7:30am- Barrett comes in to wake me up. "Mommy, I watchin Mogli and Balou and Baaaaahgera." No clue what time he got out of bed because Joe handles that. Check the clock to see that Holland needs to eat so I get up. I make the bed first thing which is my M.O. most of the time. Joe has a happy sister and changes her diaper while I get my pump set up and fill up my water. I feed her and browse Facebook and Instagram while Barrett finishes watching Jungle Book. Joe heads downstairs to his office as today is a WFH day. H is an efficient eater who only takes one side at a time. 10 minutes time usually does the job. I set Holland down on the floor to play while I pump next to her. I don't need to pump at all anymore but I try to set out the time first thing in the morning to add to my freezer stash. I only do about 7 minutes and get 3 oz. Typical. Add it to the freezer (I'm at about 120oz total so far) and rinse out parts to be washed later.
8:00am- Jungle Book finishes and all of us head to the bathroom to shower. Turn on Dave Ramsey podcast to listen. Sister is in the rock n play and Barrett joins me which is usual. He is not to be trusted for that length of time to get into trouble. It's pretty crucial in my day to start with a shower otherwise I will for sure sit on the couch half of it. Shower = Mental sanity. I get out first and let Barrett play in the water alone. I am able to get halfway ready, dressed, teeth brushed and so forth without bother. B gets out and runs around naked until I can chase after him to get some clothes on. Another must do in my morning is picking up the house. There are usually random shoes or dishes or garbage sitting around from the boys morning. I make Barrett's bed, start the dishwasher and soak my punp parts to be washed. Holland starts to get fussy.
8:30am- Get Holland out the rock n play and start up a bath for her. Not even sure how many days it's been since that happened. I said I was going to do it for 3 days now so it's necessary. Barrett brings a toy in the bathroom to play with us. Sister loves her bath as long as the water is right. I get her dressed which most days includes a basic onsie and start to pace the house to get her to relax for a nap. An hour is about the longest she can be awake before needing to go back down. I get her in the swing with her paci and she drifts to sleep easily.
9:00am- We head to Barrett's room to get out some toys. He choses to do puzzles, play a round of his fishing game which eventually turns into playing swords with the fishing poles and then I get out his shapes game because we haven't done that in a while.
9:30am- I need to eat so Barrett messes with his remote control car that Joe opened the night prior. He got the hang of it fairly quickly but only likes to go forward and then when it gets stuck he goes and picks it up. Hasn't quite figured out that he can move it backwards too. I make a waffle and raspberries for Barrett while I have a waffle and a banana. Do not dare put syrup on said waffle. It must be in a separate cup for dipping. Dictator at his best. I finish eating quickly and start to wash pump parts and dishes while Mr Slow Eater finishes.
10:00am- Sister is awake and wants some attention so I pick her up. It's a lovely morning, just a bit chilly, so we head out onto the deck to play. Sunshine and fresh air for all. Our current issue with playing outside is that Barrett wants to climb up the railings. Wouldn't usually be a huge deal but we are on the second story. It is a very long fall if he were to get himself up high enough. This weeks thing is to push a chair over and climb up. Scares me half to death and has resulted in him not being able to play out there by himself. This is NOT cool, Barrett! We get the bubble machine going and Barrett decides he wants to "Hi ya" them with a hockey stick. Again, typical.
10:20am- Holland is over this and wants to eat. I try to press her to go 3 hours but it usually ends up being closer to 2 3/4 hours so we were close. I turn on a bit of Bugs Life to get Barrett to happily come inside. Read: he can't be out on deck by himself anymore (Curses!). I feed H and browse FB and Insta again. Barrett bites his toenails.
10:30am- I head to the kitchen with Holland to prep some food for later while I have a chance. We are having salads for dinner and I want to get the romaine cut. SAHM life is such that I am constantly either cooking or cleaning up a meal or getting someone to go to sleep. Over and over again. :) Didn't take very long to create dishes again. I guess I wasn't very entertaining because Holland falls asleep in the bouncer while I do that and wipe counters. That won't last but 3 minutes so I move her to the swing again to sleep. We are trying to do the EASY method with her. Eat, Activity, Sleep, You, so it's usually only about 20 minutes that she is awake before we try to transition to sleep. Bugs Life goes off and Barrett plays in his kitchen while I fold some laundry. He has zero attention span so I get out his blocks to set up and destroy, plays with some of his helicopters and does ring around the rosy by himself.
