A day in the life of Eloise
So on my ivillage 2009 March Wild Thing board, I signed up to do a day in the life post months ago. This week it is finally Eloise’s turn. I forgot to take pictures on Friday though and weekends are nothing like normal weekdays so I didn’t want to do the pictures then documenting Eloise’s day. Yesterday I took a bunch of pictures to show off Eloise’s day, I obviously didn’t get pictures of everything, but it is a pretty complete look at her basic day. So here is a day in the life of Eloise
I sleep in the big bed with Mommy, Daddy sometimes sleeps here to, but he sleeps with my big brother Desmond a lot too. Desmond comes into my bed in the mornings after Daddy leaves and nurses and then gets Mommy up, sometimes he gets Mommy up too, but today I’m sleeping in!
Well I was sleeping in, but I woke up early, just not as early as my Mommy and brother. Mommy, I don’t look the best in the mornings, no pictures please.
Ahh there is my brother giving me a good morning hug, I like good morning hugs and my big brother.
Now I am much more awake, we can go downstairs now Mommy.
After my morning nursing and diaper change Mommy puts me down and gives me some of my favorite food, pretzels. I like to eat them while I’m cruising around the train table.
After I finished my pretzels Desmond wanted to listen to his favorite song, the Ghostbusters theme song, I like dancing to music, it is fun.
I woke up way to early though, so I am ready for a midmorning nap around 10:30, I’ve been cutting down to one nap a day, but today I really need two. So I nurse and fall asleep on Mommy and the Boppy. Mommy is so comfortable. I get to nap till my brother has a potty accident and needs Mommy’s help, so I only get to nap for 30 minutes, but I feel much better after it.
Now it is time to play again. Mommy is working on starting lunch.
Mommy takes me into the kitchen with her to finish making lunch, since I am crying, I explore the kitchen while she cooks, she doesn’t get any pictures though because she is busy making 3 different lunches. I get my lunch which is yummy. I got pasta, leftover fish (salmon stuffed with a crab and shrimp mixture) and mixed veggies, plus a straw cup full of water. I really like it, I love my fish it is so yummy.
After lunch is playtime again, I am playing in the tent with my brother, he has turned it on its side, which is even more fun.
Now it is time for my main nap. Mommy doesn’t have a picture of me from yesterday, but here is a slightly older one. I sleep in the carrier so Mommy can deal with Desmond as well, since I won’t sleep solo. I love sleeping on my Mommy, I take a nice long 2 1/2 hour nap.
Now my brother asks Mommy about taking a bath so we all go upstairs and Mommy runs the bath and puts me in. Desmond decides he would rather brush his teeth for 30 minutes so I get a nice long bath to play in while he brushes his teeth. Finally Mommy decides he’s brushed his teeth long enough, since he says no to the bath now, she takes me out and we go to the bedroom to get diapers on.
Desmond likes to pose in pictures, you can see his favorite toothbrush in this picture, with me.
Now we snuggle on the bed, Mommy decided to put on a Backyardigans Episode for my brother because he is grumpy, so she figures he needs some downtime. I play in the bed and snuggle up with everyone, I like snuggling and playing. I stood by myself in the bed too, but my Mommy didn’t get my picture, I am good about not letting her get pictures of me standing with no support, I keep thwarting Mommy’s attempts to get that picture.
After the Backyardigans episode is done, we come back downstairs, and a couple of minutes later Daddy gets home! I love my Daddy. Daddy is co-opted by my brother, he wants to play on the PBS kids website, I come along and play with them too. I like my Daddy.
Dinner is done after we finish playing on the website and I get to eat some. We did tuna casserole tonight, I like fish and pasta so it works well for me. It is yummy, my brother doesn’t eat a lot though.
After dinner it is time to play again. Daddy is playing Desmond’s favorite Xbox360 game, Ghostbusters, I decide that bouncing on the pillow is fun. So that is what I do.
After Daddy finishes playing for my brother we all get ready and head into the car, Mommy and Daddy have a couple of things to get at Target. Desmond and I fall asleep in the car so Mommy sits in the car with us. Daddy gets back and we drive some to get home. Once we get home, Daddy puts Desmond in bed and then puts me up on his back where I continue to sleep. I love snuggling.
When Mommy and Daddy decide to go to bed I move into the bed and nurse a bit before continuing to sleep all night long, with a couple of breaks to nurse, I love being right next to my Mommy, it makes it easy to nurse when I need to at night.
That’s my day I hope you enjoyed it. I left out some of my nursings and other things, but in general I get to play most days, with my brother, it is fun. I love my brother and Mommy and Daddy.