Pls share your 2 yr old's daily routine

[gosssipgirl]

My DS is a complete nightmare at the moment and I want to implement a daily routine to see if he responds well to this.

Please tell me roughly what your 2 yr old's routine is....

i fear i;m of little help to you

mine gets up and the entire day is composed of him asking for food, and me limiting the damage as he trashes the house.

then we all fall into bed

My ds is 2, we get up at the crack of bloody dawn, often before 6am. He drinks his milk an watches Mickey Mouse for 20 mins while I wake up properly and then make breakfast.We have breakfast at around 7. Then I potter around while he gets under my feet constantly talking, bless him.

Get him dressed.

We then try and head out the house as early as possible, either to toddler group, grandad's house, shopping or swimming etc by about 9:30 cos we get very very bored of being in the house. We try to get back in by around 12 in time to have lunch.

Nap time at 1 til around 2:30pm.

We then try to do some kind of crative play, painting, crafts, get the tent out and have imaginary tea party or whatever.

Tea time at 5pm while he 'helps' me cook and generally makes a mess.

After tea we read books or Daddy plays with him when he's not at work.

Start running his bath around 6pm, get in the bath. Upstairs for 7, sing songs etc. Bed asleep by 7:30.

DD is 2.5. She gets up between 6 and 7. Have breakfast, watch a bit of TV, get dressed, potter around. Then go out - usually every morning we go somewhere. Playgorup 3 days a week, then the other days go to park/beach/swimming/supermarket.

Dinner 12ish and sometimes a sleep though she is dropping this at the mo.

Afternoon, sometimes play in the garden, take the dog out, sometimes a walk to the nearest park or just a walk up and down our street - takes ages as she stops to look at everything. If we're home she "helps" with housework or we do puzzles, read, do colouring, play with toys etc. Tea about 5ish. Then TV or stories or chasing the dog around or whatever. She doesn't have a bath every evening, sometimes has one during the day or has a shower instead or goes a day without. Fave TV prog 6.30, then pyjamas, teeth, stories and bed.

Meant to say at the end, I think the key is to get them out of the house and wear them out as much as possible. Hence frequent trips to park, playgroup etc. She and the dog are getting quite good at chasing each other around and wearing each other out now

Ds2 2.2 years

wakes at 5.30am (and in the night for no obvious reason)
wakes up his older brother & they play until 6.30ish
breakfast
dressing, playing, tv
8.45 take ds1 to preschool
spend morning at toddler group, walking the dog, pootling around at home, or visiting friends
lunchtime collect ds1 from pre-school
lunch
nap unless he has fallen asleep in the car earlier
playground with friends or playing at home in the afternoon
but of tv whilst I make dinner
5ish dinner
6 bath, teeth, stories
7 bedtime but rarely sleeps before 8pm

I don't take him to many places because he is really hard work, won't go in a pushchair, won't hold hands or do reins.

DD is 2.2.

Wakes up at 7.30 ish. On the weekends comes into bed for a cuddle with Mummy and Daddy, weekdays downstairs for milk and breakfast.

She watches an episode of Peppa while I clear up, then dressed and out. Singing or toddler group, sometimes dog walk and the playground, or into the village for a potter around the shops.

Back by 12 for lunch, then a sleep (usually 1-3).

Afternoons vary. Sometimes a friend's house to play, or friends come here. Playing in the garden, playground. Outside is good! Or just general pottering -we play with her toys, read stories, do colouring. Occasionally I am Good Mummy and we do some baking or painting.

Dinner between 5 and half past, then bath and jimjams. In The Night Garden goes on at 6.20, she drinks her milk while watching it, then story and in bed by 7.

Thank you everyone, all very useful.

For those of you who's DC wake up before 7.30am and you get out the house early, can I ask when you shower etc yourself?

Do you set an alarm and get up before DC?

Get up EARLIER than my 2 year old to shower?? You must be joking. Have you not heard the saying "Never wake a sleeping mummy" .

No, I make sure he's happy enough (had some milk and changed his nappy as a minimum) and I give him some tractors or books or something and tell him to sit on the special green carpet and play while I have a shower.

I frequently remind my children that mummies can see through walls so no mischief while I'm in the bathroom.

If we're having one of those days I bring him in the shower with me and he either clings pitifully to me while I attempt to wash my hair with one hand, or if I'm lucky he sits at the other end of the bath and plays dinosaurs.

Get up about 7.30.
Whinge
Grizzle
Whine
Play up
Scream
Go to bed around 8.00

That's it. Sorry, not very helpful but that's pretty much her day at the moment.