Saturday, October 15, 2011

Where's the equality ladies?

Life of a working mom:
  • Wake up tired as hell and wondering what 8 hours of sleep feels like
  • Change a diaper
  • dress the baby
  • put baby on the floor with some toys while you get dressed
  • Pick up baby who just toppled over and comfort her until she's done crying
  • sit baby back down and straighten/curl your hair
  • Do make up
  • Give eldest child who just woke up lots of praise, love and kisses and so happy to see you hugs
  • put baby in walker in the kitchen and start breakfast
  • get coffee pot going
  • pack final lunch essentials
  • double check bottles and milk for the baby
  • make sure all lunch boxes and breast pump bottle storage are fully equipped with ice packs
  • double check breast pump for all the pieces
  • feed eldest child and nurse the baby
  • dress eldest child and fix her hair (pig tails or pony tails what shall it be?)
  • Throw on shoes while eldest child puts her shoes on
  • simmer down eldest child who is now melting down because she has her shoes on the wrong feet
  • calm down baby who is now crying because sister is crying
  • put dog #1 outside to potty
  • get dog #2 (AKA tazmanian devil) and put her outside to potty
  • nurse chewed up fingers from stupid dog who needs to find a new home
  • Go get dogs to put them back inside
  • chase disobedient dog down the street (AGAIN) yelling, cussing and threatening to murder him, or drop him off at the pound if a car doesn't hit him first
  • put baby in her infant seat and get all 27 bags, lunchboxes, backpacks, laptop and breastpump and get out the door
  • get both girls loaded in the car and set house alarm
  • drive girls to school and drop them off, chat with the teachers
  • drive like a bat outta hell to get to work on time
  • work, work, work, nibble on some lunch, work, work
  • Drive like a bat outta hell to get to the daycare on time to get the girls
  • chat with teachers and director of daycare
  • Drive girls home and chat about the day
  • Get home, feed the baby and get dinner started
  • Let the dogs out again
  • Throw in a load of laundry
  • Put last load away
  • eat dinner while feeding the baby and begging eldest child to eat a bite of food
  • clear dishes
  • bathe baby and eldest child
  • dress baby for bed and soothe her down while hubs get eldest child ready for bed
  • put baby to bed
  • do dishes
  • Wash bottles and pack baby's bag for school the next day
  • pack eldest child's lunch and put it in the fridge
  • Get pump ready to go for the next morning and pack storage bottles
  • Pick up toys in the living room
  • squeeze in a shower somewhere in here
  • get clothes ready for work the next day
  • Log on and work for 1-2 hours
  • Baby is awake, feed her and put her back down
  • stay up late to watch a few of my TV shows that are tivo'd or hang out with hubs
  • Go to sleep with baby in the bed with me, wake up everytime her breathing pattern changes :)
  • sprinkle in a few diaper changes, and nursing/pumping sessions throughout the day as well
Dad's day:
  • Wake up
  • get self dressed
  • go to work
  • go to the gym
  • get home
  • eat dinner and leave it on the table
  • play with eldest child
  • take out the trash (or leave it for spouse to cuss about in the morning when the trash is overflowing, we get a good laugh out of this)
  • turn on the sprinklers
  • Get eldest child dressed and ready for bed (leave lots of messes along the way)
  • feed/play with the dogs
  • Have some "me" time to unwind from such a long and stressful day
  • go to bed and get a good solid 8 hours of sleep
WTF?????

Surely this is not at all one sided :)  I MUST include that sweet hubs does let me sleep in every weekend.  Get's up with the girls, makes breakfas and coffee and gets them fed, dressed and ready to go.  No complaints there! 

1 comment:

Aileen said...

I know how u feel though. And furthernore, while it is great to Work from home because kids are here with me, I get no breaks day or night from my babies. Just weekends when i sleep in, thanks to hubby!