A day in the life..

Since Lakelyn's 4 month check up visit when the doctor asked how she was sleeping and I was able to say "she is doing well I think. Goes to bed around 8pm and wakes around 3am to eat and then 6-7 to eat and then up for the day by 8am." He said that was awesome to get a stretch that long and that she should soon move that 3am feeding to 4am and then 5am and so forth. I agreed and we left there all happy go lucky!

Fast forward a few weeks and her sleep habits turned into a total shit show. excuse my language! I have NO idea what got into her. I've heard teething, sleep regression, growth spurt you name it its been suggested! Her sleep at night is completely up in the air at this point in time and I never in a million years thought that my 5 1/2 month old would be so far from sleeping through the night. I have tried giving her a bottle before bed, breast, formula, cereal, a combination of them and none of it makes a difference!

So all of that to say this is typically how our day goes down (a good day I should say):

• 8am- up for the day and some morning snuggles in my bed watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• 9am- breakfast (favorite is bananas & rice cereal or apples & rice cereal)
• 9:30-9:45am- head out for our walk (we have been doing 1.5 miles) and she usually falls asleep before we are finished with the walk
• 10-10:15am- back home from our walk and I lay her down for her nap and I jump in the shower (unless I will be doing something to get sweaty again) and then try to get either some house work or blogging done
• 11-11:30am- she wakes up and we play a little bit
• 12-12:30pm- she eats lunch (a bottle) and then I try to let her have some independent play time while I do what I need to do (usually some type of house work)
• 1:30-2:30pm- she usually goes down for another nap sometime in that time frame.
• 3:30-4pm she wakes up and eats another bottle and we play or watch more Mickey Mouse or a movie
• 5pm- I usually start dinner while she hangs out in her walker or high chair in the kitchen with me
• 6-6:30pm- We eat dinner and give her some baby food if she wants it (usually sweet potatoes or carrots) after dinner she plays with daddy
• 7:30pm- bath time and get ready for bed
• 8pm- bottle and bed
• from this point on its fair game on when she wakes up. On average I would say around 2am she'll wake to eat, then again at like 4-5am and then again at like 6-7am and then by 8am we start all over!

Obviously, this is not how every day goes down and we don't always stay at home. Sometimes I like to go to town and just walk around and window shop or pick up a few groceries just so we can get out of the house. And there are also days when I have to work so someone else is with her.

All in all we do not have it all together and most days its bat-shit crazy around here, but we love every minute of it!