A day in the life of a SAHM

[chickenrice]

Hi you SAHMs out there! What's a typical day like for you?

7.00am - all three children get up, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - ssssssssssstttttttttttttrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8.00pm - all three children are in bed.

have to say that I went out to tea on Tues having picked mu kids up from nursery
also there were 2 SAHMs plus their kids

I was relaxed and my kids were loving & happy

my poor friends seemed ready to drop and their kids tired

it is far easier going to work (well my job is) than looking after the kids but definitely less rewarding

ahh mrs miggins I have just returned to work (2nd day today) after 18 months as a stay at hoem mum-I am an emotional wreck!!!!!!!!!!!!

boomper your day is like mine!

We are on summer holidays at the moment but this is what a typical term day is like ...

6.30am I wake up and get in the shower
While I am in the shower the children usually wake up and DH gets them their breakfast.
7am I make packed lunch for DS and get him ready for school and do houseworky stuff
8.15am we leave the house to walk DS to school
9am DD and I get back home
9am - 10am DD and I chill at home (I do housework and check my emails, DD plays)
10am most days we go out (shopping, go to see people, playgroup etc.)
12 DD and I are back home, have lunch
12.30 DD goes to have a nap and I spend the next two hours working from home (She goes to Creche on Thursday and Friday mornings and I work then too)
2.30 I wake DD up and we walk up to school to pick up DS
3.15pm Home again
Mondays we go to DS' swimming lesson
Wednesdays we stay at school for DS' soccer.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are 'playdate' days either someone comes to us or DS goes to someone' house.
On home days we do his reading and homework and play in the garden.
5pm I start organising dinner
6pm the children eat (DS sometimes eats with us later)
6pm DH arrives home
6 - 6.30pm DH plays with kids while I try to ignore them
6.30pm DH usually baths kids
6pm DD goes to bed and then we spend some time with DS
8pm DS goes to bed
8.30pm DH and I eat and collapse in front of the telly or if there is nothing on he watches sport and I go on Mumsnet
10.30pm we go to bed

I have bored myself rigid typing that out .... I'll get me coat ...

7pm DD goes to bed, not 6pm ...

I killed it didn't I?

ha ha ha ha .... bored you all stupid ....

ghosty sounds exactly like my day....before I returned to work ahhhhh

ghosty, your days sound very productive compared to mine.

Tantrums rule the day atm

Have a 3 year old and a 3 month old. Days are fairly structured - usually have 1 going-out or people-coming-over activity per day. I plan to leave the house about an hour before I need to and I try to avoid stress by taking things as slowly as possible.

The main difference between having one and having two has been that I now have to start cooking dinner at 4pm instead of 5pm (we eat at 6pm).

I can join in with this at the moment as I'm on maternity leave.

Didn't wake up as never really went to sleep!
Breastfed until 7.30ish.
Got DD2 bum changed and dressed.
Breastfed.
I showered and dressed.
Breastfed.
Got DD1 bum changed and dressed.
Breastfed.
Left house at 9.15am took dd1 to pre-school.
Breastfed in car in carpark till 9.50.
Went to Doctors for 10am to check on how mastisus is clearing up.
Came home, had appt with electrician, while breastfeeding.
Put wash on, unloaded and reloaded dishwasher and cleared up etc etc, made myself lunch and so on.
Breastfed.
Left house at 12.30, met up with friends and went to baby massage and my yoga class together.
Lots of breastfeeding there.
4.00 left class.
Stopped off to get some food shopping.
4.30 arrived home.
Breastfed.
Made Lottie tea.
Breastfed.
Gave Lottie a bath.
Prepared dinner.
Read Lottie a story and cuddles till she fell asleep.
Breastfed.
Had dinner with D.
Breastfed.
Now watching Big Bro while D cuddles DD2.

Thomcat your post has made me broody

PMSL! My nipples are sore,and my mastistus isn't completley gone, my eye bags are looking fab,-not! Does that make you less broody?

You lot sound very organisized. Getting up at 6.30am, Ghosty? Wow! I must confess I wake up about 8.30 and have a shower and breakfast because my lazy DS sleeps until 9.30am. Then, he has breakfast and we go to playgroup, etc. I get back and cook him and myself lunch. He has that and then sleeps. Gives me a bit of time to do a little (and I mean little housework) although I do end up on Mumsnet. He wakes up and we play or go to meet more kids. When we return, I make him some dinner or play with him until DH returns. DH and I cook while DS watches a bit of telly or plays. Then we have dinner, followed by a little playtime. He has a bath about 8pm and then is asleep by 9pm. Sometimes this happens an hour earlier. Then DH and I watch tv/a dvd, then we go to bed. Lately, however, I am up late on the net. I blame Mumsnet for having a great site! All this can get a bit boring. Sometimes I miss work but when I think of DH having to leave early and how I get to sleep on, I am quite glad that I am not working. I do feel like I am not doing enough with my day, eg more housework or cooking but how do you do that with a toddler around? Any tips? Mercy, mine's going through the tantrum stage too. Any tips?

