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ali-1411
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What is your day like today?
ali-1411
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I saw two comments in the reading thread below about not understanding how other sahm's have time. What is your day like? Here's mine so far.
Woke up at 6:20. DH got Jakob breakfast and I packed his lunch for school. DH leaves at 6:35 and Jakob leaves for the bus at 6:55. I sat down with the newspaper and a cup of coffee, then got in the shower. Layna woke up as I was getting dressed about 7:30. We ate breakfast. I cleaned up the kitchen and then went off to Walgreens about 8:30. I talked to my friend on the way. Got home about 9:15. Layna is watching Little Bill and finishing her yogurt, I'm on the boards. I have two friends coming over for a playdate at 10:30. They'll stay till about noon, then Layna will take a nap and I'll watch Days of Our Lives. She should wake up around 2ish. We'll do whatever until 3 when Jakob gets home. He gets a snack and does his homework. DH gets home around 3:40. We'll have to do dinner early because they have baseball tonight. We get home around 7. Jakob takes a shower and both kids are in bed by 7:30. I take the dog for a walk, DH plays video games. We watch tv and will probably be in bed by 10.
I cleaned yesterday. Some days Layna and I are in our pjs until noon. I literally have more time on my hands then I know what to do with. I don't know what I'm not doing that I'm supposed to be doing to be busy all the time, because most days I'm pretty freakin bored.
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Re: What is your day like today?
Woke up at 4:30 to console DS because he had been awake for 30 minutes - went in to nurse him. Went back to bed. Woke up at 5:30. Showered, got dressed, woke DH up so he could shower. Made coffee, packed our lunches. Woke DS up and cuddled with him for 10 minutes. Ate breakfast, did the dishes, folded the laundry.
7am - left.
8am - arrived at work. I have meetings all day today (I hate Tuesdays) and a lot of work but I'm so overwhelmed that I don't know where to start so I keep goofing off and taking breaks.
1pm - I usually will eat lunch outside and read my book, 2pm - go back to work. 5pm leave work, drive to Cedar Park to pick up my son. Arrive home at 6:30pm. Feed DS, play with him for about 15 minutes, give him his bath, read him a book, then nurse him and put him to bed (7:30pm). 7:30pm - workout, 8pm - watch Glee and eat leftovers for dinner. 9pm - clean the kitchen, clean up the playroom and the living room, throw in a load of laundry. 9:30pm - shower and go to bed.
I am totally with you. I get bored easily. But, I totally can't sit still either. ;-) I like to stay busy. There are many days that I wished I did have a job or at least a pt job that I could work from home.
Austin is so easy and laid back. He plays independently in his room and watches movies. I can always get done everything I need to plus some. I suppose it is his age too. He does not demand my full attention and is becoming more self sufficient which, I must say is very nice. :-) Now, once this second baby comes along I know my days will become much more busy and hectic.
The O'Baby Blog
Woke up at 12:30am to rock Will. Back to bed at 1:30am. Woke up at 2:30am to rock Will. Back to bed at 3:00am. Up at 6:15am to get ready. Will woke up at 6:20 and made a wreck of the bathroom while I showered and tried to let DH sleep a little bit. 7:00am baby #1 arrives for daycare. Those two play while I make breakfast for me, Will, and DH. Eat breakfast while Will throws his bananas all over the floor. 7:30am baby #2 arrives for daycare. 7:45 am change 3 diapers. 8:00am feed baby #1 breakfast an bottle. 8:30am feed baby #2 bottle. 8:45am change 2 dirty diapers. 9:00am naptime for baby #2. 9:15am naptime for baby #1. 9:30am: naptime for Will. 9:45 am breakfast for dogs. 10:00am sit down with snack, check the boards, and then get to work on editing pictures.
I'm too busy for my own good
Usually I babysit on Tuesdays, but today I am just in charge of getting the LO to MDO and picking her up. Here goes...
Wake up at 7:30 and get DD out of her crib. I made the mistake of trying to brush my teeth before I got her up so she is screaming by the time I get her.
Nursed DD and realized that I forgot to change her diaper before I started nursing her. DH usually gets her up in the morning but he is in the office today. Changed her, got her dressed and tried to suck the snot out of her nose... This has become a 2 man job. She is now hysterical again and I have to deal with her poopy diaper (we CD.) She tries to follow me into the bathroom and is not understanding why I cannot pick her up until I deal with the diaper and wash my hands.
8:00- tried to give Kate some crackers for breakfast, she is not having it. Ever since we started Ferber she has been pretty clingy.
8:15- out the door to pick up the LO and take her to MDO.
9:10- back home. Kate is tired because she woke up earlier than usual. Nurse her again and get ready for her nap.
9:30- put her in her crib and hope against hope that she will fall asleep. After 30 minutes and one "interval check" she is finally asleep at 10:00. Now I don't know what to do with myself because until this week, she would not have been sleeping in her crib. I *should* clean the kitchen, but I am going to read instead and justify it by saying that the noise would wake her up.
She will probably wake up a 11:00 or 11:30. Then I think we're going to take a walk and go to the swings. At 12:00 we will have lunch with DH and then Kate and I will most likely play on the floor with her blocks while I try to play words with friends on my phone.
