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SAHM'S- What are your weekly activities like?

Mondays- We have library storytime and we usually stay after and play for about a half hour to an hour.

Tuesday- We have gymnastics and sometimes we'll head to the mall afterwards to play at the playplace and have lunch or go to Target and just walk around, pick up stuff if we need to. I always give DD the option of Target, mall or home.

Wednesday- We go to a friends house and play for a few hours. She watches a couple kids and two other moms come over. There are 6 kids total and two babies.

Thursday- We meet a friend at a different library, play for a bit, then she has story time for 45 minutes. This library is awesome; has a huge playhouse for all the kids, craft area, tons of toys, a huge life like play kitchen (it might be bigger than my real one, haha), dolls, puzzles, fish. Both of the girls have a lot of fun.

Friday- We either go to a jump house, swimming, museum, nature center, etc...with our playgroup.

We only do stuff in the mornings. I make sure we're home by 1 at the latest every day so that dd2 can get a good nap in the afternoon. DD1 doesn't nap much anymore.

Anyways, this morning DD1 woke up and was a total nightmare for the first two hours. Screaming, crying, telling us she hates us. She ended up sitting in her room for 30 minutes, just screaming and crying, didn't want to be around anyone... She's had a couple other times this past week that have been like that. I even let her nap 3 days this week, because she just seemed exhausted. We've been trying to give up the nap because if she gets one, she's up until 11 and she does ok without one, except this week she actually went to bed at a decent hour. DH thinks that she might be doing too much during the week and that maybe we should give up one of our activities. If we sit at home all day, though, we all go a bit stir crazy. I don't feel like anything we do is too exhausting. I hear that 3.5 is kind of a difficult age, I really hope not because the past few months have been great with her attitude. 2.5 to about the month after she turned 3 was horrible for us. Anyways, I just want to know what other moms think. Are we doing too much?

Re: SAHM'S- What are your weekly activities like?

  • Our schedule is pretty much the same is yours...maybe a couple times a month we have a day with nothing planned.  We are home by nap every day as well.  If we are home, dd is crabby or just wants to watch t.v.  We enjoy keeping busy!! We are in a MOMs group as well as gymnastics, swimming, soccer soon, library time, mommy/me class etc
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  • we usually try to do something everyday (it's kind of hard during the snowy winter though.)  Expect one day, where we do errands.  We are usually home by lunch for naps and then sometimes we'll go to the park for an hour before we have to come home to make dinner. 

     

  • We are very low key and unscheduled, for the most part.

    M-F 8-10 I work out at the gym and they go to the DC there. aka playtime

    Mondays- DD1 has ballet at 10:30

    DS has baseball practice 1x/week, 1 game per week and also one boyscout activity one day/week

    Every Fri we have an am playdate for 2 or 2 1/2 hours at someone's house, the park, the mall, etc.

    Everything else is spontaneous and contingent upon naps and the moods they're in.

  • We definitely don't do something everyday.  We have a standing playdate on Friday.  On Mondays Anthony receives speech services at home so that is a guarenteed low-key day b/c we stay home all morning before preschool.  I might plan something one other day, but I don't like to feel too scheduled.  Some mornings it is nice doing art projects and playing outside at home.
  • We rarely have something planned for every day of the week. Partially this is because we live about 10 minutes from town, and partially because I just don't want to run around every day.

    Monday- We do our weekly grocery shopping and other errands. We take our time and it takes most of the morning.

    Tuesday- Story time, and then the park if the weather is nice.

    Wednesday-  MOPS every other week, and sometimes a play date on our "off" weeks. We have church every Wed night.

    Thursday- We almost never do anything on thursdays. This is my day to stay home and get things done. 

    Friday- Sort of a free day. Sometimes we meet DH for lunch and run random errands to  get ready for the weekend.

    Overall, we have very few scheduled things. Maybe this fall DS will start taking a class or something, but for now it is nice to not have a lot of commitments. 

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  • I'm with Amy...we def. don't do something every day. She has nursery school MWF 9-11:30.  On the nice days, we stay at the school's playground for an hour, then head home for lunch. We get together for playdates sporadically, but not in a weekly scheduled fashion. We also do our target and gocery runs as well. We're in the house more in the winter, but once the warm weather comes, we're outside in the backyard A LOT.  I have the 7 mo old, so I usually like to get out once a day, but don't like to over-schedule myself. The baby gets cranky if I do too much running around, and I like to be home for naps in her crib and nursing in her chair (rather than the cramped car) as I'm trying to get her to sleep better in there.
    Melanie ~Ava Grace 7.20.06 & Lila Jane 7.22.09~ m/c #3 6/18/08 image
  • We don't go out every day. I would drop dead from exhaustion looking at some of these schedules.

