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Wake up at 630, nurse LO, bring LO to bathroom and put her in bouncy seat, shower, get ready, take LO to nursery, dress her, let her play a few mins, DH gets bags ready (bottle bag, pump bag, lunches, drinks for the drive) one of us puts her in car seat, drive to daycare (we usually ride together because our offices are close to each other), drop off at daycare at 8, drive to work, start work at 9, eat breakfast at my desk.

ETA: Prep all bottles and sterilize pump parts the night before. I also lay out her outfit in the PM.

@cmomma17: this is pretty much it - http://www.hellobee.com/2013/05/09/the-morning-shuffle/ - though it's gotten better because i don't pump after that 4:30 am feeding anymore. i am usually up for the day by 5:30-6 though!

My son is 15 months now so our routine is a little easier now but when he 1st started day care @ 10 weeks my schedule was like this:

5:15am Wake up
5:25-6:20 Shower & get dressed
6:20-6:30 Wake up my son & get him dressed
6:30-6:40 Feed my son his bottle
6:40-6:50 Put my son in a bouncy chair/exersaucer/PNP while
I pack my lunch, get my thermos of coffee ready,
feed the cat etc.
6:50 Get my son in his coat and put him in the car-
while he's in the carseat I pack up the car with our
bags
7:00 Family leaves for work (I carpool with my husband
and he takes my son to day care)

This schedule is based on me waking my son up- on the days when he was up earlier than 6:20 my husband and I would need to tag-team and take turns with stuff. I always put bottles together and packed whatever was needed for day care the night before- the less to do in the mornings the better. We've been doing this routine for a year now and honestly it's really stressful but it's actually been better than I thought it would be. I didn't really BF or pump because I knew it would be impossible with our schedule (I also have a 3 hour commute) so I'm not sure how that would fit in.

@cmomma17: When I first started my routine, Xander was waking up on his own between 4:30 and 5:00, so I didn't actually have to wake him up. But lately, he's been sleeping in, so I do. I know people say never to wake a sleeping baby, but I HAVE to be at work on-time because I do daycare pick-up and I HAVE to leave work at 4:30, so I can't afford to be late. So that means I wake up Xander and feed him on MY schedule! This morning, he wasn't even upset to be woken up! He was all "Hi Mom!" (he's not really talking yet, so that was just the impression I got) and all smiles! Definitely makes me feel less guilty.

Also, I have zero time to eat from home. I always eat breakfast at work. If I'm trying to save money, I'll bring my own breakfast, but lately I've been buying Oatmeal from Dunkin's to help my supply.

just like @Adira: i do a lot of prep the night before

NIGHT BEFORE
*wash parts and bottles (we got a second set of bottles so i can transfer the milk i pumped into those bottles)
*prep bottles
* prep lunches for DH and I (we made/prepped a lot of meals on Sunday to last us for the week - i was just too tired to cook when i got home from work)

MORNING
*I get up around 5:30am and out the door by 6ish to get to work
*DH gets up around the same time to get ready for work and prep morning bottle before he gets DS ready for daycare (the last couple of days, DH has had to wake DS up)

I got a second set of pump parts as well so i could pump in the middle of the night and not have to worry about washing them for when I go to work (I'd rather spend every second I can, sleeping...lol)

Oh, @butterbean made a good point about the bottles. We have NINE (9) bottles. We send 4 of them to daycare, and I use 4 of them during the day. In the morning when I pump, I double-pump and then combine into one bottle. Then I take two bottles with me to work to pump into. At the end of the day, I just move milk around in those three bottles to make up bottles for Xander to take to daycare (he usually drinks three of his four bottles, so I just send his left-over bottle + the three new ones). Then I wash the bottles he used at daycare for me to use the next day. Having extra bottles is crucial for us.

@adira, I think we'll have about the same schedule! I go back to work in one week and I don't know how it'll happen. But I'm *thinking*:

515: up
530-6 coffee, pump, makeup, get ready
615-645: feed baby (bottle)+changed
655: out the door
700: daycare drop off
730: work (eat breakfast there)

All I have to pack for daycare is a spare outfit for her and bottles.

Am I missing something? It *looks* like a lot of time but I know it's not! Sometimes she wakes up at 530, in which case I'll feed her and plop her in her crib to play

DH leaves for work at 540 so I'll be doing mornings solo

Eta I'm also undecided on pumping at work. I'm leaning towards just pumping in the morning and before bed

@adira, I have a freestyle so I put it in my bathrobe pocket and can walk around and do stuff.

No morning showers and if I do pump at work, I have a PISA I will leave/wash there

I figure I have the 15 min before and after as buffer though

DH wakes up with LO (usually she's up around 6:00) & feed her morning bottle. I either am up on the elliptical at 5:45 or sleeping. I'm in shower at 6:30 while DH plays with LO, then he showers and she comes and watches me get ready. I put her in highchair around 7:10 with breakfast, while she eats I pack my lunch and check her diaper bag for daycare. I change her clothes for the day & we are out the door at 7:30.

