I have decided that today, I will chronicle the adventures of Rachel and Baby. I will edit this post several times to update throughout the day all of our activities!
Wake up at 9:15am.
Baby is happy in her crib, playing with the rail, so Rachel gets to run to the bathroom and quickly get dressed.
It's time for Baby to eat at 9:30am.
She eats until 10am, then it's Rachel's turn.
I found a "diet" in American Baby, called the Cinch diet, I'm trying out (starting today). You have 1 vegetable or fruit, 1 whole grain (2 if you're nursing. Score!), 1 Protein, 1 Plant based fat, and some kind of seasoning at every meal, including your snack. (You get 4 meals a day. Not too bad!) My go to breakfast is oatmeal, usually with a ton of brown sugar, not today though! I make my oatmeal and add only cinnamon and almonds (this takes care of 1 grain, 1 plant fat, and seasoning). I add a slice of toast with minimal Olivio spray and skim milk and orange juice to drink (that gave me my additional grain, 1 protein, and 1 fruit).
Baby watched from her high chair as I prepared my breakfast. I always let her smell and touch as many things as possible!
At 10:30am Baby started to get fussy; we started to wind down and get ready for her nap. We cuddle and talked on the couch, and as always, I ended up nursing her to sleep. She had her nap from 10:45am-12:45pm.
While baby was sleeping, I started the laundry, cleaned the kitchen and started working on my blog. At a little after noon, the hubby came home for lunch. I took a break from my work and we chatted about how are day has gone. Baby woke up just in time to give Daddy a kiss before he returned to work.
After Baby woke from her nap and said bye to Daddy, I finished part of my blog post while she played in her bouncy seat.
Then we played in the nursery for a bit and had some diaper free time, which was cut short by Baby tinkling on her quilt! After getting cleaned up and dressed, Annika was ready to eat again. It was about 1:30pm when she started and she was finished by 2:15pm.
By this time I was hungry for lunch, so I put Baby in her "Pack and Play" with a few toys while I threw together my lunch (hamburger gravy over rice with orange juice on the side). Lunch wasn't quite on track with Cinch but it was the best I had at the moment. I did have good portion control though!
While I ate, I held Babyo my lap and we "talked". Until she started to meltdown at about 2:45pm, her usual nap time.
I held her off from sleep until 3pm. (I'm trying to get her second nap to come later in the day, much to her dismay!) At that point, I nursed her to sleep again. She slept on my chest for a bit, then I was getting ready to put her down in her "Pack and Play" and she woke up! She had only slept for maybe fifteen minutes at max! So, I nursed her to sleep again! Then, put her down right after she fell asleep.
Baby slept until 5:30pm. When she woke up, she played with Daddy for a bit, then we all got ready to go out to dinner (Long John Silver's, I know it didn't fit the Cinch diet, but it was Hubby's idea!) and Target.
Whenever we left our house, it started to snow quite a bit, so we decided not to go, and drove to KFC instead. Upon arriving at KFC, the snow slowed so we decided to go with our original plan!
We ate first, and Baby was wonderful! She smiled and cooed the whole time.
After LJ's, we scampered to Target. We mostly bought stuff for Baby. (Most of which wasn't on our list!) I picked out two cute scarves that are shear to use for creative play with Baby. (I learned some fun activities from our Gymboree class last week and they require a scarf.) We also picked up some baby food (Gerber Step 1 for the Assisted Sitter) and a toy.
After checking out, we looked out the store windows. (Oh my!) It was a blizzard; a white out! It was insane! The trek to the car had us all covered in snow! We left the store at about 8pm. We didn't get home until almost 9pm! Normally the drive only takes 30 minutes! We made it home safe and sound though, and Baby slept the whole way home!
When we got home, I decide to pump a few ounces of breastmilk to mix with Baby's rice cereal, while Hubby and Baby played. When I finished pumping, I nursed Baby while Hubby mixed up the cereal. At about 10pm, we spoon fed Baby for the second time! The first time, we mixed her rice cereal with formula; she was disgusted by it! This time, she seemed to enjoy the rice cereal a lot more. So, from now on, I will pump two ounces of breastmilk daily for her cereal.
At about 10:30pm Baby was finished with her cereal and Hubby got her bath ready. Then, we bathed her together. She HATES baths! She nearly always screams and never smiles. I still have hope that she will get used to them soon and maybe even start to enjoy them! After her bath, we quickly lotioned Baby with her Johnson's Bedtime Lotion (LOVE IT, Hubby and I use it for ourselves too!) and dressed her.
Baby and Hubby played for a few minutes, then Baby started to get sleepy. Daddy quickly put her down at 11:30pm, which is early for Baby (She usually goes down at 1 or 2am.).
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