SAHM's...what have you actually done today?

[PregnantGrrrl]

Despite the fact that my house never seems to look really clean or tidy, i am amazed at how much i have got done already today.

• Took DS to doctors/chemists
• Emptied dishwasher
• Made us both lunch, then picked DS's up from the floor
• re-filled dishwasher
• Put washing on line
• Washed more clothes
• Picked up CDs and DVDs after DS (again!)
• Picked up toys (again!)
• Made some bottles up and not forgetting, found time to potter on the net.

No wonder the days where i go out to work seem soooooo much easier!

Got up at 6.30
ironed ds1 uniform
got 3 kids dressed
fed DD and got ds 1&2 breakfast
took DS1 to school
cleaned bathoom
called estate agents
unloaded dishwasher
put washing in
called my sister
hoovered
fed DD
put washing on line
got DS2 ready for nursery
made Lunch
took DS2 to nursery
played with DD
Picked up DS1 from school
popped into tescos
Picked up DS2 From nursery
Mowed the lawn
dug garden and weeded and moved some plants
planted cherry tree
Cleaned the mud of kitchen floor
cooked tea
fed DD
ON MUMSNET !!!!!!!!!!

I would like to pretend that I do alot of nuturing but Its probably not true

dont see my self as a domestic slave though most working moms would have to do these things to

Don't know tbh - it's just a blur as usual!

Got up at 6.30 ish
Did the usual stuff
Am now psyching myself up to put them to bed (dh is out). Not normally a problem but ds is run down and very tired.

hatrick, totally agree with you! It's like she wants us to apologise for not having an excellent life JUST LIKE HERS! Oh we are not worthy etc etc

Woken at 6.30, persuaded DS2 to cwtch in bed with me til DD woke at 6.50

Aired beds then down stairs for 2 x cereal, 2 x toast

Emptied dishwasher
Put washing in

Shouted DS1 at 7.45
Went up at 8, got dressed, dragged DS1 downstairs for a shower

Breakfast for me and DS1

Dressed DD, sat on my hands while DS2 dressed himself but he did it eventually!

Booted Ds1 out for school

Loaded dishwasher
Cleaned bathroom and kitchen

Washing to dry
More washing in

Hoovered downstairs

Put kids in the front garden to dig in the stones while I sat on the door step drinking coffee and reading a book on improving myself

Fed DD
Walked to the shop , chemist and butchers then went for a walk around the village so she could nap in pram and DS2 counted cats and the number of dog poos he saw!

Home and DS2 played on his trike while I read another book on improving myself

Mum called in for coffee

Made lunch for 4, DS1 homes today

Loaded dishwasher
Ran around and put all toys away
Drew DS2s dayplanner with him
Changed him into uniform

Took him to nursery
Walked DD to my nan's

Met up with my mum and took DD and her mindee to the park

Walked to my mum's via the back lanes and stopped to look at the river

More tea and cake at mum's

DD and her mindee played with soft dough

DP picked us up after collecting DS's from school

DS1 played out, DS2 did cutting and glueing, DD did drawing

Made tea
Ate Tea - discussed with DP how much I need to improve myself as I'm such a slacker
Loaded dishwasher

Ran baths

Went up into DS1's room (loft conversion) had fit about the mess and did supervised tidying up with him

DP bathed DD and DS2

I pu them in pj's

Fed DD downstairs
Took her up to read stories and now in bed

DS1 playing football on the front with his friends

DS2 having lie on sofa with DP - due in bed in 10 mins

Still to do
give bathroom a wipe around, empty dishwasher, go down to the garden and water the plants

Do some ironing

Shower, change into something more comfortable and give DP a good seeing to

Not a lot then lact8

ds now asleep (hurray) and dd reading to herself for a bit.

I think it's just the way that I type tbh mercy

lots of spaces

makes it look

like I've done loads

lact *, that is a lot!!

well umm ive..

'made' (i.e poured) breakfast

cleanded kitchen and lounge

spent about 2 hours on mn

made lunch

tidyed after lunch

read about 12 books to dd

changed bed

sorted dd's clothes

went to bank

walk on the beach

went to nans for dinner

bathed dd

mn again!!

oh - despite all that i did today, I don't have it half as hard as dh....

got up 7.00
Fed ds2 his bottle of milk
dd and ds1 ready for the day
school run
mums and toddlers
food shopping
dinner for ds1,ds2 and me
clinic for ds2 weigh in
did veg ready for tea
visited sick aunt
dh home so he did the school run
tea and dishes
ds2 ready for bed
dd and ds1 to bed
cleaned up any mess

Along with all of this i have fed and changed ds2(8 months) all day and cleaned up a massive flood in my outhouses.
But i would choose to be a sahm any day of the week.

oh and found time to mn

woke up, cuddled DH,showered,dressed, got boy up, cuddled boy, breastfed boy, breakfast cereal for boy and me, teeth cleaning, boy dressed,washing machine on,played football with boy, walked to visit possible new childminder for when i do do some work later in summer.

Walked to shops, posted parcel,pick up some veg and bread walked home , boy screaming half the way then he fell asleep AT LAST.

Parked boys pushcahir in his bedroom. lay on bed reading for 45 mis. filled up bird feeder, hung out washing.

Boy awake,made lunch for boy and I, breastfed boy, washed up, put dry washing away, played football with boy. Phoned sports hall about event I'm running at weekend and phoned friend about her boys chicken pox.Popped over to neighbour to talk about kiddie bike seats, started teaching her and her DS1 to unicycle, boy pottered about happily, DH came home, boy had go on neighbour DS2s like-a-bike and loved it.

I went to running club for 75 min, DH did boys tea and played football.

