Scores released!!

Yeah, I think I just need to keep myself busy. And I will most likely need to retake, so I better get used to being patient.

Thank you for the advice everyone. It helps to hear everyone's experience.

@ I was thinking maybe I could go to bed at 9pm, wake up at 5am and have 2 hours of study before the baby wakes up. Not ideal as you said, but may be better than what I'm doing right now.

@ we are working on the naps right now. Bedtime is currently 7:30pm and he sleeps until 7:30am with one waking around 4:30am. It would be great if he could sleep longer than 45 minutes during the day. Mr. Buttface is only taking 3-4 45-minute naps per day. I am trying to take a timed section for each nap, but it's not always easy.

@ can't believe you studied while taking care of a newborn and a toddler. The carrier turned out to be the best solution for me until Mr. Buttface decided he hated it at 3 months. I am starting to realize that I might not be ready to retake in June. Realistic expectations are a big part of studying for the LSAT (well, and everything else in life).

This is what I'm planning on doing starting next week, once I know my February score:

1. Find cheap child care for a couple of times per week. I checked the local church and there is no child care there, but I'm looking into some nanny-share options in the area. I hate that part, because the whole point of me staying at home with the baby was to be able to study for the LSAT AND save money on child care. Oh well.

2. Continue moving bedtime earlier and earlier until it's 7pm. Try to increase nap duration (well, do some research on whether that's possible), and aim to do a section each time he naps.

3. Go to bed at 9pm after a brief dinner and interaction with my poor husband. Maybe do some light LSAT work in bed before going to sleep (oh joys of being married to an LSAT learner!). Wake up when Mr. Buttface wakes up for a feeding (4-5pm), and do LSAT work for a couple of hours until he wakes up for the day.

I am also trying to establish an earlier bedtime of 7-7:30pm, so I can start studying earlier in the evening.

Thanks @. I've already checked at the university where my husband teaches, and no childcare there, but I should probably ask around at other universities in the area (we are in Baltimore, so Hopkins might have something). I really wanted to avoid childcare and save some money while I'm still at home and not going to school/working, but studying for the LSAT is at least a part-time job.

Thanks for the advice! I should look into daycare at the church. We live in the city and childcare otherwise is pretty expensive. Maybe I could hire a sitter for a few hours two-three times per week. Taking the LSAT is such an expensive enterprise! I like listening to LG explanations while doing other things (cooking, exercising, going for a walk with the baby, etc.). I think I mostly struggle with doing timed work around the baby. @ and @, so impressed you can do PT's with crying in the background. I've tried several times and I scored a few points lower than my average, so I felt like I was just wasting PT's.

I had The music awards question and the skin disorder/cancer question. Both are real.

LR: Monkeys and altruistic behavior come from the same question.

I hesitated about that the galas' one... Was it on the 26-question section?

LR:

- Galas - experimental

- Neanderthals' food - real

- Expanding downtown - real

- Life in the solar system - experimental

- Laughter and social bonding - real

- Damming a river - real

- First-year business students / Dresses and Rhinestones - experimental

- Desires and beliefs - real

- Absinthe - real