A Day in the Life of Reed

It's been about two months since the last one of these so I thought it would be a good time to check in and see what a "typical" day in the McClarty household is looking like these days. We are definitely falling into a much more predictable routine. Wake up is usually between 6:30/7:00, with a nap coming about two hours later. Reed nurses 5 times during the day and once overnight. While his naps are still all over the board we usually get at least one 1.5 - 2 hour sleep session at some point during the day. He gets solids after his second to last nursing session of the day and bedtime is almost always around 7:30/8:00 preceded, of course, by his favorite things . . . his bath and story time with Dad.

6:20 Reed wakes-up we do a diaper change and I get my morning hugs

6:45 Reed nurses
7:15 We feed Dodger breakfast and Reed intently watches him eat while practicing sitting-up

7:30 Diaper Change
7:35 Play with toys out in the living room with Mom
7:50 Check on Dad
8:00 Watch Dad brush his teeth, Reed is in awe of Jon's electric toothbrush and stares at him the entire time he is brushing every morning

8:10 We say goodbye to Dad, and Mom and Reed head out to go on a run

8:30 Start down the running trail
9:00 Reed falls asleep
9:25 Back to the car and headed home
9:35 Reed awakes as we pull into the garage
9:40 We do a diaper change
9:50 I put Reed in his jumperoo so I can start a load of laundry and mix a big batch of dough for the yummy bread I've been making

10:05 I put on the Baby Bjorn and Reed's sun hat and we go into the backyard to get Dodger for his walk

The sight of Reed in the Bjorn and me saying "Walk" causes Dodger to do this . . .

10:40 We are back from our walk, Reed nurses

11:05 I change Reed's diaper and put him in his sleep sack. I give him a pacifier and his "Soft Sheep" and we read for about 10 minutes. He is acting really sleepy so I lay him down in his crib

11:20 He has spit out his pacifier and is crying. I plug him back up and rub his back for a few seconds

11:25 Reed is asleep. I clean out the dishwasher, prep some yams for Reed's dinner, make my lunch, and transfer my pumped milk from the day before to the freezer.

11:40 Reed starts coughing and wakes himself up (this adds to my fear that he is coming down with his first cold). He's really upset so I rock him for a few minutes to calm him down and he goes back to sleep. I eat lunch, do a weight workout, and work on placing two new raised garden beds I've assembled earlier in the week.

1:30 Reed wakes up and is a happy boy

1:30 Diaper change and then I finally get him into clothes for the day

1:40 We go out to the living room and play on his quilt again. He practices sitting up and putting toys in his mouth (both of which he is getting really good at).

2:00 I feed Reed
2:15 He's done eating we head back to the quilt and I get some good laughs out of the little guy

2:45 We go outside to check out the garden and then to do a photo session with Dodger. I make the Grandparents a calendar every year, when Dodger was an only pup he was the only one featured, but he's had to give up a few months to make room for the new star. I'm trying to, once in awhile, get pictures of both of them together, but getting open eyes, happy faces, etc on both of my boys is sometimes a tall order to fill. I think this is probably the best one I took during this session.

3:15 We go back in the house to do a diaper change and get ready for another nap. We read The Sleep Book by Dr. Seuss (our favorite)

3:30 Reed goes down for his nap

4:05 He's awake, he helps me finish folding laundry by playing peekaboo with his onesies and laughing at me making his cloth diapers dance around

4:25 I put Reed up on my knees for a modified airplane and then we do baby sittups and practice standing up

4:40 Diaper change
4:45 Reed nurses
5:00 Reed has his yummy yam dinner (he's really getting into feeding himself)

5:20 I cleanup the aftermath of his dinner while he is entertained by Dad playing guitar. Check out the fancy maneuver he does when we take the tray off his highchair!

5:35 Diaper Change

5:50 We get in the car to go to my parents' house. Grandma is hosting Bunco and is dying to have her girlfriends meet Reed
6:00 We get to my parents' house and I can tell Reed isn't feeling great. We hang out with Papa Jay for a bit and then the ladies start arriving. He is in a good mood for awhile, then has a complete breakdown. Papa tries to rescue him from the estrogen overload but all he wants is Mom.

7:00 I get Reed calmed down and he puts on a little show for the ladies

7:15 Reed has had enough and has no energy to humor me, so cries during our quick group shot

7:35 Because it is so late and he's grumpy we skip his bath and go straight for the PJs

7:45 Reed nurses

8:00 He's asleep