11:00am- H drifts to sleep in her swing which I have to say is an absolute lifesaver. Just the week prior, she screamed endlessly when she was in her swing. Our days were very different with me having to rock her and move her to bed so I am incredibly thankful we found the combo that she tolerates (light vibrate, light swing and low white noise). Barrett comes downstairs with me to get a load of laundry out of the dryer from last night. Say Hi to Daddy while we are down there. I fold and put away all of those while Barrett roams around. He finds his iPad hiding in my nightstand drawer so he gets to play with it while I finish.
11:30am- I get out lunch for Barrett which is usually incredibly easy because he doesn't eat actual meals, more like snacks. Today is a hardboiled egg and blueberries. I always have eggs cooked in the fridge. I sit with him at his table and make morning notes on my phone for this post. I put away the dishwasher and get out stuff I need to make lunch for Joe and I.
11:45-12:15pm- I take Barrett to lay down for a nap. This works about 2 days a week if I'm lucky because H almost always wants to eat or wakes up screaming while I trying to accomplish it. Today is a bonus because Joe is home so I keep the basement stairs open and tell him to come up and soothe her if she wakes. Total lifesaver and absolute luxury! We are lucky because she doesn't even wake up and Barrett goes down very easily.
12;30pm- I make lunch and Joe and I get to enjoy it peacefully with no kids as they are both asleep. Today is BLTs and cottage cheese. In true Tissiere fashion, we argue about taking a fall trip to Marco. I want to go, Joe doesn't want to spend the money. Well, that is a surprise! #sarcasm. I surf the web a bit.
12:45pm- Holland wakes but Joe appeases her for a bit while I clean up the kitchen mess.
1:00pm- J is back downstairs and I get to feeding Sister. She gets my undivided attention for a change so we play on the couch for a little while and do some tummy time on the floor for our "activity." Eventually I get her swaddled and pace around the house to get her ready for sleep.
1:30pm- Back in the swing she goes (AMEN, ALLELUIA!). I have a few to-dos that I want to get done for the day. Clean bathrooms, sweep all the wood floors and start a load of towels.
2:00pm: Everything is done so I sit down to watch an episode of Downton Abbey. I'm on Season 3. We got rid of cable 3 months ago but Netflix and Amazon Prime means we are getting to catch up on series that we didn't watch before. Barrett is for sure going to wake up soon now that I get a moment to myself. Get out the puppy chow I made the day before to enjoy without grubby kid hands in it.
2:15pm- Both kids stir at almost the exact same time. Barrett is up and very happy (thank you nap!) and Holland is restless. They both cuddle me on the couch while I finish Downton. Barrett gets some goldfish to snack on.
2:40pm- Downton is done and H is asleep, thanks to paci, so we head outside to "dry the plants" per Barrett's request. Holland goes back in the swing. (I'm telling you, it's life changing!). Barrett and I run around outside, water the plants, play on the swing set, scrap tree bark off our tree, drive his firetruck car and pretty soon the neighbors are outside. Next door has a daycare and the kindergarden boys come home at 2:45 most days. They seem to have a snack and are outside by 3 and it's Barrett's favorite part of the day when he gets to "play with my boys" as he says. They are playing baseball and B watches them while lightly asking nicely if he can take a turn hitting the ball. It's adorable and he is so meek and gentle which is so TOTALLY NOT him. I know they don't want the little kid in their game so I get out all of our baseball stuff and try to appease Barrett myself. The older boys are so sweet and eventually invite B to play.
3:30pm- Holland is up and ready to eat. Joe has been trying to appease her so I can keep Barrett outside but that only lasts so long. I bribe Barrett to come in with an episode of Special Agent OSO. We haven't watched this in forever but I found it on Netflix. After I'm done, we play on the floor a bit and wait for the show to get over. H is still a bit fussy and not happy with any location she is in.
