hello everyone i'm finally back to
youtube after my three month long
maternity leave
and in today's video i wanted to give
you a realistic look at what 24 hours
looks like with a newborn baby
our son milo was born at the end of
november and i filmed this video in
early january when he was about seven
weeks old
with babies things changed so quickly
every single week so this routine that
we were in on this particular day only
lasted for a couple of weeks before his
eating and sleeping schedule changed
again
at the seven week mark he was feeding
approximately every three hours morning
and night
wake up was around nine am and then i
brought him right over to his changing
table for a quick change before having
milo i had never changed a baby's diaper
once in my entire life but i got the
hang of it after just a few days
by the way i will try my best to put
links in the description box to all the
baby items that you see in this video
including the changing table his dresser
the mirror the mobile the diaper pail
his crib and more if you don't follow me
on instagram my handle is lucy b think
and i've been sharing a lot of
postpartum updates along the way
if you do follow me there you'll know
that we had a baby nurse staying with us
for the first few months of milo's life
so this video was shot just a few weeks
after her time with us had come to an
end it was so incredible to have that
help and support in those early weeks
and she taught us everything from how to
bathe him how to hold him feed him
change him and more i've also been
sharing breastfeeding and pumping
updates on my instagram stories and
there's a highlight on my profile called
q a's 2 where i answered loads of
questions about our current schedule in
the middle of breakfast why are you
falling asleep
after his morning feed i brought milo
into the big bed for some snuggles with
mommy and daddy this is one of my
favorite things to do and it's something
that i dreamed about for my entire
pregnancy
i left milo and michael in bed to hang
out while i went into the bathroom to
wash out for the day about a week before
i filmed this video i was cleared by my
ob gyn to start working out again but i
didn't really feel interested in it just
yet so instead i added squats into my
daily routine while i brushed my teeth
morning and night doing this i've gotten
into the habit of doing 60 squats a day
and it's been a really easy way for me
to start getting my strength back
considering i did not do a lot of
exercise during pregnancy
from pretty much the day i got home from
the hospital i got into the routine of
putting a little bit of makeup on my
face every morning it helped me feel
like myself and it helped me look less
tired particularly in those early days
when we were extremely sleep deprived
after washing up i went to get dressed
for the day since milo was nursing so
often i did sometimes just spend the
entire day without a shirt on but i
decided to put on clothes for the
purposes of this youtube video and after
i was dressed it was off to the kitchen
to deal with milk storage something that
nobody told me about breastfeeding and
pumping was just how much work it was
going to be to manage all the milk
storage the cleaning of the pump parts
and bottles the labeling our kitchen has
transformed into a hub for all things
baby feeding
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it's been so special that michael and i
have had three full months to get into
this new rhythm and to be totally
hands-on together michael has truly been
a 50 50 partner in everything revolving
around milo he didn't want to be a major
part of today's video so you might not
see him too much in the upcoming footage
but this has really been a team effort
and i'm so grateful to have a partner
that is so hands-on and capable
next i drank my greens powder with some
vitamin d drops in it and then went in
for another change
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okay sweet boy what did you leave me
let me check whoa
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i'm just gonna go wash your hands
let me see your cheekies
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let's see these little toes
let's see these little hands beautiful
face check
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now we can go make okay together ready
i didn't film all the meals that i had
on this particular day but since i'm
nursing i need more calories than usual
i definitely find myself feeling
hungrier in general and since breast
milk is 80 water i drink a ton of water
throughout the day to stay hydrated
i also haven't given up my morning iced
coffee which some people would tell me
isn't a good idea while nursing because
of the caffeine but i haven't found that
it affects milo at all so i'm sticking
to my one cup a day
all right milo this is oatmeal good for
the milk 15 minutes until your milk time
i can't eat my oatmeal and bounce you at
the same time
there you go
i'm using my foot
that's nice mom that's nice
mommy needs three hands
oh
what's gonna happen pacifier fell out
you're just gonna stare up at me okay
my little sweet potato petonia my little
angel hair pasta
we're back
i still have one cup of coffee a day
can't stop
can i have a bite of your cheeks sir um
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okay okay okay all right
all right mommy's got you
daddy's making oatmeal and he's making
oatmeal
it's time
we keep our apartment nice and warm but
we try to strip milo down to just his
diaper for most feeds i've heard that
helps to keep babies more awake if
they're not quite as cozy in their
pajamas plus we love the skin to skin
time for more information about my
current pumping and nursing schedule
definitely check out that instagram
stories highlight that i mentioned
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hiccups hiccups
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got half an ounce in here
whack it