    Both of my kids get crabby if we run around like crazy.

    AKA KnittyB*tch
    DS - December 2006
    DD - December 2008

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    We don't go out every day. I would drop dead from exhaustion looking at some of these schedules.

    Both of my kids get crabby if we run around like crazy.

    Totally my thoughts.

    Melanie ~Ava Grace 7.20.06 & Lila Jane 7.22.09~ m/c #3 6/18/08 image
  • We don't always do everything each week, but that's what an average week looks like for us. Tuesdays are the only day that we have to go out, since it's scheduled.. If she wakes up and says she doesn't want to do whatever we usually do that day and just wants to hang out at home than we do that. Fridays we don't always do something, but it's our free day to do fun stuff like museums, etc... In the summer, we won't do gymnastics and the story times aren't usually going on. We live in the Midwest, and like I said, we'd go crazy if we were stuck inside all the time. We can't really go out and play yet. We did get out some this week for walks, but our back yard is a muddy mess since all the snow is just melting and it's been raining. The wednesday playgroup is within walking distance and everything is real close, so it's not like we're driving all over the place all the time. The farthest we drive is 20 minutes on Thursdays to the library. In the afternoon, we always just hang out at home, dd1 and I watch a movie, free play, do a craft or bake, while dd2 naps... Like someone else said, if we're home all day, then she just asks to watch tv all day and gets crabby.

  • DS1 has a lot more activities scheduled than his brother...  He also goes to school (pre-K) 12:30 to 3pm every day.

    On Mondays we usually do a crafts class in the am, then play outside if it's nice or go home and play at home.  Then school (DS2 naps), then he has swim class

    Tuesdays - DS1 sometimes has a playdate with his friend, I drop him off and either take DS2 to the library, or shopping, or park. DS1 has a karate class (three times a week) and DS2 and I walk around or watch.

    Wednesday - DS1 goes to a teacher from 9 to 12:30, DS2 has music class from 9:30 to 10:30. Then we go either shopping or playground if the weather is ok. We pick up DS1 at 12:30, drive him to school while he eats lunch in the car and then go home for a nap. Wednesday night is either a playdate at the park or our own backyard with neighbors. Oh, wholefoods has mommy and me on Wednesdays am, we've done that too... they offer free snack :)

    Thursday - DS1 story time at the library in the am... they take them without parents. If weather is nice, we'll have picnic outside after the story time and then go to school... if not we play in the library and eat in the car :)  After school he has karate class.

    Fridays - nothing in the morning and then Karate in the pm.

    We'll continue doing karate until it gets warm outside. I'd rather go to the park and run around.

    It may seem like a lot of different activities... but staying at home only creates fights between the kids, so I'd rather be out and about :)

    Oh, and on Saturdays they go to their music/math teachers as well... DS1 from 9 to 12:30 and DS2 for an hour.....  

  • We are out every day

    Monday - gym for me (gym DC for DS) in the morning, then library and lunch out

    Tuesday - Usually a museum or park in the morning, playgroup in the afternoon

    Wednesday/Thursday - Daycare for DS (I do gym, errands, cleaning, etc)

    Friday - My Gym class for DS, then a playgroup

    We also have various MOMS Club activities throughout the week.

    I think it just depends on the personality of the kids (and you). DS and I go nutty if inside - we love to be out and about. Even on crappy weather days we at least walk to Starbucks or to the bookstore.Other people are more homebodies, which is great, too. I don't think DS is overscheduled or too tired from what we do. We are very strict with naptime and bedtime, and he doesn;t have a ton of classes, just a lot of playtime at various places.

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  • Our schedule is similar to yours- we're typically gone from 9am through 1pm (so he can nap).  Sometimes we'll hit a nearby playground or run a quick errand in the afternoon, or just stay in if he wakes up on the late side.  I cannot imagine this is from being too busy- sitting around at home doesn't sound like much fun....  Perhaps she's just transitioning from losing her nap or she's coming down with something.

    If she seems to enjoy the activities during the week- I wouldn't adjust your schedule.

  • We do something every day.  Otherwise we go crazy.  In the summer it is often just going to the park. 

    In the winter:

    M- playgroup

    T&W- playtime at a local church (basically playgroup)

    R- open gym at a community center

    F- playgroup or library storytime

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