It's a Wilson World!: A Day In My Life

Life right now with Kayla is really about dealing with everything is a 3 hour cycle. I know that may sound crazy to some people but seriously, it makes the day go by so fast! Our day usually begins anywhere from 4am on depending on Kayla's eating / sleeping schedule for that day. Dr. Kint's office (her pediatrician) says that there is no use trying to actually adjust a baby's schedule on your own before 3 months... "they will get fussy and get mess your life up so don't try!" - this is what they tell us! So you can only imagine how this Mommy's "type A" personality is functioning.... I have to be honest, there are some days that are better than others, some nights too. Brian & I have both melted down at one point or another but its mostly from lack of consistent sleep. Its hard too b/c while I am on duty from 10pm Sunday night to 8pm Friday night pretty consitently... Brian helps out with the 8/9pm feeding and then on the wkends he takes a very active roll... but where is the downtime? Weekends we are just juggling back and forth and he takes the late / middle of the night feedings. I think what we miss most is just the time we used to spend running errands together, impromtu dinners or drinks at the Ringside or just being able to sit on the couch for hours watching football or movies or catching up on TIVO (thank god for that invention!). Our new family brings us so much joy and we've been adjusting more and more each day...

So back to a "day in the life of Kayla"... it begins around the time Daddy leaves for work. Sleeping Beauty wakes up around 7/8am with big smiles and is ready to begin her day - this is her 2nd feeding of the day though! Her first was at 4/5am but she usually sleeps thru this one now. So we eat (ok Kayla eats b/c Mommy ate when she was up at the 4/5am feeding) and then have a little playtime for about 40 minutes - this is usually Mommy reading to me. Then we tackle the dirty diapers and hang out in the bouncy chair and doze off for about an hour or two before we eat again! Feeding #3 is around 10/11am... then we get dressed for the day (unless we have to go out earlier then that just messes up everything! LOL). We hang out in the loft together or in the kitchen so Mommy can prepare bottles for the day, check email, start dinner for that night or she just cleans up. We talk alot though and Mommy describes everything she is doing so Kayla learns early on what life is like in this Wilson household! Of course then Kayla dozes off for a short nap again in my crib. Feeding #4 is around 1/2pm sometimes even 3pm depending on what is going on... Getting Kayla to nap after this feeding is most difficult... She wants to stay awake so bad and just gets so cranky that we have to walk around the house for about an hour while holding her for her to doze off - then she goes in the swing!... Feeding #5 happens anywhere btwn 4-6pm... Then we hang out til Daddy comes home - There is usually no napping at this time. I love to watch TV with Mommy - its usually when she catches up on her General Hospital episodes! A few days a week we hang out in my room and sing songs and dance around like fools. Then YIPPEE... Daddy is home and he takes over for a bit while Mommy cooks! Sometimes Kayla even lets us eat dinner while she sits in her bouncy... Feeding #6 happens at 8/9pm ... Daddy does this feeding and we hang out and play... He has his own built in bouncy chair on his legs which is so much fun for Kayla! Too much sometimes :( Then she goes down for a pre-goodnight in her swing! The last feeding of the day happens around 11/12 midnight and we give Kayla a thicker formula so that her belly stays a bit fuller and she sleeps a little longer!

Of course this would not be an appropriate blog without some new photos - Enjoy!