A Day in the Life of Harrison
My Day (a typical day at 12-weeks old)
Usually, I wake up around 6am in my Moses basket after a good night's sleep with only a couple of interruptions (12:30am and 4am). I'm almost always in a good mood, and the lampshade above me makes me smile a lot.
Mummy comes to get me and brings me into bed with her and Daddy. I smile at them both because I'm happy for another day. She feeds me and, usually, I don't want to go back into the Moses basket, so we snuggle up in bed together and snooze until 8am.
Time for another feed and then Mummy changes my nappy - which is usually only wet - and dresses me in my outfit for the day. She makes a cup of tea and Daddy goes off to work.
We play for a bit, usually with a rattle toy or singing, but I can't swipe at things (intentionally) yet. I'm still quite tired at this point, so I have what Mummy calls my '10am nap' in the cotbed for 30-40mins. I wake up whingey because I'm in the cotbed and not in Mummy's arms. She comes to get me and I immediately stop whinging when she picks me up.
After a feed, I'm still pretty tired but the cotbed is not my favourite place to sleep. Me and Mummy have a battle about where I'm going to sleep, and I get more and more tired as the time goes on. I might make it half an hour in the cotbed from about 12pm, but once she's got me out, I snuggle up with Mum's shoulder as my pillow. This ensures she doesn't do anything but sit or lie with me snoozing.
After that, Mum changes my nappy and gives me a feed. Then we go out to run errands or meet friends. She puts me in the pram, which I don't mind anymore. It's got a dangly green duck which I love to look at. I used to sleep in the pram as soon as it started moving, but now that I'm older, I stay awake a lot longer, often falling asleep just before Mum gets to where she was going. I don't like it when the pram stops and I'm just drifting off, so sometimes she has to push me around until I'm off.
Mum buys what she needs to buy and we come back home again. I never really cry when we're out and about - even if I'm awake, I'm happy as long as the pram is moving.
We get home and play again - I love my play mat with the musical cat above me. It makes me smile every time I look at it. I swipe at the dangly toys, but I don't know what I'm doing yet. If I get tired, my arms wave around like mad. I will have another nap, usually on Mummy again, and Daddy comes home after 5pm.
We all play together for a bit, and sometimes Daddy plays the guitar and sings to me. I love when he does that. I might drop off in the bouncer, and they get on with cooking dinner. I wake up just before they sit down to eat, because I'm hungry too!
Mummy feeds me, and sometimes herself at the same time. Then we cuddle until it's time to get ready for bed. Usually, at about 7:15pm, I have a bit of tummy/naked time and Mummy changes me into my sleepsuit. She alfeeds me in the bedroom at about 7:45pm, and puts me down in my Moses basket. She turns on the turtle that shows stars on the ceiling, which I love to look at.
Sometimes, it takes me a while to settle myself to sleep, but other times I just go straight off.
Nowadays, I can go 5 hours at the beginning of the night before waking. After that, it's 3 hours, then 2. That usually brings us back to 6am, and the start of another day!