My cousin recently asked me how I get anything done around the house with the baby and work. I started thinking about it... so i wanted to jot down what a normal day is like for me.

A day in the life of a mommy:

6:30-7am - wake up...feed her.

After this, I put her in the boppy in my room and let her watch TV =( shes watching sesame street soon to be replaced by My Baby Can Read lol... I start to open the computer and check work emails and see what i have to do for the day.

After about 20-30 minutes, I put her on the playmat and we play together. Occasionally, I will fold laundry or do laundry during this time.

about 40 minutes later, I take her into her room, change diaper, put down for a nap.

During her naps, I go downstairs and make something to eat and make coffee. While its cooking/microwaving I wipe down all the counters and put away some dishes. I put together my pump parts and the babys food gear. I go back upstairs, eat, pump and work/email.

When she wakes up, i feed her and this is when i catch up on my DVR. LOL. it gives me about half an hour to watch a show or two.

I put her back in the boppy to see if she will poop. I check email/work. After about 15 minutes, I change her diaper and change her into her clothes for the day. We go downstairs and I put her in the saucer or jumparoo and make her lunch. (BTW, whoever said to not buy these big ticket items was an idiot!).

I feed her and then let her play in the highchair while I do the dishes. When she starts to whine, I put her in the jumparoo and let her play while I either finish cleaning up, or this is also the time when i would steam/puree some food for her.

I go back to her and play with her before we go upstairs and play some more on the playmat. When its nap time, I put her down.

I make lunch for myself, finish cleaning up downstairs if needed, eat, pump, work, email.

When she wakes up, I feed her and again catch up on DVR.

We can run errands at this time, or we just play some more. Right about the time that she will go down for a nap, Jae will come home. This gives me some more time to work.

I put her down for a nap and keep working. This is a short nap so Jae, if hes home, usually goes to get her when she wakes and gives her a bottle, giving me time to work/email or time for myself. Sometimes I will clean the house, vacuum, or make some more baby food, or sometimes run errands on my own.

About 5:00, i feed her more solids. When shes done we occupy her till bathtime. I take this opportunity to cook dinner (if im cooking) or make some baby food, or do a good clean of some part of the house.

6:30 bathtime.

6:45-7:00 i nurse her to sleep. Jae goes out to get dinner while im doing this if i didnt cook. While hes still out, I usually take this opportunity to shower. If not, I sometimes shower during her 9am nap.

We eat, and watch a few shows together. Then i go upstairs and either finish working or surf the computer. Lights out is pretty early in our household.

Next morning, repeat.

What I have concluded is, Maddie spends a lot of time alone =(

On a typical day, i am juggling many things as shes awake... for example, just yesterday, I was texting jae, chatting on gmail, answering an email and also trying to buy maddie new pjs, and trying to watch DVR at the same time. But I am sort of teeter tottering on all of them. My text to jae is about an hour late, my chats (to porky brewster..hello!) are often delayed, I had been needing to buy new PJS for weeks now (she is wearing 6 months and needs bigger!), I am constantly rewinding the show to watch parts over and over again since I wasnt paying attention, all while the baby is up and im trying to play with her.

Its something im just used to, i guess. i am used to multitasking anyway. Having the ipad now helps a lot. I can be accessible so much easier now that i can bring it up and down the stairs. I can still do all my communicating with friends and work right while i sit next to maddie, whether im upstairs or down. I can even do all this while holding her, bc i can prop the ipad anyway, like on the bed or whatever, whereas i cant do that with my laptop.

what also helps is having jae come home before 5 most days...and also in general just being an anal butt who is used to doing a million things at one time. And also having been at this job for 5-6 years and so the work is relatively easy and i can do things really fast. And also, a slow economy so im not SUPER SUPER busy.

on my slower work days, i use the time that she naps to clean, pay bills, work on any outstanding projects at home (christmas cards for example), clean her toys, put away clothes she doesnt fit anymore, shop online etc etc.

There is always something to do!