Day to day on maternity
Genuinely interested in what other mum's days look like while on maternity leave. I spend some time cleaning, laundry, doing bottles steralising etc. I break the day up with preparing lunch, maybe a walk but I do spend a lot of time at home with the TV on sometimes it just goes on to the screensaver because I get bored. Sometimes when baby is having a bad day and we're both tired I have put on sensory baby videos or animated book stories like the hungry caterpillar on YouTube on the TV for baby. It is a rare occasion of course but wondering how your days look. What does baby do all day and what do you do? I think it's easy to start questioning how you are doing things when life can be quite isolating at this stage.
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I am completely the same tbh, this is exactly how my day looks. I am looking at places to go to meet up with other parents or just activities but its hard as he just turned 4 months and has reflux so if he needs a bottle its a bit more than just bringing the formula with me. I out puffin rock on sometimes and my LO loves it just so we can cuddle and chill from time to time. It is quite lonely x
Mon-Wed i drop of my toddler at nursery. We're back home at 9am. Feeding, playing, then she goes for a nap and I cook, clean etc. She wakes up and we do the feeding playing bit again. Then another nap and a quiet time for me and coffee. The rest of family is back at 4pm. And the chaos begins. Sleep time at 7pm ish 🤣
Thu,Fri i try to have my.babhy sleeping for as long as its a time for me and my toddler, he also is potty training atm. So the TV is on till around 10am then I try to manage the day with both kids.
Hard to admit but I dont go for walks with both of them as toddler is too unpredictable. Baby spends a lot of time in a garden, so as toddler.
I spend a good few hours out of the house each day, I find i can’t stay in as I get bored and house crazy! We do a baby class twice a week and go swimming another day. I usually go for a walk each day, then sometimes just sit in a coffee shop or a bench if it’s nice out for an hour or so on that walk to break the day up and let my little boy nap whilst I’m out. I always find having a baby out people come up and talk to me (usually the older generation) so it’s nice to have a chat with an adult for a bit. In his nap times I do some housework, washing or at the moment I’m slowly decorating our utility (only max half a wall at a time as his naps usually are only 30 minutes 😂). When we are at home we either play on the floor with toys, he plays on his playmat or bouncer or if I need to get ready he watches his baby Einstein aquarium for a bit. I don’t always play directly with him, sometimes I listen to a podcast or a YouTube video whilst letting him play independently.
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Day to day on maternity
Genuinely interested in what other mum's days look like while on maternity leave. I spend some time cleaning, laundry, doing bottles steralising etc. I break the day up with preparing lunch, maybe a walk but I do spend a lot of time at home with the TV on sometimes it just goes on to the screensaver because I get bored. Sometimes when baby is having a bad day and we're both tired I have put on sensory baby videos or animated book stories like the hungry caterpillar on YouTube on the TV for baby. It is a rare occasion of course but wondering how your days look. What does baby do all day and what do you do? I think it's easy to start questioning how you are doing things when life can be quite isolating at this stage.
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