SAHM---do you have a "schedule" that you follow?

minnasmommy

of activities for DC, household chores/duties...etc.

would you mind posting it....looking for ideas! 

thanks.  

winery

I have a cleaning schedule and then I have J's school schedule (T TH 12-2).  The other times I leave open to schedule playdates and trips and such.

Some days, like today, I decide to stay home and lounge with the kids and only run one errand.  Other days, we are gone all day long and B naps in the car, between playdates, school and errands.

 

SumnerBride

Our days are typically the same as far as timing goes.

8-breakfast
9-get ready for the day
10-nap 1 for Sydney (sometimes now because we're in between)
12-lunch
1-Target or Fred's
2-park or walk around neighborhood
3-nap 2 (sometimes)
4-Oprah and dinner prep
5-clean up before H gets home
6-dinner

Mc_Newlywed

Morning - get up, make tea, give her milk & empty the dishwasher (while waiting for the tea).  Then we lounge for a little while then have breakfast.  

After breakfast we get dressed (8:30/9ish), make the beds and do various little things upstairs.  Like some days I run a swiffer around the bedrooms, another day I gather up the garbage up there, etc.   Then we go run errands or go to a playdate.  If we're staying home I usually start laundry at this point. 

Lunch then her nap.  During her nap I do at least 1 load of laundry and any cleaning that I want to get done that day.  I do it as fast as possible because the rest of her naptime is ME time!  

After her nap we have a snack and usually play together until we start dinner.  

Dinner, play, bath, bed.   

CubbyMama

We don't have a set schedule, but on an average/ideal day, it would look something like this:

6:30-7am: wake up

7-8am: breakfast, K watches a show on Tivo, I clean out the dishwasher while E eats in the high chair

8-10am: girls play in play room while I go back & forth, playing with them, changing laundry around, cleaning up clutter, etc.

10am: E takes a nap, I take a shower and get K & I dressed/ready

[mid-day varies: we might go out, run errands, have a play date, visit family, etc....if we're home, I try to get K to nap around 1 or 2pm and E takes another nap around 2pm as well, if I'm lucky]

5 or 6pm: dinner

6-7pm: play time, baths

7pm: I put E to bed while DH & K have a snack

7:30pm: get K in jammies, brush her teeth, read stories & snuggle

8:30ish: K in bed

FooBride

My pregnant schedule is nowhere near as hard core as my non-pregnant schedule.  I give myself more breaks and I luckily was able to get cleaning people every other week.  They are my saviors.

M-T-Th we have music class 9:30 or preschool at 9:15

7:30am wake up, go potty, change in to big girl pants go downstairs for breakfast all by 8am.

8-8:20am both of us eat breakfast -- no TV (yes to TV on W & F)

8:20am get her dressed and on to my bed to watch a show while I shower (do this closer to 9am on W & F)

9:00 out the door (we have 15min cushion on Mondays)

During her nap I try and run an errand and relax OR if the morning was a disaster I make whatever I miss up (i.e. shower, breakfast).  When I was not pregnant I would be able to knock out many errands, now it's 1 or 2.

11:30am back home, start planning lunch, let DD play by herelf.

12-12:45 Lunch for us both

12:45  Start nap process (includes getting her upstairs, potty and a story)

1:15-3pm Nap, I do a load of laundry (not everyday) pay bills, answer emails, read the nest.  I also try hard to to absolutely nothing for about an hour, sometimes if I am really dogging it I sleep about 30 min

3pm-5pm More play (cannot wait until we can go outside again!)

5pm I let her watch a show, sometimes 2, while I start dinner

6pm Eat, hopefully DH comes home at some point, DD plays after dinner

7pm Bath and Bed (hopefully out at 8pm, asleep usually by 8:30pm)

 

While I have taken away my own house chores I still clean my kitchen after all meals.  I find that potty training has also added a huge time suck to the day.  I feel like we operate in slow motion a lot but I keep thinking we're going to need to slow down considerably when DD#2 shows up, might as well start now and take decent care of myself. I think I've mentioned that this pregnancy I was diagnosed with perinatal anxiety/depression (same as post partum but during), so that has greatly impacted my ability to do my job.  I have spent a lot of time being pissed at my reduced/uncontrolable state but I have slowly started to accept it.  I need lots of help too. My mom gets me through the day often but we follow this same schedule.  I am having a really good today in the fact that I can actually type this post.

