One of the biggest fights my husband and I ever had was when my son was a few weeks old. He came home from work one day and innocently asked if I was able to pick up the orange juice that he had asked me about that morning. I, of course, took this as him implying that he could not figure out what I did all day, and he, of course, could not figure out why asking about orange juice could cause tears and hysteria. Which is why I loved, loved, loved this post by Raquel D’Apice:
What I Do All Day When I Am Home With the Baby
7:00 Wake up wishing I had gone to sleep before 1:00 a.m. Feed baby a bottle.
7:15 Put baby in high chair surrounded by Cheerios and cut up pieces of fruit while I make a completely overzealous and unrealistic to-do list.
8:00 Change baby’s diaper and get him dressed to go outside. You are possibly going, “Wait — the last entry was at 7:15. It took you 45 minutes to give him Cheerios and make a four item to-do list?” I know, right? It doesn’t make sense to me either.
8:25 Bundle baby and put extremely bundled-up baby in stroller. Make vague attempt at getting dressed. Put leash on dog.
8:30 Take dog for 30-minute walk, the entire time feeling guilty that baby is outside in the freezing cold.
9:00 Return to apartment. Carry stroller up the stairs of our third-floor walk-up. Un-bundle baby.
9:05 Play with baby on floor, the entire time feeling guilty that dog didn’t really get enough exercise and is becoming clinically depressed.
To read the rest of her day click here.
Here’s to doing A LOT when home with a baby!
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