A day in our life

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Now that PoPo is over at cousin Kolton's all the time, I am having to watch Connor all day for the first time. Previously, she was always there as a backup and since she loved taking care of him, beginning around January I was having her watch Connor for most of the day and I spent my time blogging instead. She was also making dinner for us most days. Yes, I was spoiled!

So now I have a new routine.

• Wake up between 8-9am (ok this has not changed actually since January! It was because of that darn snow and we couldn't go anywhere so why not just sleep in!? Now I can't get out of bed before 8am!)
  

• Change Connor, wipe his face, give his Vitamin D drops, get myself together. (20-30 minutes)

• Connor plays in his playpen next to my computer. I check email etc. Connor gets bored, so then I have him on my lap and I show him some of the ABC segment from Starfall.com. (30-40 minutes)

• Set Connor in his feeding chair and start preparing his breakfast and my breakfast. Feed us both. Clean up. Start some preparations for food for later in the day. I steamed some apples and broccoli and pureed it yesterday - turned out great, Connor loved it. I read that steaming retains more flavour and nutrients. (1-1.5 hour)

• Change Connor's diaper. Let him jump around in his Jolly Jumper. (20 minutes)

• He'll be fussy by now, so it's time for a nap. I might nurse him a bit now, or after his nap. Even though he is on solids, the majority of his nutrition is still supposed to be from breast milk. The past few days I've been wearing him on my back to sleep. He'll nap from 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on any interruptions that wake him. I get back on the computer to blog, etc. Or I might do more food prep, or laundry.

• Connor wakes up and I let him play about 15 minutes in his playpen, just to wake him out of his slumber.

• Time for lunch! Back to his high chair. After eating and clean-up, I may do more food prep for dinner. Takes 1-1.5 hours.

• Connor plays some more, perhaps in his exersaucer or on the floor with me. I can also watch Young and the Restless now. :D
  

• By now it's either 2:30-3:30, and it's nap time again. So I get to do more computer stuff or other household chore.

• Connor will wake between 4:00-5:30, and Linds might be home by 5pm and it's time to think about dinner. Linds always showers when he gets home, because he can get very dirty from being in the warehouse at work.
  

• 5:30-6:00pm, Linds will feed Connor while I make dinner. Connor sits with us through dinner and eats a rice cracker or plays with his toys or fusses.

• 7:00-8:30pm, Connor will go down for the night. I always nurse him to sleep in bed. I had wanted to avoid nursing him to sleep, not sure how I ended up doing it. :/
  

That's our day together! Here are a couple of videos of Connor playing and eating today.