adorable.  It's even cute right before she screams her head off.  And she does this little whine when she's tired.  It's oh......so......just precious (enter sarcasm).  She's been doing that a lot lately because of these new teeth she has coming in.  Atleast she's sleeping through the night still.  I hope that continues through the teething stage.   I hear rubbing whiskey on a baby's gums will help with the pain.  Maybe putting it with coke in a glass will help me after hearing her fuss all day! ;)