7ish - Bertie wakes up. I let him hang out for a few minutes, unless he's screaming.
7:15ish - We get up, if he's wet through I change him, otherwise I wait a few minutes, because he's grumpy when he wakes up. (I wonder where he gets that from...?) I get his milk and we sit in the recliner and watch the news for a few minutes. He likes the traffic report, and the weather. And the commercials. Then we usually will read a few books before demanding "gargoons" (cartoons).
8ish - I turn Thomas the Train on Netflix. He half watches, and half plays with his toys. I do my yoga (or whatever exercise).
8:45ish - We sit at the table and eat breakfast.
9:15ish - I put away the dishes and clean the house a little. Bertram will usually colour or play with chalk for a bit, then play with his trains or cars more. After a while he usually says "sit here" (the recliner) "mommy read book".
10ish - We head out and do whatever we're going to do for the day, usually errands: groceries, etc. Sometimes we go to the mall and walk around (especially if the weather is bad).
Noon: We are back home. Sometimes he has lunch before nap, sometimes not. Typically he'll have a small snack, and more milk. We sit in the recliner and read a few more books. I sing him his nap time song:
It's time for a nap, it's time for a nap.
You will feel so much better after a nap.
After a nap, after a nap
We will have more fun after a nap.
Sometimes the last line changes, if we have something specific planned. (We will go see grandma, after a nap).
He will sleep 1.5-3 hours. I clean up, do dinner prep, laundry, sit around, and enjoy the quiet.
2:15ish - Bertie wakes up. We have a little more milk, or water. Read a few books. Then maybe a snack, or he'll just play.
4ish - He will usually request that we go to Grandma and Grandpa's house (two doors down). Which means he wants to go play, and for me to leave him there. He often will stay there until Aaron gets home at 5:30. So I clean up again, and get dinner ready.
5:30 - Aaron comes home, we have dinner.
6:00 - Sometimes baby gets a bath, depending on how gross he got at dinner.
6:20ish - We walk the dogs. Bertie usually goes back to grandma and grandpa's, but sometimes he comes too.
7:15ish - We start getting ready for bed. Jammies, milk, more books, brush teeth, have fluoride (or vitamins). We sing a few songs, then say prayers. Then we go around a say good night to each of the animals (Juli, Zelda, Fiona and Priya), then good night to mommy and daddy. Then we sing the bedtime song as we go to bed.
7:40ish - (to the tune of "let's go out to the lobby")
Let's all go to bed
Let's all go to bed
Let's all go to bed,
and get ourselves some rest.
Now it's time for bed,
Now it's time for bed,
Now it's time for bed,
time to go to sleep.
We tuck him in with his favourite bears (Charlie and Blue), and pull up his two blankets (only because it's winter, not because it has to be two). He'll usually say "tuck in. night-night".
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