A day in the life

I thought it would be good to offer a generalized glimpse of what Ellie's average day is like (including a very brief peek at my schedule and EM's). I actually intended to do this around the time of her birthday, but with everything else that was going on at the time I guess it just slipped my mind. Anyhow, here's an average day for Ellie (and us) as she approaches 13 months of age:

• 4:30am - EM's alarm goes off and/or the dogs wake her up
• 4:30-5:30am - EM gets ready for work
• 5:30am - Ellie wakes up (sometime on her own, sometimes with prodding from EM)
• 5:30-6:00am - EM nurses Ellie
• 6:00am - I get home (if it's a workday, otherwise EM wakes me up)
• 6:30am - EM leaves for work; Ellie and I sit down for an episode of Jack's Big Music Show
• 7-7:30am - Ellie plays mostly by herself as I try to catch up on the news
• 7:30-8am - breakfast (usually bananas and cereal)
• 8-8:30am - we pass the time (playing, reading and/or watching tv) in anticipation of her nap (and mine if I worked that night)
• 8:30am - nap time
• 10:00am - Ellie wakes up
• 10-10:30am - playtime and/or a walk
• 10:30-11am - snack time (usually milk and a few goldfish or animal cookies)
• 11am-noon - playtime
• noon-12:30pm - lunch (usually two fruits, a carb and something else)
• 12:30-1:30pm - playtime
• 1:30pm - nap time
• 3-3:30pm - Ellie wakes up, followed by snack time (usually yogurt)
• 3:30pm - EM comes home, at which time I back off/take a break
• 5-5:30pm - dinner (usually a fruit, a veggie, a protein and a carb)
• 5:30-6:30pm - playtime
• 6:30-7pm - bath time
• 7-7:30pm - time to wind down and I go to bed if it's a workday
• 7:30-8pm - EM nurses Ellie
• 8pm - lights out
• 8-9:30pm - EM does her thing in preparation of the day to come, and goes to bed
• 11:00pm - I'm up
• 11:30pm - I'm off to work

I don't care who you are, that's a full day! No wonder we're always tired. Sigh. But she's so worth it!








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