Morning routine

We finally have it down to a science and now that we have elliminated all of the night/early morning feedings, things are even smoother. So here we go:

7am: Alarm goes off. I hit the snooze button.

7:09am: Alarm goes off again. I get up, hit the bathroom and start the bottle warmer heating. I head downstairs grab the morning bottle from the fridge and head back upstairs to heat it. Note to self: I think we can move the bottle warmer downstairs now.

7:12 - 7:30am: Greet the baby and give her a bottle (which she holds on her own now, but ONLY for the morning feeding). Strip the baby down and change her diaper. I like letting her have some diaper only time in the morning.

7:30 - 8am: Tony plays with the baby while I get showered and dressed.

8 - 8:20am: I take over again while Tony showers and dresses. I dress the baby and then take her downstairs. She plays in the jumper while I let the dog out, feed the cats, gather the day’s baby bottles and lunch for Tony and me. While all that is going on I play peek-a-boo with the kid to keep her distracted.

8:20 - 8:25am: Grab the kid and the stuff and load into the car.

8:25 - 8:40am: Drive the 2 minutes to daycare. Drop the kid off and talk to The Grannies. Play around a bit with the kid and make faces at the other babies. Once the kid is situated, we do lots of Bye Byes (we are working hard on the waving thing) and then head for work.

The idea for this post was taken from ParentDish. How do your mornings go?