You lot sound very organisized. Getting up at 6.30am, Ghosty? Wow! I must confess I wake up about 8.30 and have a shower and breakfast because my lazy DS sleeps until 9.30am. Then, he has breakfast and we go to playgroup, etc. I get back and cook him and myself lunch. He has that and then sleeps. Gives me a bit of time to do a little (and I mean little housework) although I do end up on Mumsnet. He wakes up and we play or go to meet more kids. When we return, I make him some dinner or play with him until DH returns. DH and I cook while DS watches a bit of telly or plays. Then we have dinner, followed by a little playtime. He has a bath about 8pm and then is asleep by 9pm. Sometimes this happens an hour earlier. Then DH and I watch tv/a dvd, then we go to bed. Lately, however, I am up late on the net. I blame Mumsnet for having a great site! All this can get a bit boring. Sometimes I miss work but when I think of DH having to leave early and how I get to sleep on, I am quite glad that I am not working. I do feel like I am not doing enough with my day, eg more housework or cooking but how do you do that with a toddler around? Any tips? Mercy, mine's going through the tantrum stage too. Any tips?

Sorry about the duplicate post. My mouse went funny. Too much clicking.

Chickenrice, it's bloody hard to get anything done when your toddler is going through the tantrum stage! My house has been a tip for years!

ds has to adhere to a routine (of sorts) as dd is now in reception class, so he has to wake up, eat and nap at a certain times of the day.

As for tantrums, make sure they are in a safe place - and ignore them. Easier said than done I know, but you soon will get the hang of it. With dd I used to give a 5 minute warning, eg we are leaving the park in 5 mins, 5 more mins in the bath etc. It worked with her, but ds doesn't understand at all atm. I make it up as I go along tbh, but I still ignore most of his tantrums

Get up about 9.30, kids have been awake and playing in there bedrrom for an hour or so

10am feed both and dress DS2
10.30am - 11.30am dont do alot at all, check emails, read, supervise kids playing then get DS1 into his uniform
12pm - leave for Nursery
1pm - get home, feed ds2, wash up, housework etc
2.20pm - go and fetch DS1, wander round shops getting anything we need
3.30pm get home and do DS1 a snack
4pm - 5pm - play with kids, do stuff round the house
5.30pm dinner for the kids
6pm - DS2 goes to bed
6pm - 6.30pm - wash up, clean up ready for dh to get home
6.30pm - do an activity with DS1 usually painting etc
7pm - have dhs tea ready
7.30pm - wash up again! Get DS1 ready for bed
Getting him to sleep usually takes til around 8.30pm
9pm - Me and DH watch a dvd or something on the tele
10.30pm - DH reads in bed and I mn

god this is dull

depends on the day for us - some days are kindy, others swimming, or therapy or whatever... so a kindy day

5.30pm - breastfeed dd2
6 - 6.30am - get up with dd1
breakfast about 7am

showers, baths etc to get out of the house by 8.45

drop dd1 off at kindy at 9am

shop until 11.15 - time to pick dd1 up again
home - babes have lunch and sleep

do whatever needs doing or nothing depending on my mood

wake about 2.30 - afternoon tea
play
get dh from train about 5pm

babies fed and in bed between now and 7pm

dh and I have dinner
tv/mumsnet or just veg out

bed around 10.30ish

somedays we have appts in the afternoon or catch up with friends or they come to play or vice versa...

sounds boring but most days I barely have time to scratch myself - take a bit of time out for mumsnet whilst they are asleep or watching her tv allocation - wiggles of course.

Today was....

5.45 am - DD3 woke up and came into bed with us.
5.20 am - DD2 woke up and came into bed with us.
6.30 am - I got up and had a shower while DH took DD's downstairs for breakfast.
7.00 am - DD1 woke up and came downstairs for breakfast. While they're eating I lay out clothes for the day, fix up DD1's breakbox and pack a swimming bag for DD's 2 & 3 and me.
8.00 am - Do their hair whilst testing DD1 on her spelling list for the week.
8.20 am - DH off to work and DD's and me on the school run.
8.40 am - Drop off DD1 at school.
Sit in traffic jam till 9.15
9.30 am - Aqua tots at the leisure centre (disaster as both DD's decide they are petrified of toy fish this term - they loved aqua tots last term [arghhh])
10.15 am - dried and dressed and sitting in the cafe with fruit juice (dd's) hot choccie (me).
10.35 am - DD3 into the creche DD2 to the sports hall for kiddie kapers.
Home by 11.55.
Cook apple sausages with cheesy mash, broccoli carrots and peas for DD2&3.
Tidy house while they eat lunch watching Barbie pegasus.
1.30 pm - DM arrives (she works a half day on Thursdays and spends the afternoon with us)Have a coffee and chat.
2.40 pm - All in the car to collect DD1 from school at 3.00 pm. Pit stop at the second hand uniform chest for a new winter coat, then into Town to get a book from the library for DD1's homework (DD3 scribbles on library book with crayons provided by the library . Also pop into Boots for pull-ups and M&S for supper (DH not home for dinner tonight).
Home at 4.30 pm.
DD's have free sandwiches from Boots for tea plus choc mousse treat from M&S.
5.15 pm - piano practice with DD1 and check spellings again.
6.30 pm - DD's into PJ's and brush teeth ready for bed.
7.00 pm - DD's to bed for story and singing snd lights out.
7.20 pm - Shove supper into the micowave and collapse in a heap on the sofa!
MN of course.

OMG that's long sorry!

are we competing? does the person with the most hectic day get a trophy or just a big round of applause?

A round of applause will do fine Am just reminding myself that I don't sit in front of daytime telly all day drinking gin and eating choccies like DH is convinced I do

well, I get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I go to bed.......

• wonder how many people are old / daft enough to know what the hell I am on about!!!

M2PW...luxury!