For the last few days I've had so much to do I've been getting up at 4:30 just to get stuff done before R gets up. Whew, I'll tell you, this morning schedule is doing a job on me.
I drop R off at day care every day and J picks her up, so I'm trying to get the hang of getting R up and getting all the day care stuff pulled together. Her bag is usually fairly well assembled, but I need to fill her water and milk sippys, finish up her lunch (we don't usually cut up fruit the night before, preferring to do it in the morning, so even if other stuff is put in, I usually need to add something to it), get R fed and changed into daycare clothes, while making some coffee, eating some breakfast, and making sure I have all the stuff I'm taking in to work that day all ready.
It feels like chaos. I know, somehow, the secret is to get more organized and have everything go like clockwork, like a routine. But I'm not a good thinker-aheader. I'm a better "I've-done-this-before-and-made-this-mistake-already-so-I'm-not-going-to-make-it-again" kind of person. So I think there will invariably be some rough spots while I try to figure out the ropes.
Today, I barely made it out the door by 7:30 (R got up around 6:30) and arrived at work by 8:10. Daycare is a 15 minute walk to and 15 mins back, plus another 5-7 to work. But I only made it as early as I did because J got up and helped feed R while he was eating his breakfast.
I think it'll get easier. Right?
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ReplyDeleteit DOES get easier! Of course, then you add a second baby and it gets harder again. LOL. We have found that a A gets older, she wants to do more for herself. I sit in front of her highchair and eat cereal while she spoons yogurt in the general direction of her mouth. I put the final touches on our lunches while she puts her shoes on. That sort of small independence will make a huge difference for you.
ReplyDeleteI'm still late two days a week, but that has more to do with C getting out of bed to take over when I need to leave!
don't worry, things will get easier soon..it does help to get as much as possible ready and in place the night before so that you're not running around looking for things in the morning...you'll figure it all out i'm sure..mom s.
ReplyDeletethanks for the support, you guys. It helps. I know it will get better-- a lot of it is just adjusting to a new schedule altogether. Today went well but J still did help a lot. As long as he's not too stressed about prepping we should be fine teaming up in the mornings, which is nice.
ReplyDeleteYes, it does get easier.... and you are right- routine is the key. Get a system down and work the system each day. I actually lined things up in the order I would need them the next morning.
ReplyDeleteHang in there... you will find the rythme soon enought. Even with the chaos, enjoy this time because they grow up all too fast!
Sherri