A day in the life of a SAHM

[chickenrice]

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

this is the dullest thread I've ever read

I won't inflict my day on you all. It involves peeing a lot and braxton hicks-ing every 20 minutes

this is the dullest thread I've ever read

I won't inflict my day on you all. It involves peeing a lot and braxton hicks-ing every 20 minutes

PPH, snap!

Oh, but I eat gravel too

well of course we had it tough Hunker, try telling that to the young people of today......

I am! You were lucky!

we should do a coordinated session. you do the braxtons, I'll do the hicks's...

my mw told me I should be drinking between 2-4l of water a day...???? full time bloody job trying to get that lot down I can tell you!

Oh, they don't understand, M2PW. Sulphuric acid, I had for dinner today. In a cracked cup.

Two to four litres of water a day?! Is she trying to flush the baby out?!

she says the reason I'm so crap at breastfeeding is because I'm so crap at drinking water (she's right abotu that, I can go for a whole day and realise I've only had a cup of coffee or two), so I need to get into training now so I'm nicely hydrated and used to drinknig properly when babe arrives....

To echo edie - you were lucky. A CUP?! All I get is a square of damp cloth. You don't know you're born.

Don't think it necessarily follows about drinking water and breastfeeding (loads of women worldwide breastfeed without much in the way of water to drink) - but it's definitely good for you, so keep it up

She'll be telling you to eat lots of cake to produce good quality milk next...myth myth myth (but one of the nicer ones ).

A cracked cup. Then I was cut in two with a breadknife.

pph - shame on you for the non-water drinking!! shame shame shame . You will also need to give your bladder time to get over the shock!!!! Will find you live on the loo for a bit!

I always have serious production issues, so we are going for a full scale assault. lots of fluids, fennel tea, serious latching tutorials (once it is here), etc etc etc...

I'm sure it will still be on the bottle within a fortnight. Ah well, I can but try!

Sounds like you have the right attitude to it - good luck - we'll be doing it at a similar time too! When's your due date again? Mine's Saturday and nothing imminent yet!

mine is 21st.
prev babies have been 10, 9 and 8 days late so not expecting much action before 28th or 29th tbh...

boooooooooooo

you will def beat me!

Okay so I never have a normal day - every day is different but I shall recount my day today -

Went to sleep at 1.30 am after trying to do course work.
6.30 am - got woken up by DD, carried her into my bed where we had a cuddle/snooze.
7 am - Went downstairs and served breakfast, cleared up last nights dinner
7.30 - 8.30 - Sorted out washing, drying and ironing. Cleaned kitchen, tidied up sitting room and hoovered while dancing around to music with dd!. Opened post,
8.30 - 9.30 - went upstairs and made beds, sorted out yet more washing and had a bath/shower with DD and got dressed.
10 am - Friend came by with her little girl and baby and we went out for the day (went to a museum and a little shop and then to Pizza hut for a late lunch
4 pm - Came home and sorted out yet more washing, played with DD, made snack for dd
6 pm - Started bed routine- Brushed teeth, washed face, read a trillion stories and sang lots of songs, took about 10 mins to work out which tape DD specifically wanted to listen to
7 pm Cleaned and tidied up downstairs, put DP's tea in the oven and then came upstairs to bed to try and finish coursework only to be distracted by MN as usual!

oh please don't mummyjules, I thought we'd got rid of all the boring timetables!!!!!

never mind, I'm off to bed, post away.

We live in a shoe box in middle of road

DD & DS up around 8.30am
Downstairs for brekkie
9.30am upstairs to get washed & dressed
10am go somewhere
12 noon usually back to feed DS as he's a greedy monster
1230 DS naps DD plays
2.00 DD goes for nap
2.30 DS wakes up
3.30 DD wakes up
We then go for a walk or as it's usually keck weather, play, watch some CBeebies
4.30 start preparing dinner
5pm feed DS
5.30-6 feed DD else she eats with us at
6pm DH comes home and we have dinner
6.30 watch the news
7pm DH bathes kids and gets them ready for bed
7.30 Story time
8pm kids go to bed. We watch the tv
10pm go to bed and read

God reading this back makes me want to cry

Pagan you are lucky to have a shoe box. We have to lick the motorway clean

Titter!!

7am all up, Ds dresses himself
7-7:30 get dress myself, make drinks and brekkie for everyone
7:45 dress dd1 and do her hair
8am scream at Dh to get up
8am do my hair and makeup
8:30 leave to drop Ds and Dd1 at school
9am home and then out to town to get glasses fixed and choose my birthday pressie
11 eat out in town
12:45 drop dd2 to nursery
2;20pm pick up the kids, drop Ds and DD1 home and then take DD2 to a hospital appointment
4:30 get home and start dinner
5pm eat dinner
6pm start the bedtime rountine for DD1 and DD2
7pm girls in bed
8pm Ds goes to bed and reads for a while
watch telly and come on here for the rest of the evening, between doing washing loads and cleaning up.

What do you mean princesspeahead? I am confused!

My DSs have got a rounded off brick for a football.

pah, mrsspoon, toys?! my boys work twenty-nine hours a day down mill.