24 Hours

Here is a glimpse into a typical day for us (Monday - Friday). 

We'll start at 12:00 AM.

Libby doesn't sleep through the night anymore. We're not sure what has changed, and we've tried several different methods to try to get her to sleep through the night. What has worked for others doesn't seem to work for us. We're not sure if she's waking up scared because she's alone or having a bad dream. Regardless, we're up in her room about 2 times per night starting at about 1:30. It takes between 15 - 30 minutes to get her back to sleep. When she has night terrors, we just crawl in bed with her and hold her. It's the only way we can calm her down. Bless her heart.

She wakes up around 7:00 AM, but it is sometimes earlier. It takes Libby a while to "get going". She's a grumpy bunny in the mornings. HA! She likes to watch Thomas the Train, Super Why, Monsters Inc., and Monsters University in the mornings while we get breakfast and lunches ready. I am now going into school at 7 every morning so it's a quick kiss, and I'm out the door. Sometimes I leave her crying, "Mama no go shool" Heartbreaking. Charlie brings Libby some "chood" and she eats while he finishes tidying up. Libby's turn to get ready can be a battle sometimes because the girl loves to stay in her pajamas! Charlie gets ready quickly while Libby plays.

Charlie takes Libby to school around 8:00. It can be later if it's been a rough morning. At school, "Daash" aka Dale walks Libby down to my room with Charlie. Libby then tries to get my kidlets to "Shing dush or piders". I give Libby the be a good girl speech, kiss and hug, and send her to her classroom next door. 

During the day, Libby and I see each other a few times. It's the best! 

At 3:00, Libby comes to my classroom, and she plays with my kids or "wowks" by "kalking" on the phone or stacking papers. She's very much a fan of sharpening pencils right now! My school kidlets are great with Libby. It's so heartwarming! When the kids leave, Libby has to visit with "Staash" aka Steph, Cheesa aka Lisa, and Shayull aka Shell. These ladies are the other 3 2nd grade teachers, and they love on Libby. :) 

We leave school most days at 3:30. We go home right after except on Wednesdays we run errands before speech. At home, Libby has to have snuggles. She needs my complete attention for 30 minutes - an hour and loves to be held like a baby. It's great bonding. It's sometimes a struggle for me as I've been going nonstop for over 8 hours, but she's worth it. Once we finish snuggling, I try to get Libby to play so I can get things set up for supper or try to sew. Getting Libby to play independently is a struggle. She usually follows me around the house. In the kitchen, we have a drawer that she gets to go through while I cook, and she will occasionally cook at her kitchen. In the afternoons, we seem to deal with fits so I've started trying to feed Libby a snack around 4:30 to see if that will help. So far so good. The fits have decreased. 

We start cooking at 6:00 and have it ready for Daddy when he gets home between 7:00 and 7:15. This is why we want to move. It's so late by the time Charlie gets home. :( Anyway, we eat our "chood" which results in a few time ins from dumping the plate, cup throwing, etc. 

After supper, we have a few minutes to play and then "A dath in da pub" Libby is part mermaid and LOVES bath time! By the time we finish with drying hair, flossing, etc. it's about 8:15. Libby gets to pick out 3 "gooks" to read and we enjoy reading them in her "wock wock chair" Then it's in the bed! She's asleep by 8:45 most nights. She stays asleep until the first wake up at 1:30. 

Once Libby is in bed, I'm able to get some sewing finished and occasionally watch TV with Charlie! 

On Saturdays and Sundays our schedule is more flexible. :)