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Hi from The Scotts ! I’m Chelsea, this is my husband Robby and our 7 month old baby boy - Brody. It’s nice to meet you 💛
Welcome to a little snippet of a "day in our life.” Our days are simple, sweet and usually one of us is covered in spit up, ha! While each day varies, our foundation stays the same - wake :: feed :: play :: sleep :: repeat. 🌙
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Our day with Brody starts at 7AM - rise and shine, sweet boy ! I will nurse him and get him changed for the day while Robby makes us breakfast. We do our best to have a sliver of family time in the morning before we get into the thick of our day. So, giggles over omelettes it is. Once we have cleaned up from breakfast and thrown the first load of laundry in the wash, it's workout time. Robby and I switch off getting our sweat in for the day while the other one of us is playing with B on his Lovevery playmat - highly recommend! Nap time for Brody is right around the corner which means that it's time for me to sneak in a shower and get ready to dive into work.

SIDE NOTE: We have implemented <a href="https://momsoncall.com/">Moms On Call </a> routine for Brody and have had huge success. Having a routine to lean on has made navigating through the day seamless for all three of us. If you are a parent and haven't yet heard of their platform, we absolutely recommend looking into!

Whether you are a working parent or not - you have a lot on your plate. Being a mom is a full time job and when you sprinkle other responsibilities on top of that it's incredibly easy to feel overwhelmedand drowning in your to do's.
I am currently working from home and while I am grateful to be doing so, it can feel difficult to balance it all. One piece of advice that I'm confident in sharing is prioritizingmakes all the difference. You can do anything but not everything - at the same time! Having a physical written to do list is my secret weapon - anyone else? Each day I write down the three non-negotiable items that I must get done before my head hits the pillow. If there is still fuel left in the tank after those items are crossed off the list then bam, I'll move on to the next order of business. If not, I still feel accomplished in my work load and can go to bed knowing that I got done what I needed to. All this to say, once Brody goes down for his nap, I am off to the races! I whip out to my do list and do the dang thing.
Remember mama, not all heroes wear capes. You're doing an incredible job :)

After a full day of playing, diaper changes, and juggling conference calls while cleaning the nursery - it's now 6:30PM which means . . . splish&nbsp;- splash, bath time ! While our dinner is in the oven, Brody is squeaky clean and is ready to nurse&nbsp;+ have a book read to him&nbsp;+ soak in mommy and daddy snuggles as he sucks his thumbs. Once Brody &nbsp;is down for the night, Robby and I zone in to have a little 1:1 time and get regrouped to do it all again tomorrow!

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<h2>Nothing can prepare you for being a parent. It’s really a learn as you go situation I’ve found. Every week your baby is getting to know the world and you are getting to know your baby and learning how to be a parent. That being said don’t be so hard on yourself, your baby has no idea what their doing either 😂 </h2>
<h2>Here are some things that I’ve discovered these past 5 months that can hopefully help you too! </h2>

We started her at one month old doing one one on one zoom sessions with <a href="https://kkonlineswimlessons.com">K &amp; K online swim. </a> 
Some benefits of swimming: 
<ul>
 <li>Swimming lessons reduces a child’s risk of drowning by 88%. </li>
 <li>By the age of 5, infant swimmers have better grasping, movement, and balancing skills than their peers.</li>
 <li>Swimming also activates both hemispheres at the same time, increasing cognition and ease in learning new material.</li>
</ul>

We used the book 12 hours’ sleep by 12 weeks old book. This book saved our life and helped us sleep train our baby (we did it in 14 weeks though because we wanted to wait until she was 14 pounds to take away the last feeding.) It makes it super easy to do and follow and if you’re consistent, it’s super successful. She now consistently sleeps 12 hours a night. It is LIFE.

From the day she came home from the hospital she slept in here every night we put the doctor inside of the bassinet and shes super comfy. When it came time to move her into her room, we put the docatot inside her crib and she didn’t know the difference.

We recently just took the docatot away because she rolls over. 
To remove the docatot we took the foam noodle part out of the docatot and put it underneath the sheet in the shape of the docatot. Each night we opened the U shape a little wider until we finally took it away. It worked great!

Baby’s nails grow crazy fast! It was impossible for me to cut her nails because she’s always moving but she’s much more relaxed with the file and it’s much quicker and safer.

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