Diaper Swappers

honeydomehlon · 02-23-2012, 08:22 AM

So, I feel like I would be so much more productive though out the day if I got up a showered before my husband left for work. BUT normally I have been up all night with my newborn or I am nursing him as DH is walking out the door. Then I get wrapped up in entertaining my 3 year old, breakfast, nursing again, pumping, and work...

So what do you do? Am I just being lazy-should I be getting up early to shower so that I can get more done?

percussionsmith · 02-23-2012, 10:22 AM

Yup, I try to get up before anyone else so I have time to shower and take care of me for a bit.

Ten · 02-23-2012, 08:27 PM

You've got a 3-year-old and a newborn. I don't think "lazy" enters into the equation at all.

Take the extra sleep. I've found I'm more productive overall if I'm even slightly better rested, and I'm less likely to get sick. I've also realized that even if I am a woman... I'm still only one person and can't do it all myself. Some days not everything gets done - but at the end of it, my daughter will remember that I spent time with her. She's not going to care that I didn't get the stairs vacuumed.

Psychomom · 02-23-2012, 08:34 PM

I sleep. The only time I get up early to shower is if I have to get up and dressed to be somewhere important (and work doesn't count as important!) I plan showers at certain times of the day, like afternoons before my kids get home from school, but not first thing in the morning.

keonli · 02-24-2012, 07:52 AM

That is not being lazy. If your DH can help with the 3 year old in the mornings, then def. ask him to. If that isn't possible, at least have him help out with some daily chores when he is home. It can be as simple as putting away the dishes or making the beds.

With both of you working, it should be a shared workload.

Kissed by the Moon · 02-24-2012, 11:22 AM

I have to wake up before the kids do to shower/get ready.

kocho · 02-26-2012, 04:12 PM

To be honest I try to shower or at least wash my hair the night before. That frees up so much time for me in the morning. I like to have the kids mostly ready for school before I leave. And DH is getting ready for work as well. We only have one bathroom everyone needs to fight for.

02-23-2012, 08:22 AM	#1
honeydomehlon Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 356 Ratings: 26 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	What do you do??? So, I feel like I would be so much more productive though out the day if I got up a showered before my husband left for work. BUT normally I have been up all night with my newborn or I am nursing him as DH is walking out the door. Then I get wrapped up in entertaining my 3 year old, breakfast, nursing again, pumping, and work... So what do you do? Am I just being lazy-should I be getting up early to shower so that I can get more done? __________________ Happily married SAHM and Certified Massage Therapist.

02-23-2012, 10:22 AM	#2
percussionsmith Registered Users Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 4,168 Ratings: 204 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: What do you do??? Yup, I try to get up before anyone else so I have time to shower and take care of me for a bit. __________________ Lisa, Wife to Kenny, Mommy to Miah and Z. Handcrafted Toys and Nursing Necklaces.

02-23-2012, 08:27 PM	#3
Ten Registered Users Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,310 My Mood:	Re: What do you do??? You've got a 3-year-old and a newborn. I don't think "lazy" enters into the equation at all. Take the extra sleep. I've found I'm more productive overall if I'm even slightly better rested, and I'm less likely to get sick. I've also realized that even if I am a woman... I'm still only one person and can't do it all myself. Some days not everything gets done - but at the end of it, my daughter will remember that I spent time with her. She's not going to care that I didn't get the stairs vacuumed. __________________ Grateful mama to my earth-baby DD2 (joined us 9/2011) missing my spirit-baby DD1 (left 9/2009 after 32 weeks - come back soon, sweetie) and the little ones who only stayed a few weeks "Death can't stop True Love - it can only delay it for a while." - The Princess Bride

02-23-2012, 08:34 PM	#4
Psychomom Formerly: Boomer Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 8,454 Ratings: 188 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: What do you do??? I sleep. The only time I get up early to shower is if I have to get up and dressed to be somewhere important (and work doesn't count as important!) I plan showers at certain times of the day, like afternoons before my kids get home from school, but not first thing in the morning. __________________ A real woman always has a clean house, an empty laundry basket, smells good, is well made-up, slim, healthy, eloquent, and perfectly well behaved...I suspect I am a man.

02-24-2012, 07:52 AM	#5
keonli Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Real city, Family Guy state Posts: 15,607 Ratings: 18 Feedback: 100% My Mood:	Re: What do you do??? That is not being lazy. If your DH can help with the 3 year old in the mornings, then def. ask him to. If that isn't possible, at least have him help out with some daily chores when he is home. It can be as simple as putting away the dishes or making the beds. With both of you working, it should be a shared workload. __________________ Superhero Mommy to (5/30/07) and (12/10/12)