Can I ask what your daily routine is!

[NameChange0000]

Whether you're a SAHM or a working mum, what is your daily routine? Just wondering as mine seems to be the same shit every day! I work part time but when I am off, we usually just do breakfast, I clean the kitchen, shower, dress and then sit and watch CBeebies and play with DS who is 2, he naps, I nap, wake up, do dinner, same thing again... I do take him out to the park but not every day as I just haven't got the motivation
I feel like I spend a lot of time on my phone because there's nothing else to do! I am so fed up of technology. I bet I'd find many things to do if I wasn't glued to my phone or the tv! I do spend time with my DS by the way and I don't neglect him but there are better and important things I could be doing, let's put it that way

I have a 8 month old DS and I work 2 days a week but on weekdays when I'm home its roughly this...

6.30 -7 - Wake up with DS, play in bed and doze for 30 mins or so.
8am - downstairs, cup of tea and breakfast for me and baby has play time in the front room
8.30 - first milk feed of the day
9am - first nap of the day for baby, usually around 90 mins
While baby is napping I get showered and dressed, make up etc and usually wash up any bottles from the night before.
10.30-11 - baby has breakfast.

Then we have about 2-3 hours before I know DS will need another bottle and nap so we usually do something like take the dog for a walk, food shopping, walk to the park to go on the swings, meet friends for coffee, go and see someone or sometimes soft play. If the weather is bad then sometimes I will play with DS in the living room, get out all the toys for him or maybe we'll do crafts or messy play.

At 1.30-2pm DS has his next bottle and naps for around 90mins again and I have my lunch / a nap sometimes.

3.30-4pm DS usually wakes around now and we tend to walk the dog around this time, usually daily unless we did it in the morning.
4.30 - Dinner time for baby!
5.15pm - my DH gets home from work and spends 30 mins playing with DS.
6pm - DS usually has a bath
6.30pm - DS bed time.
Then we eat our dinner around 7.30 and go to bed around 10.30pm.

We get up and out of the house for about 9.30am. We do a variety of :-
Playgroups
Swimming
Park
Shops
Walk
Scoot/bike around the block
Have friends round / go to friends houses.

Lunch out or at home.

Then 'chill out time' for an hour longer if hungover or knackered- 4yr old gets cbeebies, 2yr old naps, I do chores or join 4yr old with cbeebies.

3 - 4pm scoot, welly walk, playground, play doh / crafty stuff

4pm home to cook dinner. Chaos ensues. They argue and play whilst I intervene and cook.

5pm - dinner,
5.30/6pm - bath,
6.15pm - telly
6.45pm up stairs to brush teeth etc.

@NameChange0000 I would recommend getting up getting dressed and going out first thing, like even just a walk to the shop or the park for an hour because when your sitting down watching tv your unmotivating yourself whereas if you went out first thing and got fresh out etc you should feel a lot better x

Just going Part Time because I feel I dont spend enough time with DS (currently he is with childcare 11 hours a day 5 days a week! and feel like other people are raising him!) But I am worried we might end up in a similar situation like you are now!

On the days off we have with him our routine is:

6am: Wake up, everyone dressed, washed & ready for breakie
7am: Breakfast
8am: Trip to the local park
9am: Snack
9.30am: Nap - I do my chores then
12pm: Lunch
1pm - 4pm: god knows what to do!?!
4.30pm: Dinner
5pm - 6pm: again what to do?!?
6pm: snack
6.30pm bath time
7pm: bed time

Btw on a cleaning note, I really recommend having a look at The Organised Mum Method. I no longer feel like I am forever cleaning since starting that

We are up about 6am ish, drink of milk, breakfast about 8am. Then it’s playing, watching TV etc until naptime! Then I do my crafts - sewing, knitting, etc. Lunchtime when she is up, walk round the village or to visit parents, have a play, dinner, play, bed! Different if we have somewhere specific to go like Playgroup, days out, etc.

I work evenings so am home.with my.two during the day.

We're out from.around 9.30. local farm,. playgroup, park, see friends. Anything really.

Lunch midday then nap.

After nap if they're driving me nuts we'll pop to the park, library or supermarket.

Dinner at around 4 and I go to work at 4.30. DH will play, supper bath the boys and put them to bed around 6.30

Up at half 6... bottle, breakfast, TV and toys while I’m getting ready to leave the house. Go to a playgroup/ garden centre/ swimming/ home for lunch then nap... after nap TV and toys, dinner, bath, TV and toys and bed. Sound ok?

