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@looch: I'd be nervous about boiling a ziploc bag! Boiling plastic and food never seem like a good combo
I'm obsessed with quick ideas like that too, have you seen Weelicious?
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@Dagny: Good luck! I know a friend of mine that did Whole 30 pre-made her breakfasts at least for the veggie part and then just added the toppings the morning of. My husband now throws eggs/egg white in a pan for breakfast most mornings and steams frozen veggies in the microwave for his lunch at work. It doesn't take him more than about 5 minutes.
If I remember correctly, our morning was about like this:
5:45 wake up if we needed a shower
6:00 start getting dressed and ready (with or without LO depending on her sleep).
6:20 out to the living room to grab a yogurt, I would get LO dressed, DH packed bags (pump bag, daycare bag, and lunch).
6:30 out the door.
6:45-7:15 - Nurse at daycare
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@JoJoGirl: me too, but supposedly it's super easy and you don't need to have it at a rolling boil.
I also want to try steaming eggs. I spent some time on weelicious two days ago, in fact, looking for lunch ideas to send to camp. There's no reason why some of those lunch ideas can't also be breakfast!
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DS is 6 months old and ebf's when we're at home...
5:45 my alarm goes off, I snooze a couple times
6-6:15 I'm out of bed and in the shower
6:30 Out of the shower, wake DH to get in the shower, go downstairs and get a cup of coffee
6:45ish DS usually starts to stir in his crib, I'll usually let him roll around and talk for 15 mins while I put my make up on, do my hair. If he starts to really fuss I'll go get him early
7ish go in get DS, nurse
7:15 change his diaper and outfit, then we bring him into our room to play on the bed or in his walker while we finish getting ready. <this will have to change when he really starts moving around, he usually rolls around a little bit but we keep a close eye>
7:30 head downstairs, put DS in a bouncy chair or the johnny jump up in the kitchen while we pack lunches, DS's bottles for the day and my pumping supplies.
7:45 we're out the door!Hope that helps!!
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Man this is making me very anxious. DD starts daycare in September and I wonder how I'm going to do it all myself in the morning. I need to drop her off at daycare by 7:30 in order to get to work on time. I thought daycare served breakfast but it's actually just a morning snack at 9:15 so she'll have to eat at home which makes things tricky. DH leaves the house at 6:30 when I'm going to be waking her up.
I almost feel like I'll have to wean her. Currently she nurses when she wakes up around 7:30 and then Won't eat breakfast until 8:30. I'm not going to be able to have that hour in between nursing and breakfast in the fall.
I know I'm stressing for no reason and I'll get into a routine but it seems like mornings are going to be tricky. I can't imagine what they'll be like if we have two LOs one day. -
These responses make me happy she is out of the infant stage!LOL! LO will be 3 on 9/1 and she goes to daycare where I teach Ga Pre-K so it's a little easier for me.
5:55- wake up, get dressed
6:15- Wake her up, tell her to use the potty, dress her
6:30- go downstairs, give her a Pediasure, comb her hair
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Some days I'm solo parenting in the AM, other days DH is there.
6:30 - wake up, if L isn't up already. Change his diaper, give him a banana & milk. Check my emails. Make coffee if it's been a rough night.
6:45 - put Elmo's world on the iPad for L while I hop in the shower.
7 - DH wakes up, starts on their breakfast. If he's not there, I get ready while L is playing.
7:15 DH & L are eating, or I'm mostly done getting ready, and we all eat breakfast together. I have cereal, they have eggs.
740 - change L's clothes and wrangle sunscreen on him
7:50 - we brush our teeth
8 - out the doorI try to get everything ready the night before if at all possible. Our clothes, anything for daycare, etc...
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@delight: you can do it! you'll find a routine that works for you. How old will she be when she starts daycare?
Also, forgot to add that microwaving scrambled eggs has made solo morning parenting MUCH easier!
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@dagret: she will 13 months in September. At least she can feed herself! I know I'll get into a routine but it sure is daunting! Microwave scrambled eggs sound like a life saver!
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@delight: Maybe she'll be hungrier by 13 months. I wait an hour after wakeup nurse to feed LO breakfast but she's been wanting it earlier and earlier lately. I don't think nursing is enough for her anymore.
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@Grace: that's what I'm hoping. I don't really want to give it up. I'm hoping I can nurse and feed breakfast right away then!
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@delight: Can't you bring breakfast to day care? We did that at R's old place since most mornings she just woke up and I had to throw her in the car. They had a microwave I could reheat or I just did bagel, yogurt, fruit, etc.
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@delight: I agree with @Smurfette: if the daycare will let you! We wake up Xander and just bring him straight to daycare and he eats there, but we'll often bring his yogurt and whatever. They don't normally serve breakfast until 8:30/9:00, but I tell them to give him food as soon as he gets in because he's hungry at 7:30!
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@delight: my husband makes him and L omelets when he's around...but when I'm solo-parenting, I mike those bad boys.
She will be much more mobile at 13 months (It doesn't seem possible, does it?) and might be sleeping through the night then, if she isn't already. L wakes up starving and demanding a nana - she might be ready to eat earlier than you think. Good luck!
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@delight: My LO eats breakfast right after breastfeeding. I breastfeed first thing in the morning, and then we both eat breakfast at the same time. He seems to still eat fine. He has been doing this since he started finger foods at 9 months.
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6:30 alarm goes off
6:45 finally get out of bed after hitting snooze, and get ready for work (shower, dress, etc.)
7:00ish hope that husband has fed the baby, doesn't always happen though
7:15 prepare bottles and diaper bag for daycare, if husband is feeding baby
7:20-7:30ish dress baby for daycare
7:35-7:40 out the door for daycare (way later than I would like to be.)I do not use my time very efficiently in the morning, but I know that I am very lucky to have my husband. Since, he does help with the baby. However, he becomes more helpful when the begin to eat table food.
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@mdf106: I am hoping she will be ok to eat breakfast right after busing in the fall! Happy to hear it works for you!
@Adira: @Smurfette: I'm not sure about bringing breakfast to DC! I'll have to check in, that would make it easier. It's a home daycare so I'm not sure if the lady would be able to feed LO while watching the other kids but it's a good idea and I'll ask! LO will be more independent at earrings so maybe if it's finger food and not cereal or something that would work!
@dagret: she does STTN most nights now. I think maybe we are just in a routine of BF, waiting, then having breakfast. I could try this summer just to do it all upon waking!
I'm obsessed with quick ideas like that too, have you seen Weelicious?
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