Daily routine (Wk 3 to week 6) (5/365)

(This is not necessarily interesting for anyone else but it seemed worth recording because our routine is completely different from Before Zoe and will change again as she grows.) 

Shift change is at midnight when Daz takes on sole care of Zoe until I come down at 8 to 830.  Normally when I come down, Zoe is awake and smiling so I get a bit of a cuddle. Daz winds down for a bit and goes to bed. Then I try to get Zoe to sleep so I can pump breast milk. 

While she sleeps, I wash and sterilise the bottles and breast pumps, do the washing up and washing and take out any recycling. I am not great at sticking to routines but if I do these every day, they remain manageable and the kitchen stays clean. 

Sometimes I go out on the afternoon, almost always to walk around a cold park which is currently the safest way to meet people irl. Zoe is too small for her outdoor clothes but they keep her very well snuggled. 

Daz wakes up in mid afternoon and then we split looking after Zoe between us. We both need an hour's nap at some point or else we get tired and crabby. Daz makes dinner and we try to check in with each other to make sure we are not getting too tired or frustrated. It can feel a little bit like a pressure cooker because the pandemic means we can't get outside help. We have both ended up getting upset or over-tired at times but it blows over.