Wake up between 6:30 and 7 am. Lay out Brady's clothes for school that day. Bring everyone downstairs (2 trips) and immediately change diapers. Bye bye disposables, hello fluffy cloth. Feed Reid at least one side and make him happy. Put baby in bouncer chair and pack Brady's lunch. Make breakfast, which is usually microwave pancakes or scrambled eggs for Brady and Pierce. God I wish these boys would eat cereal! Supervise and beg Brady to eat at least 9 times. Wipe down Pierce and get him out of high chair. Feed Reid the 2nd side. At this time it is usually 7:50 so I send Brady upstairs to brush his teeth, wipe his face and get dressed. He comes down stairs and I try to spike his hair, pack his backpack and we all wait by the front door for the bus to come at 8:10. Around 8:30 Reid gets swaddled and put in his swing for his morning nap. Pierce is really done with his morning nap but if mama needs to shower he hangs out in his crib and babbles. I pump sometime between showering and straightening hair. Grab Pierce out of his crib about 10am and watch the beginning of Hoda and Kathie Lee. Reid wakes up and I feed him. Change both diapers. Dress Pierce and we run some errands. If its Monday, we hit wegmans. Tuesday or Wednesday union hall, bank. Thursday or Friday target to pick up food we have run out of since Monday and a few other things. Home by 11:30 and we eat lunch, feed Reid again (see a pattern here?) and possibly watch a little 90210 and then some Roseanne. Change diapers and make Pierce's bottle. Everyone naps again by 12:30, and I usually clean, blog, pump again! shop online, check my email, write bills, etc. Laundry also gets done somewhere in there. I wash diapers every other day. Some times I nap if the night has been particularly rough or make dinner. Everyone is back up around 2:30, feed Reid and wait for Brady to get off the bus. Daddy comes home around 3 and Brady's bus gets home at 3:15. Steve is usually starving so some days we eat at 4:00. Then its time to clean the kitchen, do the dishes, sweep, vacuum for the day. Change diapers. Play with the boys while Reid takes another little nap between 4:30 and 5:30. 6:00 is tv time, unwind and get the kids ready for bed, feed Reid again. 7:00 Daddy puts Pierce to bed because he has the magic touch. I get to snuggle with Brady until 7:30 and then he goes off to bed. I usually feed Reid for the last time around 7:15 and then he gets swaddled and in the swing. Clean the family room and pick up toys. Steve comes downstairs from putting Brady to bed around 8pm and we finally get some alone time :) I fall asleep by 9 or 9:30 on the couch and Steve studies or plays some GTA5. He wakes me up around 10:30 after he has carried sleeping Reid upstairs and put him in our room. I pump, Steve takes his meds and then we head upstairs. Reid wakes up once a night to nurse usually between 3 and 4 am. And then the craziness starts all over again! I have about 1 more week of this routine until I head back to the hospital. And then I will be even busier - if that's possible!
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