A reasonably typical day for us, apart from Ingrid’s fever (which is rare) and the movie-watching (which we only do on Fridays). All times rounded to the nearest quarter-hour.


Around 1:00 Feed Adrian
Around 4:00 Feed Adrian
5:45 Adrian wakes. Pop in dummy a few times.
6:30 All asleep again.
7:00 Alarm goes off. Turn on light, start waking Ingrid.
7:15 Adrian wakes; Eric takes care of him while Ingrid joins me for a shower. Both get dressed.
7:30 Feed Adrian while reading for Ingrid.
7:45 Start making breakfast. Ingrid eats some cereal (Kellogg’s Special K, on top of which she pours raspberry juice while drinking milk on the side) while I make porridge (oats, and half a small apple from our own apple tree). The builders arrive.
8:00 Eat breakfast. Adrian sits in his bouncy chair, with a blanket protecting him from the draught while the builders walk in and out with their stuff.
8:15 Eric leaves for work. I clean up the kitchen while Ingrid finishes eating.
8:30 Brush teeth, brush Ingrid’s hair and teeth, change Adrian’s nappy, tie him in the sling, where he falls asleep almost instantly. All get dressed for going out. A snowsuit for Ingrid, a babywearing coat from Mamajacket for me. Woolly hats and mittens all around.
8:45 Leave for preschool. It has snowed a lot during the night so we take the sledge.
9:00 Drop Ingrid off at preschool. Unpack spare clothes for her. Head home.
9:15 Sweep the night’s snow off the stairs.
9:30 Take notes for blog post. Check email. Read a few blog posts.
9:45 Adrian wakes and cries. Feed Adrian while reading a book.
10:00 Talk to Adrian. He seems bored. Put Adrian down on his play mat. Rescue our rubber boots from the snow on the balcony. Take photos of what the builders are doing. Turn Adrian on his front. Fold and put away laundry. Change nappy.
10:30 Adrian cries. Seems tired. Put on the sling and pop in the dummy; Adrian falls asleep. Fold more laundry.
10:45 Put on outerwear again.
11:00 Out for grocery shopping.
11:45 Home again. Take off clothes. Prepare lunch (leftover broccoli soup and wort bread, a part of Swedish Christmas traditions).
12:00 Eat lunch while reading The Economist from week before last, and watching birds feed outside the kitchen window.
12:15 Unpack groceries. Put away stuff that’s lying around. Do the dishes from breakfast and lunch (those that don’t go in the dishwasher). Eat some apples.
12:30 Tradera (Swedish Ebay): bid on some nursing tops, leave feedback on bought items
12:45 Back up my web site. Other admin.
13:00 Adrian wakes and expresses his dissatisfaction. Nurse while reading.
13:30 Adrian on play mat. Clean floor in temporary hallway. Roast some nuts. Admin.
14:00 Adrian throws up. Move him to bouncy chair. Pick up stuff around the house. Change poopy nappy.
14:15 Whimpers from Adrian. Put him in the sling; he falls asleep. Pay some bills.
14:30 Read online newspapers and Facebook.
14:45 Get dressed to go pick up Ingrid.
15:00 Preschool. Find Ingrid, help her get dressed. Feels feverish and looks very tired.
15:30 Home. Take off clothes, put away. Prepare for fredagsmys – get snacks and choose a movie.
15:45 Fredagsmys begins.
16:15 The last builder leaves.
16:30 Adrian awake and unhappy. Nurse.
16:45 Crying. Nappy change. Sling. Sort of falls asleep.
17:00 Not asleep after all.
17:15 Fredagsmys movie ends. Take Adrian out of sling.
17:30 Into the sling again. Falls asleep this time. Sing some songs with Ingrid.
17:45 Make dinner.
18:15 Adrian wakes and cries. Ingrid goes to the toilet and gets her clothes slightly wet, very upset. Lots of drama. Get new clothes for Ingrid.
18:30 Everybody gets food. Nurse Adrian while trying to eat with one hand. Occasionally console Ingrid. Everybody feels better.
19:00 Ingrid wants to go to bed. Brush her teeth. Go upstairs, take Adrian and his bouncy chair with us. Read story for both, during which Adrian miraculously stays quiet. Then Adrian starts complaining. Put Adrian to bed, too. Then shuttle traffic between Ingrid’s bed (where she holds my arm) and Adrian’s (where I pop in the dummy).
19:15 Ingrid asleep. Sit with Adrian.
19:30 Adrian mostly asleep. Go downstairs, clean up the kitchen, with occasional trips back up to pop in the dummy.
19:45 Sit another while with Adrian. Take notes for blog. Eric comes home.
20:00 Read the rest of my news sites and RSS feeds, check email. More trips upstairs.
20:15 Browse the forums at www.sjalbarn.se.
20:45 Register Adrian in the city’s child care queue system
21:00 Read
22:00 Brush teeth
22:15 Watch Chuck over Eric’s shoulder
22:30 Change nappy and feed Adrian in bed. He falls asleep again.
22:45 Eric takes Ingrid to the toilet. She’s all sweaty and feverish and comes to our bed. Adrian wakes again, dummy-popping ensues.
23:15 All asleep.