Mommyhood lately (my daily routine)

Oh hello. Remember me? I've been a little lazy when it comes to blogging. I'll try to be more diligent.

Me- Well as you already know I had a C-section with my newest baby. Yesterday was the first day I went through without regular doses of medicine. (I only really needed it twice) Which means I'm that much closer to being completely healed. YAY! If you were to give me the option, for any future children we may decide to have, I would choose a C- section HANDS DOWN! The recovery time (from my experience) was way more tolerable the second time around. I think the fact that I could mentally prepare ahead of time really gave me piece of mind.

After I had Raegan, my husband was only able to be with me the rest of that week when she was born. The following Monday he had to go back to work, which meant I was all alone. It was me and TWO babies. What ever was I going to do all by myself?

My current routine goes as such:
7-8am
Ryan leaves for work
wake up and feed Raegan (change diaper) she goes back to sleep
Get Nicolas out of bed (change diaper)
Nicolas eats his breakfast

9-10am
Let Nicolas watch a little morning cartoons
I eat breakfast
I get time to do my morning bathroom routine

10-11am
Feed Raegan again (change diaper) she goes back to sleep (sometimes she'll stay up and look around)
Nicolas gets his snack
I usually get time to clean and tidy up a little

11-12pm
Still tidying up (laundry, washing dishes, cleaning bathroom) if those things need to be done
Play with Nicolas
I'll get Nicolas his lunch (sometimes he won't eat all or any of it until after his nap)

12:30- 1pm
Nicolas goes down for a nap (change diaper)
Feed Raegan (change diaper)

1-4pm
(Nicolas is napping)
I eat my lunch and catch up on my shows
Do anything I want or need to do that I really can't with Nicolas running around crazy (like crafts and whatnot)
Somewhere in this span of time I feed Raegan again and change her diaper of course (never ending I swear!)

4pm
Nicolas wakes up from his nap (change diaper)
I get him playing with something specific like legos, coloring, or his cars so he's super entertained
Nicolas gets a snack or a late light lunch if he didn't want it before nap time

5pm
Feed Raegan (change diaper)
I usually get a call from Ryan around this time letting me know he's on his way home from work
I get dinner started, if I haven't done so already.

5:30- 6:30pm
Nicolas is playing with daddy and watching sports with him.
I'm finishing dinner

6:30pm
We usually eat dinner close to this time

7-8pm
I clean up after dinner (put all the dishes in the sink, clean the kitchen quickly, put the leftover food away)
Feed Raegan (change diaper)
Read to Nicolas and play with him a little before bed
*this is also when we would give baths if they are in order

8-10pm (sometimes 10:30ish)
Both Ryan and I put Nicolas to bed (change diaper)
We get time to catch up on our mutually liked shows
We usually indulge in some kind of dessert (bad, I know!)
Clean up Nicolas' toys
I wash dishes and finish cleaning up the kitchen
Feed Raegan somewhere in this time frame (change diaper)

10-11pm
Finally we get ready for bed and do our regular routine

A little before midnight Raegan will have her last feeding of the night and not wake up again until 4am then from there she doesn't wake up until our routine starts all over again.  (change diaper with every feeding also)

**note** this of course doesn't include if we have to go anywhere. Which then, first thing in the morning (after breakfast) I will get Nicolas' snack and his water cup ready and check three times over my bag to make sure I have everything I need. I will hurry and get ready, get the kids ready, make sure the dog has water and a rawhide to chew while we're gone, then out the door we go. I always try to make any trips before Nicolas' nap (if they are errands) but if we are going to visit someone or do something a little more length in time, I make it after his nap so he's well rested and more likely to behave. :)

**another note** during the day I didn't include the "time-outs" or spanking threats but believe me, with a 19month old boy, they do occur. Frequently. Depending on his mood.

So that's our day (in a nutshell). It's not easy with two, but it has become more managable. I included the diaper changes in my list because it just blows my mind of how many times I change diapers throughout the day. I'm the sole diaper changer in our house because I do it at warp speed and I know that it's not something Ryan would prefer to do so I don't make him, I don't mind doing it to be honest. It's just since having another baby the changes have definitely tripled.

I'm not sure if I could handle another little person added to the mix just yet. I'm still getting used to this routine, that I'm sure will change soon enough as Raegan gets older and I go back to work.