day in the life

Hard to tell when one day ends and another begins, but let's say a day begins at say 6am when mommy scoops up fussy hungry baby from his inclined swing (since sleeping flat on his back doesn't work out for long) and gives him a big meal while basking in the stinky diaper smell (because changing him before he eats leads to quivering lip crying which tears at mommy's heart strings)... by the time we get to the diaper change the sun is rising.
From his changing pad, Aiden loves to look at the bright colors on the curtains, and then when mommy peeks them open, stare off at the formerly colorful, now icy trees. After we smell so fresh and so clean, we creep back in bed to cuddle with daddy. Daddy gets goin on to work and the clock starts ticking for eating either every hour until around 1pm (when he snores in my arms in a milk drunk stooper, but if you put him down he immediately wants another shot or two) or he has a normal baby clock to eat every two hours until daddy gets home. We sometimes sing songs, get in some tummy time, and most recently he will hang out snoozing in his sling (giving mommy two hands to type and even put dishes in the dishwasher without popping him in his seat). He is still in training though and only tolerates it occasionally (He's never liked being bundled - no swaddles either - must be able to kick at all times - He has even kicked his Kick-n-Play bouncey seat toys that activate the music once or twice)

If it's a really eventful day we'll change outfits twice due to pooplosions and mommy will get in some amazing diaper change documentation. If we're really, really lucky the ups guy will drop off something or the neighbor will show up with a gift and scare mommy into thinking that she must sew some curtains for the side door immediately or risk exposing herself from across her own home. Daddy arrives home and in super dooper daddy mode will help change his diapy, sometimes he saves the best for daddy. Then some days Aiden gets a bath, then in super fuzzy crazy hair heapy dumpy mode he will bounce on dad's lap while mom gets her shower.

After dinner, dad is inspired by Jeopardy to play a mean game of baby trivia (which consists of questions like "Do polar bears live in the Artic?" Say "A" if true or "Waah" if false - baby always wins if dad doesn't screw up the choices and then we celebrate - I think we're inadvertently praising him for giving us a little cry.... might have to rethink that one) Sometimes we will watch the sparkly christmas tree lights or the snow falling through the window. Then the power feeding is on before bed time for mommy. He eats and eats and when he's finally milk drunk, mom passes him off to daddy and immediately tries to go to sleep as quickly as possible. Daddy is armed with pumped milk and they watch scary movies together for 3-4 hours. Then mommy is back on duty around 2am or 3am for eating if we're lucky every two hours. Then it all starts over again for another cuddle bug day.