I cannot even believe that a year ago my condo was on the market and I was cleaning it perfectly for showings 3 or so times a week and making it to yoga 2x a week.  All while cooking new recipes, hosting/attending regular moms groups and doing all the chores!

 

praline

Monday: free play in early am, coloring, play dough, baking, maybe a craft.   When the weather is nice a walk in the neighborhood, playing on the deck.  11:30 am-12:15 DD #1 has ballet.  Come home and have lunch, nap for DD #1, play downstairs with DD #2, nap for DD #2.  When DD #1 wakes up we read books, go to the library, or take a walk until I start getting ready for dinner.

Tuesday: DD #1 has preschool from 9 to 11.  After we go to the playground, the library, or home to play and then lunch.  Nap.  After nap is the same as Monday.

Wednesday: Open gym from 9 to 10.  Then we go to a local market, or sometimes have some food at a local diner.  We might occasionally shop for something.  Home and lunch then nap.  Afternoon like Monday.

Thursday: DD #1 has preschool from 9 to 11.  The rest of the day like Tuesday.

Friday: Music class at 10.  We usually go to a local grocery before the class that has kid shopping carts and a pony ride and free suckers.  After music we play on the playground.  Home for lunch and nap.  Afternoon playdate.

I shop for groceries on Sunday while DH watches the girls.  I also meal plan and look for coupons on Sunday.  I don't like doing real grocery shopping with the girls because it takes too long.  Every night after dinner I make sure I run the dishwasher and every morning I unload it.  I sweep the kitchen multiple times a day.  I vacuum the dining room every night after dinner.  Every night I run one load of laundry through and fold up one load a night.  This helps me keep up with it without being too much every night.  I sort the laundry folded from the previous night throughout the day.

We have a cleaning person every two weeks, so other than also picking up all day long I don't really do much heavy duty cleaning. 

DevonPow

6:45 AM - I get up and shower  and dress (unless I am going to the gym, then I get up at 7 and skip the shower)

7:30 - DS gets up (thank you Tot Clock!)

8:00 - breakfast, get DS dressed

8:30 - leave for morning activity (Monday - Burn class at the gym followed by park/library, Tuesday usually a museum or MOMS Club Activity, Friday My Gym class and playdate)

12:00  - Lunch

1/1:30 - Nap/rest time. During his nap I shower (if I went to the gym that morning). vacuum, straighten up and prep dinner if need be.

3/3:30 - 5:30 - afternoon activity. Playgroup some days. Occassional errands. Park. Some days we stay in.

5:30 - DS watches a show while I finish dinner

6/6:15 - dinner for me and DS

After dinner we do bath, jammies, play for a bit, read books and DS is in bed by 7:30.

After he goes to bed I straighten up and do a load of laundry. DH gets home at 8:30 or so.

Wednesdays and Thursdays Henry goes to daycare. Those days I go to the gym, have any appointments I need, do major cleanings (bathrooms, etc), run errands, etc.

We do grocery delivery so I meal plan and order on Sunday and have it delivered on Monday.

 

 

muchlove

CubbyMama:

We don't have a set schedule, but on an average/ideal day, it would look something like this:

6:30-7am: wake up

7-8am: breakfast, K watches a show on Tivo, I clean out the dishwasher while E eats in the high chair

8-10am: girls play in play room while I go back & forth, playing with them, changing laundry around, cleaning up clutter, etc.

10am: E takes a nap, I take a shower and get K & I dressed/ready

[mid-day varies: we might go out, run errands, have a play date, visit family, etc....if we're home, I try to get K to nap around 1 or 2pm and E takes another nap around 2pm as well, if I'm lucky]

5 or 6pm: dinner

6-7pm: play time, baths

7pm: I put E to bed while DH & K have a snack

7:30pm: get K in jammies, brush her teeth, read stories & snuggle

8:30ish: K in bed

This is pretty much our routine with DD (almost 4) and DS 10 mos.  DD also goes to school MWF from 9-1:30. I work on Tues for about 5 hours, but DH tries to keep the routine the same.

I got rid of the cleaning lady to save some money, but one thing I learned from having one every other week for a short while is that you really don't need to deep clean your house every week. Every other Sat. DH takes the kids to breakfast and the library for a few hours and I clean as much as I can as fast as I can. In between I sweep every day a million times a day, I mop the kitchen floor 1 or 2 times a week, and I clean the kitchen sink and th main floor bathroom sink 1-2 x a week, too. (On the Saturdays he doesn't take the kids out I go get a pedicure. I consider this fair payment.