Kath Eats Real Food logo

You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Day In The Life: 14 Months

Day In The Life: 14 Months

Last Friday, I captured a day in the life with a 14 month old!

Foodblog-1938

4:45am – Mazen wakes up crying. This isn’t typical since he usually sleeps 10-11 hours every night, but with daylight savings we’ve been thrown through a loop. I eventually go in to assess and find his PJs a bit wet from a leaking diaper (also not usual). I change him and put him back in his snuggly sleep sack and amazingly he goes back to sleep.

7:15am – I wake up in the middle of a vivid dream with my right hand completely asleep. I can’t believe it’s past 7 – Mazen usually wakes up at 5:45 to 6 these days. Wahoo for extra sleep!

7:17am – I swear we are still interconnected because M wakes up 2 minutes after I do. We nurse in bed and play under the covers for a bit before getting up and making the bed.

Foodblog-1933

Mazen starts on breakfast right away – so fast I forget to take a picture. He had eggs, toast and banana.

Foodblog-1927

My breakfast is two scrambled eggs, Apple Cobbler Bread and an orange. Plus decaf coffee!

Foodblog-1924

Foodblog-1923

We play around for a bit in the living room. I check up on emails and comments and M gets out his toys.

Foodblog-1936

Foodblog-1935

Mazen starts to chant “side” that he wants to go outside. It’s below freezing out there!

Foodblog-1929

Costume changes for us both!

Foodblog-1954

I tackle the breakfast dishes.

Foodblog-1960

Meanwhile M gets fussy so I give him a few Chex to keep him busy until we are ready to get going.

Foodblog-1958

Clean up crumbs from above Chex. I suck up all the crumbs at least twice a day!

Foodblog-1961

I quickly put away the dishes and toys before we leave so the house is neat when we return.

Foodblog-1963

Foodblog-1965

We read a few books until it’s time to head outside.

Foodblog-1962

9:00am We walk downtown to baby yoga at Bend! Mazen has fun singing songs and playing on the yoga balls. He here is rehydrating at the water fountain after his hard workout.

Foodblog-101731

10:30am I decide to fit in a quick workout so we head to my gym. M gets a snack there in the kids kitchen, and I get my groove on with HGTV Magazine. 20 minutes on the Stairmaster is all I need to get in a good sweat since I am short on time.

Foodblog-103435

Foodblog-110307

We pass all the fun downtown restaurants on our walk home. I wish I had my wallet on me because picking up a hot lunch sounds delicious. But I only carry an emergency $5 for a cup of coffee in the stroller, so my pre-thought-out strategy not to splurge on lunch out works.

Foodblog-111344

11:30am Lunch for M. He has frittata, sweet potato fries, and ravioli (all leftovers). Milk on the side.

Foodblog-1967

Mom cries over spilled milk.

Foodblog-1969

Five minute after beginning, he’s signing “all done.” He probably spoiled his appetite with a later-than-normal snack. Perfect mom I am not!

Foodblog-1970

Off to play!

Foodblog-1971

12p M signs he is hungry again and points to banana so he gets a few bites.

Foodblog-1972

12:20p Naptime is looming. We read more books and I darken the room.

12:35p He dives into his crib and is fast asleep in less than 5 minutes.

1p Shower time for me! Followed by lunch. I have some Trader Joe’s pumpkin soup from a box (love it!) with yogurt on top, plus buttery toast, herby cheese and an apple. I eat with an episode of House Hunters, soaking up the relaxation.

Foodblog-1976

1:30p Time to work. I am in the process of updating my media kit and format a guest post from an RD. I also clear out my inbox and work on getting the Great Harvest Thanksgiving menu up on the website.

2:45p Shocked that Mazen is still asleep….

3pm Awake! Snack time is cheese + whole wheat crackers. A few for me too.

Foodblog-1981

3:15pm Our friends Sarah and Lucy come over to play. We spend our time in the backyard and the basement. It’s nice to chat adult talk while the kiddos play.

Foodblog-090924Foodblog-164448

4:45pm Matt is home!!

5:30pm Karen comes over to say hi. Mazen has dinner – more of the same from lunch – followed by the eggplant parmesan that Karen and Matt share. He loves the eggplant! I am going out with a friend, so I just hang out while they eat and have a few tastes of Matt’s plate to tide me over.

Foodblog-1983

Foodblog-1984

6:30pm Bath! Matt usually does the bath while I clean the kitchen, but we reverse tonight. I give M a scrub down while Matt finishes eating and cleans up. Karen joins me for the bath and we try to get Mazen to say “KK.” He’s close – he can say “OK!”

7pm Now clean with jammies on, we take turns reading M some books before bed.

Foodblog-1994

7:15pm We try to put M in his crib but he isn’t quite ready so we get him back up for another story.