Our daycare lady is just down the street from us it's an in home center in our subdivision. It only takes about 20 min to get to work though

Thanks! I'm nervous lol. Mornings are gonna crazy up in here!

Night before: prep bottles and food for daycare, pack my lunch, lay out my clothes, pack up anything that needs to go to daycare.

6am wake up, shower, hair and makeup
6:30 feed pets, make breakfast, pack up pump bag
7am wake up LO, nurse her
7:15ish wake up DH, he throws on clothes while I get dressed as well and get LO dressed if DH isn't ready yet.
7:30 - I leave for work, DH takes LO to daycare shortly afterwards.

I pack her lunch at night so that's one thing off my list in the AM.

5:30am wake up, shower, dry hair and get dressed
5:50am go downstairs, make eggs, make coffee, put toast in toaster oven
6am wake baby, nurse, get her dressed for the day
6:10am grab cell phone, her shoes and anything else I have upstairs, go downstairs with the baby
6:10-6:25 prep lunch for me, get eggs and toast into tupperware for hubs, get breakfast for me on the table. Get breakfast onto baby's tray.
6:25-6:35 eat breakfast with baby
6:35-6:40 final clean-up, out the door.

My twins are almost 6 months old.

5:30/5:45 - We wake up I EP, so one of us warms the bottles and grabs my pump parts and brings them to the bedroom. I get hooked up to my pump and DH brings the boys to our bed and we feed them.

6/6:15 - Once the boys finish eating, DH takes them back to the nursery to change them and get them dressed for the day. I finish pumping and jump in the shower. DH also finishes making any bottles that need made for daycare, putting ice packs in my pump bag and setting the bags by the door for when I leave.

6:30/6:45 - DH gets dressed after finishing with the babies. DH leaves for work. We leave them in their crib to hang out and play with each other. I finish getting ready for the day. I hurry to make breakfast to eat in the car, make a quick lunch and grab anything else I need for the day.

7 - I load the babies into their car seats that are in our stroller frame, grab all the bags that come with us, and push them out the door.

7:15 - Arrive at daycare, unload them, chat with their teacher briefly about anything specific for that day.

7:30-8 - Commute to work. By 8, I am at my desk and working.

We pack everything that can be packed the night before. So clean pump parts and empty bottles for my pump bag, all the bottles that need to be made for daycare, any supplies that I need to bring to daycare the next day, like diapers, wipes, bibs, extra outfits, etc.

My girl doesn't have a set wake-up time so I will try to reflect what we do in different scenarios. She is 7.5 months old but we have had this same routine since I went back to work.

Night before:
Pack daycare/diaper bag. We use cloth so I replenish the inserts, covers, wipes that were used the day before and make sure that the wet bag is in there.
Wash pump parts for me.
Mentally pick out an outfit for myself.

Morning:
(Typical)
I wake to my alarm at 6:05.
Go to kitchen, make coffee, let the dog out.
Wash my face (no AM shower) and then make lunches for myself and DH.
Pack my pump parts and cooler bag.
Pack LO's lunchbox (I send bags of pumped milk from the day before. We use Playtex drop-ins and our daycare nanny keeps bottles and liners there and prepares them for us).
Drink coffee and eat a little breakfast (usually pre-prepared, a muffin or mini quiche, or a piece of toast) while putting on my makeup. Then do my hair.
LO and DH wake around 6:45.
If I fed her after 5AM I don't feed again in the morning, if it was earlier than that I nurse her for a few minutes but she is usually distracted and awake so it's only about 10 minutes total time.
Diaper change, get her into her clothes for the day. She hangs out in her crib and plays while I go get dressed.
DH showers immediatly on waking and then dresses and puts LO in her carseat. He then helps me put her in the car and we leave for daycare at 7:20.
7:45+ arrive at daycare, hang out and chat for a few minutes while playing with LO. Give daycare nanny any instructions and let her know about how she slept, when she woke and ate, and if I sent anything new along.
8:00 drive to work
8:20 arrive at work start the day. I am a supervisor and we have flexible schedules at my work so as long as I arrive before 9 and work 40 hrs that week I am good. This is the primary reason I do drop off, as DH has a strict time he needs to be at his office.

Some days it looks like this:
5:15-5:30 LO wakes. I nurse her (most likely haven't since 2AM) and if it seems like she will go down easy I put her back in her crib. If not I put her in our bed with DH to snooze with him for another hour until he wakes up.
Then I go about the morning as described above. Sometimes with this scenario I have to wake up LO to do the morning stuff but I try to let her sleep as long as possible and do everyting I need to for myself before I get her up. The latest I will wake her is 7:05 (to leave by 7:20).

Other days look like this:
LO wakes up during my early routine (coffee making, lunch prep, etc.).
I go get her and either nurse for a few minutes or not depending on her last feeding time.
I do her morning stuff (diaper, clothes, etc) and then take her to the kitchen and put her in the doorway jumper. When she was younger and woke up early like this I strapped her in a carrier.
Then I finish up my routine as usual. I am a little late with things but I already did LO's tasks so it all works out that I finish up at the time I usually would.