I just wanted to update this for other desperate moms who might read it... things get better! I guess they cycle...
Things are pretty good right now...We have *kind of* a routine. It is like:
*Mom works from 8am-10:30am
*DD wakes up, Mom makes breakfast
*11:30-12:30ish Maybe some TV, her playing around downstairs, etc.
*12:30-2ish TV / Maybe a walk since it has cooled down / maybe an activity or dancing in the living room. I often sit her at the table with watercolor paint. That can keep her busy for a half hour.
*2-5 NAP! Mommy works
*5-7 Random. TV / Playing with toys...hanging out while I cook dinner, eating dinner, playing with daddy when he gets home
*7-12 Hangs out with daddy upstairs - plays with toys, sings, dances, watches a show, maybe bath time.. falls asleep. Mommy writes her novel / works on her business / or just watches a stupid TV show. Sometimes I go upstairs and we watch a show together. DH also does homework, or sometimes plays a video game.
DD seems *happy*...really, she does. It's just key we take time out and just play with her, obviously. There may be too many TV opportunities, but I discovered the other day she's learned ALL her letter sounds from a 30 minute LeapFrog movie on Netflix. There's a few, like "Z", she can't do yet, but she makes almost every sound when I ask, and this is from a 23 month old in speech therapy because of a tongue tie we just fixed (she is also talking more, now)
My business is finally starting to pay me... I am 46k into a novel for NaNoWriMo, and I managed to clean half the house.
I think I may start going to the park and library from 5-7 and have DH pick DD up and then I can go to the coffee shop for two hours and write and he can feed her and hang out with her for two hours. That'll get us out more. Otherwise, we sometimes have a homeschool group, errands to run.. events, etc.
I guess what I'm saying is that this either gets easier as your baby becomes a preschooler - or it gets easier when you allow yourself to dive into whatever creative outlet YOU need as a mother. Then, it seems, everyone is happier. ;D
Last edited by islandofapples; 11/18/12 08:17 PM.
