Packing List for a 6 Month Old

I was planning on taking pictures of my packing adventure but the view screen of my camera is broke and I didn't feel like taking 100 pictures to make sure I got a few good shots. So instead I'm just going to make a list with categories for personal reference. Feel free to use my list as reference for your own summer trips!

We are taking a 5 day trip up north, which we will spend half the time at my parents cabin and half the time in town with Ben's folks. It's also going to be chilly the first few days and then really nice so I'll have a wide variety of things packed.

Clothes

• Cooler weather outfits X5
• Pants X5
• Short sleeve shirts X3
• Long sleeve shirts X2
• Warmer weather outfits X5
• Shorts X5
• Short sleeve shirts X5
• Short sleeve onesie X1
• Long sleeve onesie X1
• Socks X7
• Swim trunks and rash guard
• PJ's X3
• Jackets X2
• Sandals 
• Hat

Feeding

• Bottles X8
• Formula
• Travel bottle warmer
• Paci with clip X2
• Bibs X4
• Baby food X10
• Sippy cup
• Spoons X2
• Distilled water X2 gallons
• Burp rags X3
• Teething ring

Diapering

• Half a large box of diapers. Will buy more when we get there to save space.
• Diaper bag (has rash cream, tylenol, travel formula, extra set of clothes)
• Wipes
• forgot to add: swim diapers

Misc

• 2 small toys
• Blanket 
• Thin X1
• Thick X1
• Sunglasses
• Ergo carrier
• Hiking backpack/carrier
• Pack N' Play
• Umbrella Stroller
• Sunblock
• Shampoo/wash
• Eczema lotion
• Camera
• Batteries
• Video camera

A Typical Day

A typical day in our life

Wake up to E crying or babbling in the crib. Get a bottle ready and eat.  Change him out of pj’s and into his 1^st (and probably not last) set of clothes. While he plays, make coffee and eat cereal (check emails and facebook). Then it’s E’s turn to eat breakfast. At his first nap, get myself ready for the day by showering, do hair and makeup (if motivated).

E wakes up from nap and eats another bottle. On Fridays, if he is awake we go to the library for babies and books and a book for mama. Midmornings, I try and get things done because E is happiest and will play. So I use this time to clean bottles and do any chores I have assigned myself that day. I know I can’t clean the whole house every day, so I have broken it up so I can get the whole house done throughout the week.

The next nap, I water the flowers, eat lunch, and browse the internet. Afternoons I typically do any errands that need to be done outside the house; we practically live at Target. E will take another nap and eat again. Daddy wakes up and they play together. I try and feed E his dinner before I start getting dinner together.  This is where it gets tricky: E usually gets grumpy in the afternoon. And at the same time I’m trying to get dinner ready. It’s helpful if Ben’s awake because he can keep him company, but if grumpy time comes before he wakes up, I cannot get ANYTHING done, he demands one on one attention.

Currently, in the evenings we try and take a walk before it gets too hot and the bugs are out. If we don’t, we play, we hang out, and wind down for the night. E gets a bath every other night because of his sensitive skin. After his last bottle, we don’t do any more play time. This signals his brain that it’s bedtime. When E finally goes to sleep, I check facebook again, read, and go to bed. Then the next day we do it all over again. 

What I hope to improve on for the day: drink more water! Especially before the 1^st cup of coffee or else I don’t want to eat any food until noon. I would also like to get a workout at least 3 times a week. Once things get a little less crazy at work for Ben, I will hopefully have the chance. 

Pet Peeves

10 Pet Peeves

I have a feeling that I might offend someone. BUT let's be real people, will any of this actually make you change your ways? Probably not. And we all know that I am annoying about 70% of the time; that includes the time I spend sleeping. 

1. People who scrape the bottom of their yogurt cups with a spoon. It drives me insane!! All that scraping and noise just to get one last tiny lick of yogurt. 

2. "People" who take the last thing from the box but leave the empty box in the pantry. I only personally know one person who does this. He lives with me... and his name is Ben. I'm contemplating saving all the boxes he leaves and burning something of his using the boxes to start the fire. 

3. Owners letting their dogs poop and leaving it on a trail, in a park, on my lawn, etc.

4. The drivers in this town. OK not every one sucks. But when did it become OK not to participate in a 4 way stop, keep going on a red light, take a left turn when traffic is coming, and pass around a motorcycle that just literally got in an accident right before your eyes... on Christmas day?! 

5. My mom constantly miss pronouncing things, over and over again. 

6. Putting very vague and/or shocking facebook statuses but not responding when people ask "are you ok?"

7. People who ask for advice but refuse to accept it unless they hear the answer they were wanting all along. Hey, I actually do this. Especially when I ask for Ben's opinion on an outfit. But I mean for really important decisions. 

8. Men adjusting themselves in public. I don't need to see that. 

9. Leaving a public restroom dirty and disgusting. Not flushing, leaving toilet paper and paper towels all over. Gross.

10. This one is just recent-that there aren't very cute baby/little boys clothes. The "stylish" clothes I've seen are insanely expensive. But you can always find adorable, inexpensive little girls clothes.