What does your day look like with baby?

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We wake up at 6, nurse and burp, probably feed again around 7:30, both nap from 8-10. Then from 10-12, he’s constantly on the boob. I get him ready, we play between feedings, and around noon I get dressed. He eats at 1, then I have lunch, then he naps again from 2-4. I  usually watch TV or nap with him. He feeds around 4:30, naps, then eats again at 7. He is usually up from 8:30-11 or so and then he’s down for bed. I feed at 2, 4, and 6 and then we start again. 
I feel like I don’t get much done besides dressing myself, feeding him and myself, and making the bed. I could go on an outing during his afternoon nap, but I’m honestly too tired. How much are you ladies doing? Is this a typical newborn routine? I just try and keep the house tidy for when my husband comes home.
Forgot to mention LO is 24 days old.

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Omg I feel like all I do is Nurse!! Try to eat a bowl of cereal every morning and cook dinner for the hubby and my 14 yr old son 3 days a week. Other than that thank God they are understanding and kind of self sufficient.. nursing is my life right now and I'm EXHAUSTED

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I feel like there isn’t much consistency to our “schedule” over here. Haha. 
I get up at noon, she cluster feeds for a few hours, then naps for a couple hours. I pump, do the dishes, maybe start some laundry. Then she is up and ready to eat again. We do this eat and nap routine until about 7 or 8. Then I shower and get a couple hours rest. I get up at 11PM and she cluster feeds all night until about 5AM. Daddy gets up with her at 6AM and I rest until noon.

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Bedtime around 11 and wake up around 7-9 whenever my 19 month old wakes up. There are 2-3 nighttime feeds and changes in between. 
From there I feed and diaper change every 2-4 hours. When she sleeps I play with my daughter. When she is awake which is about 4 hours a day in two hour stretches 😳 I still multitask playing with my toddler and whatever else I have to do at that time. I will put her under her activity gym or on a fluffy rug with high contrast pictures to look at for parts of the day but mostly she wants to be held and newborns don't really play so... 🤷 Once husband gets home he watches toddler while I clean and cook taking a break to feed newborn when she wakes. I give my toddler two 30 minutes sessions of TV a day that usually I use to feed the newborn without my daughter being bored the whole time and eat. We have everything done and clean by 8pm when my toddler goes to bed and then get 2-3 hours of us time to shower, workout, or watch TV before the final feeding before going to bed.
Definitely don't get any naps... So enjoy that! Becoming a new mom is overwhelming and I remember feeling like I never had time, even had my mom occasionally helping with house chores. Now that I have a second I realize how much free time I had with just one 😂

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That’s awesome that you have a schedule! Really want to get into one but there’s inconsistency with my 2 1/2 week old baby boy except for in the middle of the night - morning.
He sleeps from 10-12 eats/needs to be changed 1-4am asleep, diaper change and sleep until 5-9am ish if we co sleep it’s long stretches like that or else it’ll be every 2hrs.. during the day it’s been so random and he started cluster feeding lol.

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Pretty much the same routine for my 17 day old

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My daughter wakens around 5, feeds then goes back for a nap. My toddler wakens around 6 so we are up wash and dressed for 6.30. We have breakfast then baby wakens for another feed, we are usually out the house for 9am and back home by 1.30 for my toddlers nap. I haven’t had much of a chance for naps since my daughter was born (2weeks ago), so take as many as you can. I wish I had done this more was my son was little and liked sleep 😂

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Wake up when my 2 year old wakes up, usually between 7 and 8, get him breakfast and dressed for the day. 
While he's playing and/or watching cartoons, get baby up, change, nurse, get myself dressed. 
Head out of the house to take him to daycare whenever we are finally ready, usually between 9:30 and 10:15. 
Back home around 11. Nurse. Use this time to take care of some minor chores or errands while baby naps. 
Early afternoon, nurse again, then all take a nap before heading back to pick my son up from daycare.
At home, nurse again. Watch cartoons or play inside or outside with my son, maybe go on a short walk. 
Around 6/6:30 get dinner ready and eat. Usually end up nursing while I eat, then baby sleeps while I clean up and hubby gets the toddler ready for bed, then he hangs out with the baby while I put our son on bed around 8. 
Then the other 3 of us hang out, watching tv, reading books, and nursing (she normally cluster feeds in the evenings). 
Around 11 baby goes down for the night and I go to sleep. She wakes up around 2:30 and 5 usually to feed and we sleep in between. 
Baby is 15 days old. This might all change once daddy goes back to work next week, mostly because my son will likely wake up earlier if he hears my husband awake. My son is not the best sleeper, but so far my daughter sleeps well, so hopefully she stays a good sleeper *fingers crossed*

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I don't have a hard scedual, I mostly accommodate to his demands haha. He generally eats every 2-3 hours, I sleep when I can and do laundry/dishes when needed. I'm also in college, so I'm doing school when I can. My house is a wwrreecckkk, my poor husband is sweet and doesn't complain though. We know we both have a lot on our plates and a clean house isn't practical in our scedual right now.

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6:30- nurse, change diaper, baby is back to sleep. Then I get my 7 year old ready for school by packing her lunch, making breakfast, making sure she’s dressed/ hair fixed/ teeth brushed/ etc. I also get my 4 year old up, dressed and fed breakfast. 
7:30- we take oldest kiddo to school, and go back home. 
8:00- nurse and change baby; put him in swing or rock-n-play in the sunlight for some awake time. Make myself breakfast, shower/get dressed/ etc. usually I will do the morning’s dishes now. Sort laundry and throw in a load. Play with my 4 year old. 
9:00-10:30-baby is sleeping and I’m doing chores (bills/cleaning something/folding laundry). Get 4 year old a snack. 
12:00- make and eat lunch for kiddo and myself. Nurse and change baby. Sit and relax with baby and 4 year old and watch an hour of tv. 
1:00- baby sleeping; play with 4yo (craft, puzzles, etc) 
2:30- wake baby for quick nursing “top off” and change his diaper 
3- leave to get oldest from school. Back by 4
4-5:30- nurse, change baby, get big kids snacks. Make sure everyone does after school chores and any homework. 
5:30- start making

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I feel the exact same way. Our babe is 13do so there is no sense of schedule at this point but I also feel like all we do is eat, sleep, and change diapers. I usually shower in the day at some point sonce I’m still healing my fourth degree tear.  And despite doing basically nothing, we’re beat!!! Haha. I don’t know what I’m going to do when Daddy goes back to work .... 😭

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