To wonder how other parents get their infants out of the house on time?!

[Failedagain123]

I so desperately wanted us to go to sensory class today at 11, to get us out of the house. I showered last night, got baby’s clothes ready. I wanted us to walk there, leaving at 10:30.
But I never seem to catch the timings right.

He woke up at about 9 and had a quick feed. I got us both ready, changed nappy etc. But of course, by the time we’re ready to leave, he started crying because he’s hungry again and it’s nap time.

So I’ve just fed him and he’s fallen asleep.

No sensory today!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

For next time, I suppose the answer would have been to wake him up in the morning an hour or so earlier? Then by 10:30 he’d have had his next nap and woken up?

To be honest, you are overthinking it.

Put the baby in the pram- or if they hate the pram like mine does- to the carrier and go.

I have a toddler who I need to drop off and pick up from nursery every day with my baby and I have no choice. I try to feed him and change his nappy before I leave the house but that is all I can do. He either sleeps, awake or complaining. It is what it is.

I found it tricky too with a baby who breastfed very often, and was a contact napper although she would also sleep in the pram and sling after a while moving
I would aim to get there early, so walk around before hand so the sleep is longer and then bf on arrival. Even now she's 2 and has dropped naps at home, she'll still nap on the go so if I feel age needs a sleep to catch up or enjoy a busy activity/snooze after I regularly find myself settling off very early to walk around or long walk after
It got easier to learn her routine around 9 months so I could get to paid classes, before I was lucky to attend free ones at the children's centre so it didn't truly matter if I missed it