Foodblog-1990

7:20pm Naomi arrives and I give M and M each a kiss before I leave. Matt reports that Mazen went to bed 5 minutes after I left.

7:30pm Naomi and I have a great time at the Palette opening (from my weekend post!) and dinner at Pasture.

Foodblog-Foodblog--2

9:30pm I arrive back home, chat with Matt for a bit downstairs and clean up my inbox.

10pm I crawl right into bed. No reading tonight – I have no idea what time my day will start tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOIN MY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE LATEST!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  3. At one point early in the post, I was thinking, “Mazen doesn’t eat much!” Then I laughed at myself. I used to read a food blog in which the author showed the lunches she packed for her grade school son, and in one post she said that she received the following comments:
    1. “I can’t believe how little your son eats! How is he getting enough nutrition?” etc.
    2. “Your son eats such large lunches! My kid the same age eats half that!”
    LOL.

    Reply

    • I know! it’s perspective right? I look at his meals and thinks it’s a lot of food! But my son is 16 and I can’t really remember how much food a one yr old eats. LOL I do remember that even if it looks like a lot on the tray only about half makes it into their mouths most of the time anyway!

      Reply

  5. Good Morning:

    I have 2 grandsons (21 month old, Owen, and 6 week old Conor), my daughter-in-law also places meals for Owen directly on the high chair tray, and not a plate. I am curious as to why, and do not want to ask her directly. Can you offer insight? Thanks, Mazen is a cutey.

    Reply

    • I got this one on Amazon – the Baby Deedee. It’s HUGE and he can’t walk in it, but it’s really cozy and I like that it’s not unbreathable fleece. He is doing great with it.

      Reply

  10. I have thoroughly enjoyed this post. Having a 13 month old son, it’s interesting to see how other mums manage their time with toddlers that need full time attention.

    Reply

  11. love it! my little baby is only 8.5 months old, so this is great to know what to expect. i can’t wait until she sits still long enough for me to read an entire book!

    Reply

  13. That has got to be the most adorable photo of Mazen at the water fountain! He’s precious. Sounds like you all had a great day!

    Reply

  17. Looks like an easy day! No crying? No tantrums? Have you gotten Mazen to help with clean-up? I’m also obsessed with a clean, organized home, and I have to remind myself not to automatically pick up my kid’s messes, but ask her to help.

    Reply

    • There were crying and tantrums! I just didn’t write “then we had a tantrum before we went upstairs.”

      He’s not quite old enough to get picking up yet, but I will ask him to help when he can understand.

      Reply

      • If you made a game out of it and talked about it as you cleaned he would understand. Even singing a little “clean up” song would help! One year olds are much more aware then we often give them credit for!

        Reply

  19. “I eventually go in to asses”

    Kath, I know what you meant, but I must be in a punchy mood today because this cracked me up! Thanks for the unintentional laugh:)

    Reply

  21. I’ve been reading your blog faithfully for about 2 years now. (I found your kale chips video when I was searching “how to make kale chips” and have been reading ever since.) Love your home, your family, your insight/education/professional advice, your honesty. I have a 2 year old, and I spent the first year of her life wishing she’d sleep more, eat more, etc., etc. One of the things your blog has helped me to see is that Emmakate is (and was) a normal child. Some days she wakes up early; sometimes later; but frequently about 6 am which drives me nuts sometimes (because I want to sleep longer). It seemed to take forever for her to eat food, much less from a spoon – but eventually that too worked itself out. That first year, it felt like so many of my friends’ kids slept more, ate “better” than my daughter, etc. I loved today’s day-in-the-life post! Even though our kids are a little over a year apart, seeing your “normal” life and comparing it to mine (then, and even some days, now) makes me feel more “normal.” I know that every kid is different, every family is different, every person is different; thank you for honesty and transparency! Keep it up!

    Reply

  22. Aww he is so adorable! I love this post and seeing what a day in the life of Mazen is like. Also, I’m a big fan of HGTV Magazine, they always have such great ideas!

    Reply

  26. I’ve never commented before, but I have followed your blog for about the last year. I just wanted to say kudos to you for still nursing!! I think women need more support and praise for breast feeding, so I’m really proud to see that you’re keeping with it!

    Reply

  28. Hi Kath, I’ve been reading your blog for around a year and a half. You helped inspire me to leave a job that I wasn’t happy with, and to aim high, so thank you for that. (I thought about doing a 180 and going into nutrition but decided ultimately to stay in the environmental field, which I love.) I have really enjoyed your thoughts/ideas/photos/etc on food, and I have to say to say that I really miss food being the central theme of this blog. You obviously still write and think a lot about food, but I feel that it’s not quite the *focus* anymore. I understand that you’re excited to be a mother, but for those of us who come to this blog looking for food ideas and so on, I feel kind of let down when I see posts like this. I know you started a baby-focused blog, BERF. I wonder if you would want to consider putting this kind of a post on that blog, where it seems to fit so much better, and to keep KERF focused on food. That would encourage me (and maybe others like me?) to want to keep coming back to KERF for all of your great insight and photos about food!

