SAHMs - what's your daily routine?

[LadyOfWaffle]

I just seem to waft from 7am - 7pm and the days are just getting longer and longer. What is your daily routine, esp. with a baby and/or a pre-schooler? The only things that happen during the week is DS goes to pre-school two afternoons and one morning, and we go to Mass on Sunday mornings. Apart from that I just don't know what to do with myself. WHat do you do? ie. hour by hour. Thanks

I have a ds 2.4 and dd 10 mo
We get up 7 have showers go downstairs have breakfast
Dp leaves for work at 8 telly goes on, I do make up and hair
get the kids ready and out the door by 9
toddler group everyday till 11.30
home for lunch
back out 1/1.30 for a walk to get (hopefully) both kids to sleep
sit down for (hopefully!)and hour
2/2.30 play with toys/paint/playdough
3.30 do 'jobs' clean,put clothes away etc..
4/4.30 telly on for kids I do dinner
5 kids eat dinner
5.30 dp home, I sit down
6 bath stories bed
7 wine

hth

I think going out every morning is essential or id go made

mad obviously!

wow, you go out twice a day? I find it a task and a half gtting DS1 to preschool...

wake up at 7am.
breakfast takes till 8.
upstairs for wash and dress.
out for 8.45 to music class monday, playgroup tues, library club wednesday, talking cladd thursday, friends or grandparents friday.
back by about 11am,
snack and play with toys.
lunch 12.
books, letters, quiet play.
nap 2-4pm. i do a few jobs or MN as i am now.
play and start dinner 4pm.
dinner 5pm.
dp home.
play and books.
7.45pm bath, books, bed.

I have to go out in the afternoon, dd aka sleeper from hell, will only fall asleep in a moving buggy outside. I only walk round the shops till both asleep then come straight back home!
I found it hard getting them both out at first but once they knew the routine it got a lot easier

When mine were small I would aim for one out of the house experience (even if it was just the supermarket shop or feed the ducks type thing) and one Houseworky thing per day. It might sound anal but if you put things in a diary then you are more likely to do them. Do you know other Mums in the same boat? Just going to someone else's house for a coffee (and other children's toys for the LO's!)prevents that wafty thing going on!

I've got a 3yr old and an 11 month old.
We go out every morning. Ds1 has pre school for 3 of those mornings and we go to toddler group for the other 2 mornings.
I try and get DS2 to nap while DS1 is at pre-school so I can do an hours cleaning/relaxing.

so...

7am ish - up, usually lie in bed, feeding baby, cuddling DS1, chatting and messing about until we realise we really ought to get up!
8am - breakfast and then get dressed/ready

9.30 - out to pre-school or group

12pm - Home then lunch for us all

1pm - Play for a bit after lunch

2pm ish - DS2 naps again, DS1 either watches TV or potters round with me 'helping' me do stuff
Sometimes we go to a friends house or meet friends out in the afternoon instead of staying in.

5pm ish kids eat dinner

6pm start baths and wind down for bed time
7pm both in bed

8pm DH gets home so have my dinner with him

Jumping in puddles is a good one. I've been known to put baby in the buggy and wellies on the toddler and just stand outside the house for 1/2 hour!

Just the one DS who is almost 2.

7am Dh brings me a cuppa, DS has his milk in our bed, I have a shower and get ready

8am Dh leaves for work, breakfast for me and DS, get DS changed and dressed, check email & glance at Times online

9am unload dishwasher, clear kitchen, laundry, hoovering etc. DS helps in between watching Cbeebies. Pack bag/snacks etc for going out

10am off to playgroup, music session, soft play or other activity (may be sainsbo's). Sometimes 'host' an activity eg baking, painting for a couple of other toddlers & mums. Once a week he goes to the leisure center creche while I swim.

12 noon - home for lunch

1pm DS naps (normally). I might iron or tackle bathroom, do some cooking for later, catch up with phone calls, usually a bit of mumsnetting too.

3pm DS up, likes 30 mins on the sofa with a snack to "wake up". Then usually go out again, friends for a cuppa/visit library/recyling/post office/park etc.

5pm home for tea if we don't have out at a friends

6pm bath every other night, PJs and milk. DH home around half past, I can then finish off preparing dinner.

