Whats In A Day?

October 30th, 2008 |

Pre-Kids i had no idea just how tiring being a mother could be , being a mother and rushing from place to place trying to fill everyone’s requirements is darn exhausting.

But in a good way

Lets see , its just coming up 2pm and its been non stop.

7am - Rebecca gets up , i try to pretend she has not and curl up with Ru (who im also pretending does not have a dirty nappy)

7.30 - Finally move and do the nappy, tidy the bedroom and bathroom (this always amazes me, how come the house is tidy when i got to bed but requires so much cleaning the next morning? ) . Make toast for me and the kids. Eat toast while feeding Ruaridh .

8.00 - Get Eilidh up , would normally let her sleep later but we were going out soon. Give her , her toast and go and get Ru and Rebecca dressed and ready for the day. Then give the girls a bowl of cereal

8.30 - Girls eat cereal and i give Ru another feed. Then get Eilidh dressed for day and they both get there “yoghurt sweets” (morning treats for getting dressed quickly and not fighting)

9.00 - Run about like mad , cleaning up breakfast dishes and doing a washing load. Have a very quick clean of every room . Thankfully my mum shows up (she was dropping my niece at school nearby) and together we get the kids ready to go out

9.30 - Leave the house , girls in double pram and Ru in the sling and walk to the mums group.

10.00 - Finally get to sit for a while, girls run around and play . Ru sleeps/feed/watches the world . Eilidh played with flour and turned into a ghost . My mum sticks around for a while and we chat.

11.00 - Kids are happy playing and my mum has left, help clean up the hall after the flour mess and start to get the kids ready to go home.

11.30 - Finally leave and go to the bakers and pick up something for lunch then head home.

12.05 - We get home and eat lunch

12.30 - Time to get ready to leave again ,get Rebecca into new clothes (old ones covered in flour) and do hair/shoes/jacket again . Leave to take Rebecca to nursery

13.07 - Home from nursery, Eilidh gets her nappy changed and goes for a nap. She is shattered and the minute i lie her in her cot is sound asleep. I sit on the computer and feed Ru.

14.09 - NOW, Ru fed and fell back asleep but is now fussing wanting fed again . He will more than likely feed for about 30 minutes or so then go back to sleep.

15.00 - Will get Eilidh up and more than likely see my sister and niece as they stop by.

15.30 - Pick Rebecca up from nursery.

15.45 - Spend the next few hours doing the cleaning , making dinner , playing with the kids and feeding Ru.

18.00 - Dinner time - making a beans and smoked sausage meal with potatoes and garlic bread. Hope DH will be home in time to join us. After dinner its bath time for all three kids (yes together) and get them all ready for bed.

19.00 - All gone well both girls will be sound asleep and Ru will be taken a quick feed before settling for the evening

Now it will be ME time, hopefully a nice long hot bath - reading this book just now and really enjoying it. Then DH and i will curl up together and watch (hopefully) an episode of Lost.

Its my perfect day, the kids get to have fun and noone is bored BUT i have time to stop and relax myself.

You know what, i think this sahm mum job really rocks