    Reply

    • I appreciate your feedback. I don’t do these posts often (I could see if they were once a week) and I did include my meals in to put the food in some context, which is another request I get from time to time. I can’t please everyone, so my focus these days is on diversity. I’m just trying to write what I am inspired to write, and I have been doing a lot more nutrition focus than in the past.

      Reply

      • Thanks for your reply! I see how much others enjoy this post, so clearly your diversity approach is working well for many people. Thank you for considering my thoughts!

        Reply

  29. It’s so fun to see Mazen getting bigger! I haven’t read your blog in a little while and it was so neat to see how much he’s changed already – he is so precious! Looks like you had a fun day together.

    Reply

  30. Loved this post! Do more of these! Mazen is so precious in those pjs. I really miss those that age and snuggling with my girls in their pjs. Enjoy it. It really does fly by.

    Reply

  33. I’ve been a reader since about 2009 and, while I miss how food-centric your blog used to be, these day-in-the-life-of posts are some of my favorites. 🙂 One question I had – as a parent of two young boys, your days seem to go incredibly smoothly, even factoring in some tantrums and early wake-ups – is that really how they are?

    Reply

    • Well yes, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have many moments of frustration! The lunchtime up and down for example. This was just one day. We do have a pretty good routine down, so I think that has helped keep both of us more predictable.

      Reply

  34. I love these posts so much! I’ve done a few of my own with you as my inspiration. Thanks for sharing snapshots of your daily life with us! I envy your time at the gym too. With one income it’s not something we can afford, and I’m struggling to figure out workouts now that winter is approaching quickly. I miss being able to take long walks outside! Anyway, Mazen is adorable as always! Also, I’m the exact same way in that I have to tidy up before leaving so that we come home to a clean house! Glad to know I’m not alone 🙂

    Reply

  35. Just wanted to say that I absolutely love these types of posts. They make us see that you’re a normal and real person too, not just something on the internet.

    Thanks for such an awesome blog!

    Reply

  40. Love this idea for a post…I’m SO happy I did this with my son. I have so many journal entries with his schedule and now I go back to them to refer to (even though I know I shouldn’t) to compare to my daughter’s schedule!

    Reply

  41. Hey Kath, where did you get that towel drying rack? I’ve been looking for one for my “overflow” dishes, and that one is so cute! By the way, I loved this post. I don’t have any kids yet, but it’s nice to see how your life has changed since you’ve had one. Mazen is amazen’. 🙂

    Reply

  47. I love these posts that show your day! Especially as I have a 12.5 month old so I can totally relate. Food for the littles is so tough sometimes to think of new ideas – so I’ve found myself heading back to your site occasionally to get some ideas on what to feed the little man.

    Re: the OXO highchair — do you find it’s easy to clean? It looks (from the pictures) like there are some crevices that food can fall into – which is my problem with my current chair… or is it super easy to clean?

    THANKS

    Reply

    • Of the four high chairs I have used/seen, this one has the least amount of crevices. It’s pretty easy to wipe clean

      Reply

  48. Love this! I have a 15 month old boy and I love seeing how others with kids close in age manage their day. Our days are very similar. I also put Quinn down for his afternoon nap and then I have a relaxing lunch with an episode of House Hunters. Ha! Right now we are working on cutting out the morning nap so it’s nice to see how others keep their toddlers busy all morning. He did well with 1 nap all weekend when hubby was home to help keep him entertained but yesterday her really needed a morning nap so today we are going to try 1 again. I guess we are in the transition stage! Did it take you a few days/weeks to get M on a straight 1 nap schedule?
    Looks like a fun night out!

    Reply

  49. Also, M has the cutest little outfits and PJ’s! I used to think only girls clothes were fun but now that I have a boy I love buying him clothes and dressing him. They have some adorable stuff. Where did you get those shoes? Quinn is just learning to walk and those look like perfect walking shoes!

    Reply

  53. I know I’m late on this but oh my gosh I love this post! It’s really interesting to me because I’m not a mom so it’s just cool to see a day in the life of one. And I never tire of Mazen. What a cutie. Oh, is that a Manhattan I spy in front of you at dinner? If so, go girllll. I plan on one tonight.

    Reply

  54. I absolutely loved this post. I started following you back when you were writing the pregnant posts, because I was pregnant too (2.5 months behind you), and I love reading about Mazen now. I would be so interested in more of these “day in the life of Mazen” posts- it’s fun to compare with my own son, Weston, who is now 12 months!

    On a side note, I am envious of your ability to keep your house so clean with a toddler! This has inspired me to do the same!

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.