Up at 7/7.30 drink of milk
Play then breakfast about 8 or 9
Play and a little bit of tv
Nap time for 2 to 2.5 hrs at 10.30
Lunchtime about 1
Go out in pram to the shops, park or visit family. Once a week do playgroup or sometimes soft play
Back home around 3 and play then have snacks and milk
Dinner time just after 5
Bath
Last drink of milk at quarter to 7
7 bed time

I'm a SAHM to 2 kids in school and 2 at home.
6.30- get up, bath and dress myself, cup of tea.
7.00- Bottle feed, change and dress my 1 year old.
7.15- Wake up my other kids, breakfast.
7.30- Wash and dress kids ( Eldest has a bath)
8.00- Baby breakfast.
8.30- Leave to walk to school.
8.50- School drop off then usually do some shopping.
9.45- Home. Will go to something in the children's centre or a playgroup if there's one on.
Rest of the day doesn't have routine, I'll potter around and the kids will play or we're out and about.
3.15- School pick up.
5.00- Kids dinner.
6.30- Bed for younger 2.
7.15- Bed for second oldest.
8.00- Iron uniforms for tomorrow.
8.30- Dinner for me and my partner.
9.00- Bed for me, partner and older child but we watch tv in bed for a couple of hours. Eldest is allowed a couple of YouTube videos till 9.30.

All that isn't a strict timetable, they're just the times I roughly try and stick to so we get to schools on time!

I’m a sahm and my kids are 11m and 3. Older one goes to nursery 3 mornings a week and DH drops him off on his way to work, so those days baby naps approx 9-10am then we do various chores like go to the supermarket, or an appointment, or the post office or I go for a walk with a friend or we go to a play date. Baby and I eat lunch around 12 and pick up toddler at 12.30. Baby naps and toddler does quiet time from approx 1-3pm and then we play in garden/go to park/play with toys etc until 5ish when they eat dinner and then bed around 6.30/7 for both of them.

On none nursery days we usually have a play date or a class planned that starts by 10 at the latest. Then normally home either by 12 if lunch at home or by 1 if lunch out and our afternoons are the same. Nap time and play time until dinner. The key for me is getting out of the house on a morning. By about 10am my toddler is climbing the walls and me too!

I agree with a PP that you should try and get out early even for a walk, it gives me more motivation for the rest of the day - sometimes we will literally just sit around all day when I'm lacking in motivation and I feel awful by the time bedtime comes round.

The days when I'm not lethargic -
(18 month old DS)

6.30am/7am: Wake up
7am - 8am: CBeebies and breakfast
8am - 9am: Washing on, get ready
9am - 11am: Shopping/baby group
11am - 12.30pm: Nap
12.30pm - 1.30pm - Lunch
1.30pm - 3pm: Park/horse feeding/beach (fun activity)
3pm - 5pm: General clean-up, washing, dishes, tidying, playing indoors
5pm - 5.45pm: Teatime
5.45pm - 6.15pm: Bathtime
6.15pm - 7pm: CBeebies and organisation for bedtime I.e Pyjamas
7pm/7.30pm: Bedtime

5.45 dp’s alarm goes off. Sometimes him getting up wakes the toddler so she’ll come in bed with me. Otherwise I try to doze a bit more.

6.15 he brings me a cup of tea
6.30 get up, dressed, open curtains and windows, make beds, put a load of washing on, empty dishwasher from night before, reload with breakfast stuff, make sure older dc have everything they need, wipe round kitchen, close windows again
8.15 school run
9.00 home from school run, hang out washing, put another load on. Go to toddler group or set up an activity at home (eg play doh, painting, messy play, puzzles...). Or go to park or beach.
12.00 lunch
13.00 try to get toddler to nap, do housework, hang out other load of washing
14.45 school run
15.45 home, tell older dc to get off phones and do homework. Empty and wipe out lunchboxes. Start to prep dinner. Make lunches for following day, put any dry washing away...
18.00 dinner, tidy kitchen, load dishwasher, tidy downstairs
19.00 start to get toddler ready for bed, get her to bed
20.00 bedtime for older dc, shower, have a cup of tea, watch an hour of tv, go to bed around 9.45/ 10.

Varies a little bit depending on whether older dc have activities in the evening but that’s the basic routine. I have different jobs I do on different days (eg Monday is beds and bedrooms, Tuesday bathrooms and wash towels...). Having more structure works for me, and even though the school run is a pita it does help to provide a starting point! I definitely agree to try to get up and out in the morning to help stop the lethargy setting in