4:00pm- Dad is up from work and asks Barrett to join him with mowing the lawn. Tantrum ensues because he wants to watch Oso again. Rough life, kid. I strap Holland into her carrier and we all head outside for a bit. All of the daycare kids are out now and it's popsicle time. Barrett is such a stinker because he has joined in this practically daily tradition. Deb (our neighbor) has a soft spot for him and always makes sure he's included. The boys start up the mower and I pace around with Holland who is a little restless.
4:30pm- Jeopardy! We are so lame. I pace the house with H while the boys are still outside.
5:00pm- I start dinner. Holland is out on me and happily sleeps in the carrier while I accomplish stuff. The boys are manning the grill on the deck and I sit down to feed H. This is where the cluster feeding begins and her fussy period of the day.
5:30pm- Dinner is ready. Grilled chicken salads and rolls. We eat with Sister still being a little fussy. We move her around to various places and she lasts about 5 minutes in each. Barrett is doing his usual and not eating. I think he managed about 3 strawberries. Did not touch his chicken or roll. Again, no surprise there.
6:00pm- I clean up the kitchen. Joe plays/rocks with Holland. Barrett wanders aimlessly. It's the time of night where we are all just willing it to be bedtime. Joe does diaper change while I change laundry. H is fussy again so I feed her. Every hour is normal at this time of day. She usually falls asleep and would prefer I hold her the remainder of the night.
6:30pm- Joe starts bedtime for Barrett. I think he's crazy. If he hadn't napped, he would already be asleep but not happening on a day that he napped. Barrett only wants me to put him to bed so I hand off H to Joe. She is unhappy that we woke her from her comfy slumber in my arms.
6:50pm- Joe managed to get Holland in her bed in her room. Barrett is not having bedtime and there is no sense in fighting it when I know he's not going to sleep so we get out more toys in his room. Joe heads back outside to finish trimming the yard. We read books and work on our letters on Barrett's marker board.
7:30pm- Sister is up and not wanting to go back to bed so I feed her yet again. She falls asleep on me and Joe decides to try to get Barrett to bed again. That lasts 7 minutes before he comes out on the couch with me. And what do you know he eats the rest of his strawberries and roll that is still sitting out from dinner. I usually leave food out that can stay out because I know he will come back to it eventually.
7:50pm- H is in bed and I take Barrett to lay down now. Find out that Joe wants to go over to the Easton's which explains his eagerness to get B to go to bed an hour and a half ago. Our general consensus is that Joe doesn't get to go anywhere in the evenings until Barrett is asleep. I ask him to wait to leave until he is out just in case Sister starts screaming. Barrett pulls every stall trick in the book and eventually requests that Dad come and join us.
8:45pm- He is FINALLY asleep! Reminds me why I don't always mind the no nap days because he goes to sleep so easily by 6:30. It's tough to decide which I prefer, a break during the day or at night. Joe goes down the road to the Easton's to "help" with some home remodel but it's really just an excuse to have a beer. I decide to just lay in bed and surf my phone. Facebook, Instagram, read blogs and edit the pictures on my phone that I took for this post.
9:45pm- Joe is home and I'm not sure what to do. I should be sleeping but I thought for sure Holland would wake up one last time before really being down for the night. I pick up a few last things around the house, wipe kitchen counters. I leave two dishes to clean and still have the towels in the dryer to deal with tomorrow.
10:00pm- Decide to go to bed and am almost certain Sister will wake me up after 30 minutes.
1:30am- First wake up! WHAT!?! This is her usual time to get up but it's always when she eats about 9:30. That means she went 6 hours straight. Our longest stretch to date for sleep. I mean I didn't get to sleep that stretch but that's okay. She eats and goes straight back to bed. I'm awake less than 15 minutes. Barrett wakes up because I am not in bed with him. Ugh, another issue we are avoiding dealing with at the moment. Kid cannot be alone for 5 seconds, even in the middle of the night.
5:00pm- Like clockwork she is up. It takes maybe 10 minutes this time. She can keep this up for ever if she wants and solidifies her status as favorite child. :) I pee in the hall bath and then go back to my room. Open the door to Barrett just standing in front of the door. Creepiest.thing.ever. We get back in bed and I'm asleep in 2 seconds.
7:15am- Another Barrett wake up call. Good morning!
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