A Day in the Life 2015, #3

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7:00am Arrive at work. Wake up the 3 boys (ages 9 & 7 yr old twins). They get dressed, brush teeth and we head downstairs to finish getting ready for school. One child has Type 1 Diabetes so every 3 days I have to change his catheter/insulin pump.

7:15am-7:45am I make breakfast for boys, let dogs outside, get snack bags/backpacks ready and feed dogs (one is diabetic so I give him an insulin injection). I help boys clean up after they finish eating.

7:50-8:00am have boys put coats on, grab school bags and walk them to bus stop. Bus arrives by 7:55am

8:00am  I make myself a cup of coffee and eat breakfast

8:15am-9:00am  clean up after myself, empty dishwasher from night before and head upstairs to start the 1st of a few loads of laundry. I make the boys beds and walk around house picking up toys, dishes, etc left by family night before after I left.

9:00-10:00am   I finish folding and putting away laundry, put out karate uniforms or swim suits(depending on day of week), lay out pajamas for showers later and let dogs out.

10:00-11:00am   organize playroom, kid bedroom closet, pantry, kids dresser drawers. (these are done one per day every 2 weeks)

11:00-11:45am strip bedding on boys beds. (this is done once a week). Days this isn't done I usually get to relax. Although most days I am still finishing up laundry from before.

11:45-12:20pm head to the school to check child's blood glucose, administer insulin and make sure gets what he is supposed to eat in cafeteria.

12:20-1:00pm head to grocery store, Walmart or CVS to pick up groceries, meds etc for family

1:00-2:30pm  arrive back at house, eat lunch, start preparing dinner for later, let dogs out, get karate or swim bag ready and on "bedding day" this is the time I will go up to finish making beds and put away the bedding I had washed and dried earlier.

2:30-3:00pm this is ME time. I am usually on my phone or laptop

3:00-3:15pm go downstairs to set up table in kitchen with homework packets, pencils and books

3:15pm head down to bus stop to get boys off bus

3:25-4:00pm  home, boys put away shoes and coats, empty backpacks, grab a snack and sit down to do homework. Twice a week one child stays after school for band/activity so other 2 work on homework for about 15 min before we head out to pick up the other child at the school by 4pm.

4:15pm boys change into karate uniforms and child who stayed after school works on their homework

4:45pm boys sit down to eat an early dinner

5:15-630pm take boys to karate class. Twins class is 530-615p and older childs class is 545-630p

6:45pm  arrive back home, boys put shoes/coats away and head upstairs to take their showers. I put away karate bag and get T1D child's lantus (night time insulin) injection ready.

7:00-7:15pm boys finish up showers, give child injection, and give boys a snack.

7:15-7:45pm boys get their half hour electronic time (tv, ipad or computer). This is based on having a good day. If they had a rough day this time is used to read or play.

7:30-8:00pm the mom arrives home during this time. Different everyday.

*D is a full time live out nanny in Massachussettes. She works 4 twelve plus hour days and has been with the family for 8 years. She makes $750 per week, before taxes.

A Day in the Life - Nanny Megan

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9:00- Arrive at work, 30 minutes early
9:05- Spend the next 25 minutes playing with my only charge (20 month old boy) and talking to MB about whats going on in life while she gets ready for work.
9:30- Charge and I walk mom and out to say good bye, charge has a temper tantrum over seeing Mom leave.
9:35- Get A into the high chair and start preparing his breakfast
9:37- Toast is ready, spread peanut butter and honey on toast, cut into small pieces and give to A
9:45- A finishes toast, and gives the baby sign language sign for more
9:46- begin cutting up some fruit for my charge
10:00- A gives the sign for all done.
10:05- Get A in the tub and get him all cleaned up
10:35- Get A out of the bath and dressed for the day.
10:40- Play in the living room for the next hour. We do various activities such as crafts, dance parties, hide and seek, play with A’s pets, clean up toys, and/or blow bubbles.
11:40- Get A ready for his nap. Clean him up, change his diaper, read a nap time story, and get his bed ready for naptime.
11:50- Get loaded up in the stroller and I change into my workout clothes.
12:00- Leave for our nap time walk/run.
12:45- Return home and carefully transfer my charge from the stroller to his crib praying that I don’t wake him up.
1:00- Jump in the shower and get changed back into my regular clothes.
2:00- Wake A up from his nap.
2:05- Start feeding A his lunch of ramen, pb&j, chicken nuggets, tilapia, or quesadilla.
2:30- Clean up my charge and start packing the diaper bag for our playdate.
2:40- Load up in the car and head to our planned activity for the day. (This can be storytime, trip to the park, trip to a museum, trip to the beach or tidepools, trip to an indoor play area, or trip to one the house of one of our playgroup friends)
4:00- Start loading up in the car to head home after our playdate.
4:35- Finally get home after sitting in traffic for the last 35 minutes.
4:45- Get A inside and change him into his PJ’s.
5:00- Start preparing A’s dinner.
5:30- Get my charge into his high chair and start cutting up his dinner.
6:00- My charge finishes his dinner, and we play in the play room for the next hour.
7:00- Start A’s bedtime routine. This involves: a bed time story, getting a lavender lotion body massage, having a warm cup of milk, and getting the bed made for bedtime.
7:25- Lay A down in his crib and turn on his Rockabye Baby Album. MB and DB own a couple albums. We rotate weekly between the No Doubt Album, the Bob Marley Album, and the Guns ‘N Roses Album.
7:30- Leave A’s room and start cleaning up. Wash the dishes that have built up over the day and get the dishwasher loaded. Walk throughout the house and gather up any laundry that needs to be washed. Make sure all of the animals are fed.
7:45- Go into my charges room and make sure that he has fallen asleep. Tuck him into bed being extra careful not to wake him.
7:55- Get a text message from either MB letting me know that they are on their way. They tell me that they will be picking up dinner on the way home and ask if I want anything.
8:10 - MB gets home and we spend the next hour talking about anything and everything.
9:10- DB gets home from work and I head home for the night.

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