7pm DH puts DS to bed then we eat.

Lot of wafting there but it passes the time. We go out a lot. Weekends it all goes out the window though and can actually be harder without a routine.

Wow - toddler group everyday!!

I'm more of a drifter but our day is fairly clearly defined by DH coming in for breakfast and lunch - he's a herdsman and we live on the side of the farmyard.

Vaugely ... on a day when we haven't got 'plans'

3.45 or 5.45 - DH goes to work - DD and I snore on
7.30 - Get up, tidy round from previous evening (Put washing-up away, empty dishwasher etc)
8ish - Washed and dressed - tho sometimes I get bogged down in getting the washing on or cleaning the fire and so don't get dressed until after DH has been in.
8.30/9 - DH in for breakfast.
9-1 - we tend to drift, play, do art stuff etc I take my lead from DD and see what she wants to do but I try and get any jobs done in the morning so we can play etc in the afternoon.
1-2 - DH in for lunch.
2-5 - more of the same from the morning but tend to take the dogs for a walk in the afternoon and nip over to see DH if he's milking.
5 - start to get tea ready
6 - DH home
6.30 - tea
7.15 - upstairs for tv bath bed.

That is very sketchy and probably not waht you were after - Like I say, I'm a drifter too

Should add - we are very rural; nothing is within walking distance except DH's work and my nextdoor neighbour (DH's boss) who has school-age DC and I always feel like I'm imposing if we go round there ...

I've got a 5mth old DS.

8:00am get up, Get DS dressed with clean nappy, have breakfast

8:45am Shower, hair and teeth

9:30am BF DS, change nappy.

10:00am DS nap time (usually 2 hours) either at home or in the parm when we meet friend and baby for a long 5 mile walk.

If staying in I do the dishes and have a tidy up. Then go on MN!

11:00am elevenses if at home.

12:00pm Ds wakes up for BF, clean nappy, prepare lunch while DS bounces in door bouncer.

12:30pm Lunch.

1:00pm Thursdays go to mother and toddler until 3pm. Any other day I play games with DS and watch telly.

2:00pm BF DS, clean nappy then ready for his nap, (usually 3 hours) so will pop him in pram and quick walk to the shop to pick up newspaper for DP.

2:30pm Cup of tea, biscuit and MN/magazine/newspaper.

5:00pm DS wakes up, BF and clean nappy, put in door bouncer or baby seat to play with toys whilst I begin making tea.

5:30pm sit down with DS to watch telly.

6:00pm DP comes home and plays with DS whilst I make cups of tea. We catch up and take it in turns to eat our tea.

7:00pm DS has bath, boob and bed. Lay with him until he has gone to sleep.

7:45pm Usually manage to escape and come downstairs to watch eastenders or if missed I catch it again at 10pm. Spend evening watching telly with DP, reading book or newspaper or MN.

8:45pm BF DS.

9:45pm BF DS.

10:00pm Brush teeth and get into pyjamas.

10:30pm - 11:00pm Bed.

Got DS1 (just 5) at shcool in Early Years (but not at minute- snow!) so a bit different. DS2 (3.5) at preschool 3 ams and DD (18m) at home.

7am up do all the brekkie, teeth, hair, dressing battles!
8.40 out to shcool drop off and pre school drop off. walk back. Take DD to a toddler group or singing or coffee morning at friends
11.45am pick up at pre school
noonish- lunch
Then nap for DD and some days DS2 (depending how his eye bags look he is 3.5 but a very sleepy child!)
2.30 DS2 up
2.45 DD up
During nap I prepare tea things, do housework, do MN/admin/other jobs and even sometimes have a cup of tea and sit down!
3pm leave for school
Back by 3.30pm
They all play/ we do reading books/ some activity together
4.30 I cook our tea
5pm we all eat tea together
5.45pm tidy up time
6.00 20 mins of TV with milk
6.20 up for bath and story and in bed by 7pm
DH not around for any of this - he leaves at 6.40am and is back between 7pm and later
I have to get out once every day or I go mad. Today has been intereting as we are house bound but we have been in the snow twice (but DD not keen- its up to her knees!)

Wow these are really helpful, I really need to get into a routine of sorts.