Bath with boy, breast fed boy, put boy to bed.Dh cooked dinner, I got washing off line and into warm cupboard. Ate dinner. emptied compost box, mulched strawberryies, pulled up garlic and set it drying, watered fruit trees.Now on MN.

average sort of a day.normal number of nappies and bibs changed as well. nice to get a lunch break as boy won't always sleep in daytime. running club is my ME time once or twice a week. DH will be out next 2 evenings with his sports.

Walked kids to school
Went swimming
Went to B&Q
Went to Waitrose
Ate lunch
Tidied house
Picked up kids
Supervised homework
Made tea
Supervised bath/bedtime
Had glass of wine with dh
Collapsed into bed and spent one hour on MN and he fell asleep waiting!

Is it too late to tell you what I did today?

Got up before dcs. Changed two horrible nappies. Breakfast all round. Made pack lunch to eat in car after Monkey Music and before nursery. Packed up stuff to go to post office. Drove to PO on way to Monkey. Monkey Music with dd and ds. Drove to nursery and then had sandwiches and pears in the car outside nursery. Dropped DD off to nursery. Then did Ocado shop whilst DS asleep. DH picked dd up. Teatime. Tidied toys. Realised I hadn't put washing out. Bath time. Bed time. Cheeky curry. Lots & lots of ironing whilst watching awful Au Pair programme which made me pleased to be a SAHM.

Hello moodlum, was just admiring your name, then read post and found out it's really you!

DS2 has been great for the past week or so. Yay! Still doing the day planning sheets with him but as long as it works I don't mind.

How's your DD getting on? Or should that be how are you getting on?

I'm not looking forward to halfterm next week, I relish my 'free time' without him in the afternoon How fickle I am, def no danger of tears in the playground now

I feel like I should be doing more (but I do have a tiny flat and theres no space to own anything, so that saves on tidying up)

7:30 wake up with DD (8 months)
7:45 I check my e-mails then go on MN for my morning meditation
I`m attempting early potty training (an experiment) so that keeps me on my toes for the morning.

8:45 DD has her bath, then I get her to sleep for her nap at about 9:30

Then I put the washing on then hang it out, and eat breakfast (usually whilst on MNet )

10:00 am I start getting busier. A quick tidy up and then I take her to a mum & toddlers group

12:00 Have lunch with other mums with kids twice a week/buy lunch and go for a walk

2:30 Go home for DD`s afternoon nap. I usually have a cup of tea and do some study (trying to learn Japanese)

3:30 usually go for a walk (I`ve not got a garden and DD is very restless by the afternoon)

4:00pm every day, I go food shopping (the country I`m in is designed so you basically must food shop every day- no freezers, and tiny portions of things, not frozen food available)

5:00pm prepare dinner

It basically the same every day, but I like it

i can't believe how much some of you get done in a day! if i spent less time being bored and asking what everyone else was doing, perhaps i'd get more done too.

I'm doing faff all today. I'm going to be a SSAHLM (A sick stay at home lazy mother) Lovely DS has given me his delightful cold. Still, it's a day off my paid work. Hoorah!

i think some of you have accidently put your to do lists on! lol

wow. I thought this was a thread started topday and couldn't believe how much you all got done before 10am! Feel more adequate now i've realised that it was y'day!

itis almost 7pm here and so far today:

got 3 dds up and breakfast, dressed for kindy (dd1) dd2 and 3, dressed for the day.

dropped dd1 off at kindy

stopped at shops for nappies and bits

made biscuits with dd2

ironed some clothes

washed some clothes

made dd2 and my lunch

picked dd1 up from kindy

done a photocopy run of a flyer for 80 kindy families and put it in pockets

emptied dd1's kindy bag

done a huge wash up, unstacked and restacked dishwasher

made dinner for dds and dh and then myself. Dh had to go out early

got dds ready for bed, put dd1 and 2 in bed

also during that time - changed however many nappies have all 3 in nappies, taken dirty nappies out to bin, breastfed dd3 four times or maybe 5.

now just having my dinner and mumsnetting.

did pop on mumsnet around lunchtime when dd2 was having her afternoon sleep

gosh that does not look like a lot but I am knackered - guess having a heavy head cold doesn't help.

oops forgot to add - put away two laundry baskets full of laundry.

So far today,
showered all 3 bigs Ds's (and myself with hair wash)
made packed lunches
breaskfast for kids
taken ds1+2 to school
rinsed all washing up stuff
taken ds3 to nursery
had breakfast.

So far: packed lunches, dealt with DS3's diarrhoea, shower, school run, dealt with DS3's diarrhoea, loaded washing machine, washed up, made lego spaceship, dealt with DS3's diarrhoea, found Star Wars video, sorted recycling, and here I am waiting until the next time I deal with DS3's diarrhoea! This SAHM lark is great, isn't it?

pottering about this morning, done quite a bit of tidying, sorted out a menu and shopping list, trying to get back into following the routine, ha de blinkin' ha. All the children have colds and runny tummies, so everything has to be flexible today.

that's me, bendywoman!

Was up at through the night with dd as she had her adenoids out and gromits in on sat. Also up to ds#4 as he does not sleep through yet, and myself up for a wee 3 times as am 9 days overdue! Not been to sleep yet, feel like it is still yesterday!

Got all 5 up and brekkied, took dh to work for 8am.Made the pack lunches. Got them all dressed and walked them all to school, leaving 3 there. DD and ds#4 home with me.

Hoovered and sorted out the first load of washing. Dashed up stairs to do my hair and door went, mother in to look at me for a while to see if i showed any signs of labour today (wtf?)

Have just fed the 2 home a snack and am now on here.