Another question for SAHM

Julias Table

Do you stay home all day, every day?

or

Do you go on an outing once a week?  (edit)

or

Do you go on an outing every day of the week?

The first 3 months I was out everyday. I am home mostly now because I want LO to have consistent naps and it seems to be working! But some days i go crazy!  I found I can take a quick trip to target or the mall between his naps and not mess anything up.

How about you?

MrsQueale

I try to take the kids out once a week (library majority of the time). Makayla does have playdates so she gets out and I can stay home and get things done.

I hate going out alot, it messes up feeding and napes with Kirstin.

czaja125

I go on outings a few times a week. DD doesn't have a napping schedule because it changes daily. As long as I'm home in time for her nighttime routine doesn't matter to me. 

LittleGus

We leave the house everyday.  I'd go absolutely insane if we didn't.

gemrae1225

I go out a few times a week.  We also walk around the park every day that it's nice out just to get some fresh air.  

Nhev

czaja125:

I go on outings a few times a week. DD doesn't have a napping schedule because it changes daily. As long as I'm home in time for her nighttime routine doesn't matter to me. 

This!

SammyJJo

I try to go out - but between DS being a delicate napper and it being cold and flu season we only manage social calls about 1/week and errands 1-2 times/week.  I sort of can't wait to go back to work in November simply because it's such a PITA to leave the house right now!  I miss adult interaction, don't know how women do this long term.

CherryStarburst

gemrae1225:

I go out a few times a week.  We also walk around the park every day that it's nice out just to get some fresh air.  

This exactly.

BrittKav

We go to the library, grocery store, my grandparents' house, and my parents' house at least once a week...so we get out of the house almost every day. I'm a SAHM but my situation is a little different because DH works 4-midnight so he's home doing stuff with us most of the day.

HML5382

 I go out a few days a week most of the time but I try to work around her naps as much as possible because she's a grump if she doesn't sleep well.

She sleeps well in her carseat/stroller though, so if it's an outing where she can stay in there I'll try to leave the house at the start of her naptime. Otherwise I take her right after she wakes up so she won't catnap in the car and mess up her schedule too bad.

JDO

We try to get out once a week, but it doesn't always happen. It will be easier once the weather is nicer. I'm envious of people in other parts of the country where it's already been nice for weeks.

KissyFishyLips

I'm new at the SAHM thing.  DD was born in mid-December, so we didn't go out a lot at all in the beginning.  Now we do a store trip probably once a week or every other week. I also go for a 2-mile dog+baby walk every day that I can (at least 3 times a week).  I have a friend with a young baby who lives about 15 minutes away - she works 3 days/week but we try to get together on the days she's home.

I'm pretty happy with this setup.  I like being home with her - I'm happy to get outside though.  The walks make me feel productive enough. 

FinallyMrs.G

We get out a couple of times a week. We also walk at the park when it's nice out, haven't had much nice weather yet though.

JenGarden

CherryStarburst:

gemrae1225:

I go out a few times a week.  We also walk around the park every day that it's nice out just to get some fresh air.  

This exactly.

This is us, too.

Bailey81

We have Music Together on Tuesdays, moms' group on Wednesdays, story time at the library every other Thursday, and we go have lunch with the spouse at his office a couple times a month. Not nice enough yet to go to the park regularly. Marketing and other errands get wedged in there. I kind of view raising him like socializing a puppy--the more people and places he's exposed to, the better. 

2mom74

I usually get out about 2-3x per week. I need the social interaction, even if it's just the grocery store It seems as long as his nighttime routine isn't off my more than half an hour, then all is good with sleep.

HairStylinWifey

It just depends. On Sundays and Tuesdays we have church things that we go to. At least one day a week we go to the grocery store, and then maybe one other day we'll go to Target or the mall and walk around. So usually we're out and about 4 days a week for sure, sometimes more.

She's getting big enough now that running errands is really fun with her, but I also dont mind staying inside all day. When we had snowpocalyse back in Jan it was totally awesome being inside for a week straight- I Loved it!

kcisthebombdotcom

It depends on the week. When the weather is nice, we take a walk to the playground that's about 15 minutes away everyday. When it's crappy out, not so much.

We do story time at the library every Wednesday-that's our only consistent activitiy. We also do things like go to the zoo (we have a membership and it's less than 20 minutes away) and the indoor carousel on a regular basis.

SnoopyLuv

CherryStarburst:

gemrae1225:

I go out a few times a week.  We also walk around the park every day that it's nice out just to get some fresh air.  

This exactly.

This is us to. We go to the grocery store on Monday and then usually we have some type of appoinment or meeting to go to (LLL or Moms club). We take a walk around the neighborhood every day that i's above 50 degrees.

BeachM

We typically go out every couple of days.  If the weather is nice, we go on a walk every day. 

Going out, other than on a walk, really just depends on how the day is going.  There isn't an enclosed mall where I live, but as the weather gets nicer we have more options of things to do.  If only library story time wasn't exactly during nap time!

displaced kiwi

4 days a week we go to stroller exercise classes that are funded by my health insurance.

The other day we go visit my grandfather.

 We always do our things at the same time everyday--- so that is the nap she takes in her carseat. She takes the others at home. 

amp2312

Unless someone has an appointment I stay home all day every day now that I'm not working, I don't mind most of the time. I'm not "good" in public anyway and since Spencer keeps getting sick it's been suggested that he stays away from other children until we are 100% in the clear for a few weeks.