At the moment I sleep in for far too long, spend much too much time online and barely do anything around the house. So these have given me some good ideas - I must start going out every day (just a hard habit to start when I don't drive and it is so cold)

Do you mind me asking how you manage to fit in all the daily jobs to a 1-2 hour slot? Do your DH's help lots? Or is my house just too messy and I need to start again!

I only do housework as such for an hour or so a day but I do tidy as I go along the rest of the day.

If you see dirty clothes/plates or clean things waiting to be put away then deal with it on the spot. And take something with you every time you go up and downstairs.

tigerschick my DS would love to live where you do! He loves farms more than anything in the world...

These are great, thankyou. I am hindered alot with depression & lack of friends but it's nice to see what 'the norm' is so I can aim for it. Just beyond DSs preschool is a library - I might pluck up the courage to go there instead of home during the 2 1/2 hours. DS2 is pretty quiet (as long as he's being fed!) so should be ok

wow Tigerschick

I clean 1 room a day, wash up as i go, chuck a wash in the machine when im in the kitchen doing lunch, take it out at dinner. dd's scared of the hoover so dp does that at night. I always put a wash on over night as well, get it out at breakfast.

The library's great, we go alot
If you start going to groups you'll be able to make friends,I moved here 18mnths ago and knew nobody but forced myself to talk to people

I've found I've had to become much more regimented since dd1 started school in September, no more drifting for us sadly.

My routine is roughly:

6 - 7am up, dressed, breakfast.
8.30am school run
9am home. Unload dishwasher, put washing on, tidy kitchen.
Activity of some kind with dd2 (almost 2) in the morning, eg swimming, music.
Lunch.
Walk with dd2 in pram pm (new sleep experiment)
3pm school run
After school activity for dd1 either swimming lesson, playdate or homework.
6pm dh home, have tea. Load dishwasher, tidy kitchen and living room.
7.30pm kids in bed.

Fortunately dd2 is at nursery all day Monday which is when I do housework etc.

I do a load of washimng overnight (on a timer) and unload before school run. Put dry stuff away at bathtime (it lives on our bed in between!)I don't do ironing!!
Dishwasher goes on after tea and I unload before bed and leave out brekkie stuff.
Wash up and clear up as I go.
Kids do toys.
I must admit to on line shopping and that I hoover very infrequently. Do a bathroom etc at lunch time- one room a day only here!!

Oh goodness me! I feel awful now, I don't do any of these things!

I have DS 18 months and DD 5 months, our day goes as follows;

6am Feed DD in bed
7am DS gets up, downstairs, change nappies, get DS breakfast.

Then its just sterilsing bottles and putting on laundry before

10am change nappies, feed DD
10.30 Put DS upstairs for nap
Then I do my Davina exercise DVD then have a shower.

12noon sometimes have lunch, get DS his lunch ready for him waking, make DD a bottle and feed her.

Afternoons pass in a haze of half hearted housework and putting food in the slowcooker.

5pm DS has dinner and then a bath and jammies on.

6pm DH comes home and we have dinner

After that DS goes to bed at 7.30 and I fall asleep on the sofa til its time to feed DD and sterilise bottles again.

I wish I could get out more

Gosh! I do enough that I don't have much time for housework!!
generally
7am up dress and feed dd1 and dd2 takes til about 8.30ish 20 mins sit have coffee/toast. 850 take dd1 pre-school on Monday/thursday. go with dd2 to toddler group Mon/music group thurs. 12 come home cook/make lunch 1230 eat. 1-1430 children nap and I mumsnet/do dinner prep/ put washing in or empty drier. !430 get dcs up, change dd2 and out to school to collect mindee at 3pm. Walk home get snacks and drinks for dcs. 1530 do an activity such as sticking,cutting, colouring, reading stories, go to park, play games, stick dvd in 1630 start evening meal 1715 eat 1740 clear away and wash up, mindee collected at 1800 so handover 1820 feed baby her bottle and put to bed. 7pm relax!
AM
Monday- toddler group
Tuesday- soft play
Weds- Toddler group/Messy play
Thurs- Music and singing
Friday- Swimming/coffee at friends
PM
Same most days but used to go to friends with bigger garden in summer so dd1 could trampoline, sandpit etc in nice weather or go to the park lots.