- Hi, guys.
So today I thought I would do an updated
evening routine now that we have three babies
and it's been a whole year
since my last evening routine.
I'll link that one down below,
but I'm just going to show you what we do.
The house is a mess.
(laughs)
Fraser's home from school.
It's Daddy's day off.
Caleb's watching YouTube.
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So, when Fraser does get in from school,
I let them have a little bit of screen time.
It's normally YouTube that they watch.
They love FGteeV and we just chill out
and I'll make them a snack.
Fraser will change into his "comfies" as he calls them.
And I've just got them some grapes tonight,
and some crackers with butter so they can have bit
of a snack and bit of the chill out
'cause that's what I like to do after work.
While this is going on tonight,
Jackson is having a snooze, as usual.
He's only six weeks old so he does sleep a lot.
While the boys chill out, I try to run around
like a crazy woman and clean up all the toys
from what's happened in the day.
They normally get out all of the cars,
have crumbs everywhere, so I'm just doing a general tidy up.
I try to sweep up, and then I also try
to use my cordless hoover if I can.
Jackson is now awake and looking so cute.
Between four and 4:30,
I'll make a start on their dinner.
Tonight we're having jacket potatoes,
so I just pierce them and put them
in the microwave for about six or seven minutes.
And then I'm also putting chicken nuggets in
as back up because Caleb doesn't love jacket potato.
And while that's cooking, I am just giving Jackson
his dinner, so I'm feeding him on the couch
and then I will wind him as well.
While I'm doing that, Matt is making start on dinner.
It's his day off, so we're going to eat
before the boys go down which is rare and shocker.
Jackson's gone back to sleep.
So, with the jacket potato for the boys,
we're literally just doing butter, beans,
cheese, carrots and getting them to the table.
This is Fraser's favorite dinner,
but Caleb doesn't really love it.
So, then we struggle with him to make him eat it.
(animated growling)
(crying)
- In your ear.
In your ear. I'm going to put in your ear!
Open your mouth.
- So after a while, I break out the
chicken nuggets that we put in as back-up.
I knew that I would need them, and he eats that.
While Jackson sits in the bouncer,
and the boys eat their dinner,
I take the opportunity to fold laundry.
With so much laundry in this house,
we do at least a load a day.
So any opportunity I can to fold it and put it away,
I take it.
And then I will tidy away all the uneaten dinner.
And then tonight for dessert,
the boys are having Oreo ice cream.
And then we're just going to chill out
and hang out with the boys until our dinner is ready.
Tonight for dinner we're having
salmon with sweet potato fries and peas.
I'm on a bit of a health kick trying
to lose the baby weight, so I'm just having water as well.
And then we'll just eat our dinner.
Luckily, I'm getting really good at eating one-handed,
and then Jackson threw up on me,
which looks really nice on a black dress.
And then Matt makes a start on tidying up after dinner,
and looking after the older boys
while I run a bath upstairs for baby Jackson.
And then I'll get him in the bath before the other two
because Matt is at home tonight.
And then he'll just be generally really, really cute.
He's giving out loads of smiles now,
and he's really trying to talk back as well.
So I will chat to him before
I get him out of bath and get him changed.
He hates the cold so,
I try to get him changed really quickly.
While I'm getting Jackson changed,
the other two older boys will come upstairs
for a bath with Daddy, and then I'll just get him dressed.
And I'm using Pampers nappies, they're my favorite.
Bepanthen as a barrier cream.
And then I always use these Gap Firsts.
I love them, they're so soft.
And he's wearing a little Ted Baker Grow tonight.
And then he's all ready.
One ready for bed baby.
Here are the older boys in the bath.
I think you can tell how tired Caleb
gets by the end of the day.
And then I will dim the lights
and feed baby Jackson in our bedroom.
I'm still exclusively breastfeeding,
and then I will wind him and I'll wind him some more
because I really don't want it to go down
to his tummy so he sleeps well.
And, yes!
He is asleep!
So, I will put Jackson down on his front in his sleepy head
in his room because that's where the baby monitor is
and get the boys' their milk.
They're just having two percent cow's milk
now that their older.
And then it is book time.
So, I'm putting Caleb to bed,
and Daddy is putting Fraser to bed.
So we'll read some of his favorite books.
He loves "The Hungry Caterpillar"
and then I'll give his back a little bit of a
tickle, but not too much, and then he will go off to sleep.
So as I mentioned, Daddy is putting Fraser to bed,
so they will have stories and books
and then he will get himself off to sleep.
And once the boys are asleep,
I get everything ready for the next day.
So school uniform, then Fraser
has football practice after school.
Caleb got nursery tomorrow,
so here are his clothes and his nursery bag.
I'll also do things like iron his shirt
if I haven't gotten organized and ironed his school shirt,
which to be honest is most nights.
Then I'll spend the most of the night blogging,
whether it'd be editing or answering emails.
This is when I get most of my work done.
While I edit, I'm watching "Married at First Sight."
I love that show.
And then I will go up to bed and take loads of water
'cause I am breastfeeding.
And then we'll move Jackson from his room into the SnuzPod.
Then I'll take my makeup off with a Dermalogica
pre-cleanse wipe, and then I'll wash my face
with the Elemis Rehydrating Rosepetal Cleanser.
And then I'll tone with the
Rehydrating Gingeng Toner from Elemis as well.
I love this toner.
And then I'll moisturize under my eyes
with the Dermalogica skin hydrating booster.
And then I'll moisturize the rest of my face
with the skin smoothing cream from Dermalogica as well.
And then I'll brush my teeth and then I will go to bed.
So thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you soon.