At 1:45 we will go pick up the LO from MDO and take her home. We'll be home around 2:15 I think. At 2:30 maybe a nap? I doubt she will fall asleep again though, so she will just be a bit cranky for the afternoon and we will play on the floor some more until DH gets off work at 4:30. Then I will clean the kitchen and probably start some laundry. We'll eat at 6:30 and then start the bedtime routine. Hopefully she falls asleep so I can watch Lost tonight!
Most days we try to meet up with some friends at the park or something, but Kate's a bit snotty, so we are sticking closer to home this week.
OMG this makes my head hurt! 3 babies?!!!!!!
I've been surfing the web during training cause it's super boring. We'll have an hour and a half lunch and I'll sit out by the pool (I'm at the Omni) and eat the lunch I packed.
I'll leave here around 4 and be home by 4:30. DD and I will play until DH gets home at 5:30. If DD is feeling better, I'll take her for a walk around the neighborhood for about a hour while DH runs. We'll hang out outside and grill chicken for dinner. We go in and eat around 7:30.
After dinner, DH will bathe DD and get her ready for bed while I pick up, pack lunches, iron, and shower. DH rocks DD to sleep and we watch TV until 10..sometimes we don't have TV time at all. We all go to bed at 10.
We're busy but I like it. I don't have time to sit around and snack.
If I were a SAHM I would have a lot more down time but I would try to get out and do things, go to play dates, etc. more.
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8:00am- DS wakes up. change diaper, get bfast ready, DS eats and watches SS, I check the boards, FB, email.
8:45am- clean DS up, put him in the living room while I clean up after bfast and the rest of the kitchen, he poos, I change his dirty diaper, get him dressed for the day, he plays while I get ready for a walk.
10am- we walk for 1-1.15hours.
11am- DS goes down for a nap. I do Jillian, rest, check the boards again, clean what I can while DS naps, but he's a light sleeper so there's a lot that I can't do.
12:30pm- DS wakes up, I make lunch, he eats, I eat, I clean up after lunch.
1:30-2pm- clean DS up after lunch, get him redressed, sweep the floor, he plays.
2pm-4pm- we run errands, if I need to vacuum we do that, laundry, DS runs around the house, if it's not too hot/raining we play outside, etc.
4-5pm- DS goes down for another nap, I fold laundry, check email etc, take a bath and read/relax, start dinner (again, he's a light sleeper and there's a lot I can't do), clean the bathrooms if I need to.
6:30pm- DS wakes up, I get his dinner ready, finish our dinner, eat
700-7:30pm- DS goes to the bath tub with DH(& jammies), I clean up DS's dinner, start cleaning up after our dinner (DH finishes it), sweep/mop the floor, etc.
7:30ish-9pm- DH and I play with DS
9pm- DS goes to bed. DH cleans the rest of the kitchen, I clean up around the house, put away laundry, etc, if I haven't taken a bath, then a take one then, watch TV, etc.
11pm we go to bed.
Up at 4 to feed Charlie, then back to bed until 6:45, when I fed him again. Then back to bed until 8:30, when DH left for work. He had already gotten Leo up and fed. I made coffee and ate breakfast while Leo watched YGG and Charlie napped.
When Charlie woke up we played in the backyard for about a half hour. Then we came inside and I fed Charlie while Leo had a snack. I am actually still feeding Charlie right now, Leo is just wandering around, throwing tantrums when his shopping cart gets tangled up in the play mat, lol.
Leo will have lunch around 11:30 and then go down for a nap. Charlie will nap at the same time as Leo. During naptime I'm hoping to get a LOT of cleaning done today. I'm not sure what we'll do when they wake up this afternoon...probably try to go out and run errands.
DH will be home around 5:30. I'll make dinner and we'll all just hang out until bedtime around 8. Then DH and I do whatever until we go to bed. It's a lot of "doing whatever" and "hanging out," lol. I'm not sure whether or not I'd say "it's a full time job," but I do think that this gets really stressful sometimes. There are days when someone is always screaming at me, when time just seems to flow from one diaper change to the next, and by the time DH gets home my nerves are shattered. I'm sure it's easier when they get a bit older and can talk more than just scream? I hope?