yay
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yoga
happy baby
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at this point milo was still in his
swaddle and sleeping in a mini crib
around the 11 week mark we transitioned
him out of the swaddle and also switched
him to a full-sized crib as i mentioned
everything changes weekly with an infant
and by the 12 week mark milo was
sleeping through the night about 11
hours without any feeds or changes in
that q and a's to highlight on instagram
there's an entire infant sleep q a where
i talk about our decision to sleep him
in his own room instead of in a bassinet
next to our bed while he napped i did a
little bit of work and
then 3 o'clock
good afternoon yeah give us a good
stretch whoa ready to get up let's do it
okay we're taking swallow with us
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good morning what's going on
good morning what's going on wanna go
for a walk in a little bit
it's
happening i'm so tired now daddy's going
to get your probiotics and your sun
drops milo you've got to wake up it's
time to be awake it's time to be awake
my to wake window look at these arm
rolls and this tummy rolls this chin
rolls
oh yeah that's delicious
okay daddy's gonna wake you at the
changing table and then mommy's gonna
give you
her present she got
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all right bring me the small child give
it here malfoy
this
what do you think he's sleeping
this is supposed to be
i wake time
my god he loves it
instantly passed out
all right have a nice ride
having a baby in the winter in new york
can be tough it's hard enough to go
outside by yourself let alone trying to
muster up the energy to bundle up a baby
and get moving with a stroller even
still in that early postpartum period i
did whatever i could to get outside
often i wanted to get used to taking him
outside to using the stroller the
carrier and the car seat and plus the
fresh air was great for us physically
and mentally
then it was back home for another short
nap before his next feed
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okay meal time and then play ten
apparently every kid likes this shark
baby molly
baby
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you know i once read an article that
said when your baby is staring out into
space
you're supposed to just let them stare
you're not supposed to take their
attention
right now he is
looking at something
and i don't know what it is
i'm gonna let him look
what are you looking at sir
oh you're tired
put on your seat belts the plane has
taken off
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superman
he's coming in for a landing it's gonna
be a rough one
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michael does all the laundry in our
apartment so he did all the laundry and
i folded it and put it away during this
nap but as you can see milo was kind of
awake the whole time
guess what time it is
it's
witching hour
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hi
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ready
okay here you go
fake out thank you okay my little
petunia
are you ready for bath time
what's that tongue for you want more
food more milk okay just a little though
okay cause i think you drained me out
but we could try one more sip and then
it's bath time okay
all right i'm waiting in the bath once a
week i get into the bathtub with milo
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look at you little squishy in the tub
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are you at the spa
a turtle
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teddy is your towel i'm warm on the
heater
time for book time
okay you want one trip through the car
wash
i'll clean
bless you
ready coconut oil oh
i love
that mama
oh
you got the chills
he's in
off to the reading nook i see a red bird
looking at me red bird red bird what do
you see
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once he was put to sleep i hopped in the
shower and i was able to do my entire
nighttime routine put in my nursing pads
to prevent leaking overnight did my skin
care routine
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moisturized my body
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lost my teeth
put on my pajamas
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brush my teeth did my squats again
popped my retainer in
hydrated and then blow dried my hair
i'm planning on shooting an entire
youtube video that's all about the
expectations versus reality of having a
newborn
the craziest part about it for me has
been the way the entire schedule of the
day just feels endless
every day is a repetitive cycle of
feeding playing cleaning changing
diapers sleeping and then doing it all
over again
and breastfeeding adds an entirely
different layer to the equation your
body is on demand around the clock to
keep this human alive i pump before bed
but even if michael's the one doing an
overnight feed i still need to wake up
to pump at that time to prevent myself
from getting engorged there's a learning
curve and it's all about trial and error
i keep this cooler next to my bed so
that when i pump in the middle of the
night or before bed i don't have to get
up and go to the kitchen
and then i just included this footage
here from our baby monitor showing
milo's nighttime activity on this night
he woke up at about 12 30 a.m michael
soothed him for a bit and then took him
out for a feed then he slept until 3 30
am
we soothed him again and got him to go
back to sleep for another 20 minutes
then i eventually took him out and
nursed him and put him back to sleep and
he woke up for another feed at 7 15 a.m
then he went back to sleep until morning
and we started everything all over again
i hope you liked watching this video
thank you so much for following along on
our journey into parenthood and i will
see you in the next video