He passed out immediately after the shot on the exam table.
He hasn't had any more really high fevers, so hopefully that infection is dead. We never did find out what was wrong.
Anyway, that sounded a lot like complaining, didn't it? The point of the post is to tell you that we're trying to get back into a rhythm. Now that we're in October, Timmy is in daycare full-time. I have this week to myself. Next week our babysitter starts. I wanted a few days to break her in while I'm here, so we'll spend four afternoons together next week. Then the following Monday is my first day of work. Therefore, this week sounded like a good time to try and find a routine that will work for us. Mostly that just involves our attempts to be more organized.
Sunday we planned out our menu for the week, bought all the groceries we needed, and cooked. I made meals for several nights, washed and cut up produce for salads to take for lunch, and made sure our pantry was stocked for the week. We did laundry and cleaned up so that we could start our week on a fresh note and hopefully convince ourselves that we feel healthy and ready to take on Monday.
Monday morning I got out of bed when PJO did, made the bed, showered, and got ready. PJO and I prepared lunches together in the kitchen before Timmy woke up. PJO was out the door on his way to work by 6:40, and that's when I got Timmy and ate breakfast with him, got him dressed and on his way to daycare.
My favorite part of the morning is eating breakfast with Timmy. I always ask him if he wants oatmeal or cereal, and he loves getting to choose. Lately, it's always been an enthusiastic "O-MEEL!!" I usually make a green smoothie and share it with him.
The only problem is all the dirty dishes this creates, which adds time to our morning routine. I think we'll need to wake up earlier or do more the night before if I'm actually going to get into the office at a decent hour, but it's helping to know that we'll be able to do it.
How do you make your mornings efficient?
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Me and my toddler son have green smoothies together in the morning too :-) We also try to cook a lot from scratch and I get stressed about the number of dishes we end up needing to wash. I try and do most of the big cooking on Sundays so that I can do a huge load of dishes all at once.
For mornings I always have all three of our lunches packed the night before. I've found its easier to do soup for lunch (because it can be pre-packed) and then make a big salad for dinner. Not having to worry about lunches in the morning saves us all a lot of time and stress. In addition to the green smoothie I try to make big batches of things our son can eat in the mornings that are healthy and don't take any extra work- like little vegetable quichelettes.
Can you share the recipe for the green smoothie? Looks great.
I've been working on getting our mornings more efficient. Our routine at the moment is: play until 7 a.m.; K gets to watch one TV show until about 7:30 while I make his lunch, pack his bag, get breakfast ready, change, and get out his clothes; we eat breakfast until about 8 and then we get dressed and out the door. I know I could do a lot more the night before (although that's currently when I shower) but I just don't have the energy.
Oh, also -- just leave the dishes for later!
Kym, the little vegetable quichelettes sound like the breakfast from stage 1 of the South Beach diet and I might have to steal that idea for Timmy, he would love them!
CM, I usually throw a cup or two of spinach or kale into a blender with frozen mango (or whatever I have), a banana, some OJ, some milk and flaxseed meal. Add ice if it needs to be colder or frothier. It's delicious and it has totally replaced my morning coffee.
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