How My Morning Went

Erik runs to work early on Wednesday mornings, so we don't see him at all in the morning. Our nanny used to come on Wednesday mornings, so she would help take care of Abby so I could finish getting ready for work.

But this week, Abby started preschool full-time. That meant that this morning, it was just me and Abby.

I took mental stock of the morning as it progressed so you could see how very talented I am as a mother.

• 1 baby nursing from dawn until 8 am


• 1 tired mama walking out into the living room with 1 happy baby on her hip


• 1 dog found sleeping on the couch


• 1 dog yelled at and put outside


• 1 diaper pooped in while dog was put outside


• 1 diaper changed


• 1 mama feeling guilty about dog being outside in the cold


• 1 dog brought back inside




• 2 bowls of oatmeal made, 1 for mama and 1 for baby


• 2 bowls of oatmeal eaten


• 1 diaper pooped in while eating oatmeal


• 1 diaper changed




• 1 baby still hungry


• 0.5 banana eaten by baby


• 0.5 banana handed from baby's hand to dogs' mouths


• 1 mama deciding she doesn't have time to care about germs this morning


• 1 dog disappearing from the banana-eating area


• 1 dog returning to the banana-eating area and depositing a mouthful of cat poop at 1 mama's feet


• 1 dog yelled at and put outside




• 1 shower for mama while 1 baby played with mama's make-up


• 1 diaper pooped in while mama showered


• 1 diaper changed


• 1 baby still hungry


• 10 spirulina cookies eaten (approximate)




• 1 baby nursing before it was time to leave for school


• 1 baby wanting more even after milk source is depleted


• 1 mama distracting 1 baby by talking about Baby Bear and Mama Bear and Jayden (the baby doll)


• 1 mama dressing 1 baby while baby squirmed and twisted


• 1 mama brushing 1 baby's teeth while baby squirmed and twisted and clamped her mouth shut


• 1 mama picking up 3 bags and putting bags on her shoulder: 1 mama lunch, 1 mama laptop bag, 1 baby lunch (and thankful that 1 daddy already made baby's lunch!)


• 1 mama and 1 baby ready to leave the house...victory!




• 1 mama opening the front door and holding 1 baby's hand at the threshold to help her step down


• 1 baby deciding she wanted to bring a book in the car


• 1 mama shutting the door and getting the book


• 1 mama and 1 baby ready to leave the house again


• 1 mama opening the front door


• 1 baby deciding she wanted to bring Baby Bear


• 1 mama shutting the door and getting the Baby Bear


• 1 mama and 1 baby ready to leave the house


• 1 mama opening the front door


• 1 mama and 1 baby in the car at 10:14 am, 1 hour later than planned




• 1 baby arriving at school in the outside play area where baby's class was already gathered


• 1 mama spending 5 minutes to get baby engaged in playing with her friends at school


• 1 mama standing up and walking away to leave for work


• 1 baby realizing mama is no longer standing in front of her


• 1 baby crying for mama


• 1 teacher picking up 1 crying baby


• 1 mama leaving while 1 baby is still crying


• 1 mama feeling like a meanie


• 1 mama doing her make-up in car (only when stopped, of course)


• 1 mama arriving to work 9 minutes before her first meeting of the day

Photos by Pedro Moura Pinheiro, kona99, eggman, ntr23, and fikirbaz.