Up at 7, with 30-45 minutes to myself to get ready for the day. DS usually comes in around 7:45 because he's hungry. We head downstairs and I make him breakfast. On MWF, when he has school I make his lunch and get his nap mat and stuff ready to go and unload/load the dishwasher, while he eats. Today he doesn't have school so I unload/load the dishwasher, throw in some laundry, sweep and mop the kitchen floor. The baby I watch shows up around 8:15-8:30. Get DS dressed, brush hair, brush his teeth and have him ready to leave with DH at 8:45. DD wakes up around 8:30. I change her, make her breakfast, check the boards. When she's done I have to sweep again, wipe down the table and the chairs because she likes to feed herself these days. Do more laundry and change the kids' sheets while the kids play with toys. Read a couple of books to the babies. Do more laundry and lysol the door handles/bannister. Change diapers. 10:30 go for a walk around the neighborhood. 11:15 make baby lunch and feed him. 11:30 make DD's lunch. Clean up her whole eating area again. Check the boards. Change diapers. Finish last bit of laundry. Try to plan my afternoon errand schedule and check my to-do list, make calls to doctor offices, go through some mail, shove some crappy food into my mouth. Read more books to the kids. Baby gets picked up around 1:45. I change DD's diaper and we are out the door to go pick up DS from school. Go to post office, grocery store. Kids watch tv and color while I put groceries away and start dinner. Take some special time with DS while DD naps. I want to take a nap now, but will probably waste time checking the boards/reading blogs for a whole 30 minutes. DD wakes, change her, we go outside to play. I finish dinner and we eat around 6-6:30. Clean kitchen, walk to park to play, do bathtime, books, rock/sing and bed. It's probably 9-9:30 by now. I pour a glass of wine, maybe watch tv, maybe spend time on the computer. I'm tired but it's too hard to fall asleep when DH isn't home. Too tired to do anything productive, but can't sleep until 1am when DH gets home. I don't like to shower or bathe during this time either because if the kids cried, I couldn't get to them/hear them soon enough and there's no one else to go rescue them. Maybe this is irrational because they both sttn with no problems and pretty much never wake, but I still want to be available if they need me.
Maybe I clean too much, but even after sweeping, mopping, vaccuuming, doing 3 loads of laundry, doing the dishes, lysol-ing the house, the toys are still everywhere and I feel like my house is still a wreck and that's stressful. I didn't even bake a cake, all the meals I make are super easy, I didn't do any crafting, I didn't do any reading, I didn't do an art project with the kids, don't run a business, didn't cut coupons, didn't garden, didn't sew anything, etc. but I'm done for the day.
So, knowing that I'm on my own with the kids after 8:45am. Feel free to critique my day. I'd love to find some time for myself in there somewhere. The only day DH is truly off all day is Sunday and lately I've been on my own then too because he's had to fix our leaky shower, fix the fence, fix the car, fix the water heater, etc. Blah. He'll usually take the kids to Home Depot or to the dump or something and I'll get an hour or so and I take a nap in a quiet house.
Sing it, sister! Man, I know exactly how that feels. I just got done cleaning and the downstairs looks so nice...I'm enjoying it now, because as soon as Leo wakes up it's going to look exactly like it did before I started. *sigh*
6:30- woke up. Jon had just gotten back from his run, so we had coffee together and talked.
7:15- Tommy up. Bottle and breakfast for him.
7:45- Jack up. Breakfast for him.
8:00- Jon left.
Played w/ the guys until 8:45ish. Walked for ~30-40 minutes.
Came back to the house and had a playdate until 11 (I think).
Went to Sonic and ate about 10x the calories I burned while walking.
12:30- Jack was getting a bit more restless than usual, so we did an early nap. Stories at 12:30 and then naptime at 12:45. Tommy went down for his nap at the same time.
12:45-2:00- Whatever time. Today, I got some laundry done and tidied up the kitchen/ family room.
2:00- Tommy up, lunch/ bottle for him. playtime until Jack woke up (3:30).
Now, we're off to the store to pick up some brown sugar that I need for dinner.
When we get back (4:30ish). I'll let Jack play out in the back yard and I'll finish washing diapers and straightening. I also need to pay some bills and make some calls.
I'll start dinner ~5:15 and Jon should be back ~ 5:45. He then plays w/ the boys until I finish dinner.
Eat 6:00-6:30.
Baths 6:30-7:15
Bedtime 7:30.
Glee 8:00
Thinking about Glee 9:00-10:30.
7:00 - woke up, got showered and dressed.
7:30 - Got DS up, changed and dressed. Fed him breakfast.
8:00 - Got all of DS' stuff ready for MDO. Packed lunch and bag to go. Had some playtime until time to go.
8:45 - In the car and off to MDO by 9 am. DS at MDO from 9 - 2:30.
9:00 - 2:00 -- Had three meetings for a project I'm working on, then made some phone calls, answered e-mails, had lunch, went to visit my grandmother in the nursing home. Came home to relax a little. Left at 2:15 to pick up DS.
2:30 - now --- playing with DS, finishing some more e-mails, will tidy up the house and start on laundry soon.
6:30 - DH is home from work. Have dinner.
7:00 - 7:30 -- DH gets DS bathed and ready for bed. Bedtime between 7:30/8 PM.
8:00 - 9:00 PM -- DH and I hang out for about an hour until he goes into his office (at home) to work and study.
9:00 - 11:30 PM -- I finish any cleaning stuff I feel needs to be done or I watch my shows on the DVR, work on one of my craft projects, etc.
This is usually how my T/Th pan out. Usually on Tuesday night, I'm volunteering (but not tonight). Wednesdays are my ensemble rehearsals. M/W/F during the day are much fuller with lots of activities from 9 - 3 PM. Usually DS will have quiet time/nap (if I'm lucky!) from 3-4:30. Then it's time to pick up and think about what to make for dinner so that it's ready when DH comes home (this isn't a nightly think, but usually 4 nights a week.)