Friday, October 1, 2010

Mommy (minus TV) weekday

What does your average weekday schedule look like?

I was thinking about how different my time is managed since last year. I used to watch an average of 4 hours of TV and/or movies a day. Now I barely have time to watch 30 minutes.

Here's what my daily (weekday) schedule looks like:

4:30am: Wake up
4:32: make coffee
4:40: pump breast milk
5:00: Make bottle, wash pumping parts
5:05-5:30: Get ready for the gym, eat a protein shake.... perhaps throw a load of clothes in the washer

5:30: Look at my little Pea before leaving for the gym
5:40-6:45: Work out and then head back home
7:00-7:15: Hang out with P, pack my lunch, pack P's (homemade baby) food for the day and baby bag.
7:15: Start getting ready for work (I do get to see some of the news and Yo Gabba Gabba in the mornings)

8:00: Leave for work
8:30-5:00pm: Design beautiful magazine layouts all day

5:15: Pick up P (if the hubby didn't do it for me)
5:45: Get P in an area where she can play, put away/clean dirty clothes and bottles from daycare, do dishes
6:00: Start making dinner, maybe make some baby food, feed P her homemade baby food.
6:45-7ish: Hopefully eat dinner.....

No TV on since I've been home, but the hubby sometimes turns it on before we eat dinner. No TV during dinner. This is a big change. We used to eat in front of the TV.

7:05: Play with P and her toys, read to her, talk to her
7:15: Get P's bath/bottle ready... bath time for her
7:20-8:00: Feed P a bottle, read to her, swaddle and then to bed
8:00: If I haven't eaten my dinner yet, it's cold. The hubby and I will have dinner at the table without TV

8:00pm-9:00pm: Wash dishes, bottles, make baby food, pack my lunch, get my clothes ready for the next day, take a shower, do laundry....

9:00pm: Pump..... moooooo

9:00-9:30: ::MY TIME::
While pumping I might actually get 30-45 minutes of TV. I have to choose my shows wisely.... I only watch the most important TV like: Glee, Fringe and Modern Family

9:30ish: Wash up pump parts, set alarm, go to sleep

It's a crazy thing. All the time I used to waste and take advantage of before I had my daughter. Now I cherish my time like it's the last bite of the cheesecake.

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