A day in the life of Jess...

Hey everyone! Today we have Jess, a mom, and full-time teacher.  I give mad props to anyone who has to wake up early, get a child ready, get themselves ready and go work all day, come home, do all the nightly home stuff and do it all again the next day.  It's tough stuff!

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A day in the life of a breastfeeding urban schoolteacher mom.  A little background on me:  I am a fourth grade teacher in Philadelphia and momma to a gorgeous almost 8 month old little girl, Lexi.  Here is how a typical day in my life goes…

5:15 am- Alarm goes off, roll over hit snooze twice

5:35 am-Finally drag my tired self out of “bed” (more on that later)

5:40 am-Wash my face, brush teeth, do hair and make up all while entertaining said 8 month old on the floor

6:00 am-Stand in my closet and complain I have nothing to wear

6:10 am-Finally pick out something frumpy and throw my clothes on

6:15 am-Let the dogs out and plop Lexi in highchair with a toy.  Load up all the bags: Lexi’s diaper bag, my school and lunch bag, and my pump bag

6:25 am-Warm up the car so Lexi doesn’t freeze her butt off

6:30 am-Drive over to my parent’s house

6:40 am-Bring all my crap inside their house.  At this time I make Lexi cereal, make myself oatmeal, and transfer the pumped milk from the pump bottles to regular bottles and clean said bottles.

7:15 am-Rush out the door and run to my car and speed off to work

7:45 am-Get to my school, clear out my mailbox, rush up to my room and start pumping.

8:00 am-Go next door to complain with the teacher there about how awful our jobs are.

8:21 am-Greet my students and my day of work begins.

12:45 pm-After four hours of screaming over students and being yelled at, I drop them off to lunch and run back upstairs to pump.  This is where I pray someone doesn’t try and bust in my room while completely ignoring the huge, “Do not disturb” sign on my door.  Don’t laugh, it’s happened!

3:00 pm-Rush out the school doors and hop back into my car to go get that smiley baby of mine.

3:30 pm-Get to my parent’s house and squish on the cutest baby alive for a half hour.

4:00 pm-Drive back to my house where I usually spend about five minutes cleaning up the mess my dogs have made, like will they ever be house trained?

6:30 pm-After hopefully scarfing something other than oatmeal crème pies down, I take my shower.  If Greg isn’t home I  bring Lexi into the bathroom and try and entertain her while I shower.

7:00 pm-Get Lexi dinner and then bring her up to bathe her.

8:00 pm-Nighttime routine; Bath, Lotion, Jammies and sleepsack, Goodnight Moon, Whale sounds, and Rocking in the rocker while she nurses to sleep (don’t judge).

8:30/8:45 pm-Place Lexi in the crib and pray to sweet baby Jesus she sleeps.

10:00 pm-Crawl onto the air mattress in her room (to save trips back and forth since she won’t STTN anymore) and try and sleep.

11:00ish pm-Lexi wakes up and joins me on said air mattress.

5:15 am-Lather, rinse, repeat

I know my life isn’t that exciting but thank you for taking the time to read about a day in the life of a breastfeeding urban schoolteacher mommy!

Thanks, Jess! I hope Lexi sleeps through the night for you soon! ;)

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