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SAHM schedule
I have kept Leo home on fridays with me while I'm on maternity leave and they haven't been as successful as I would like. Leo likes to go all the time. He is not content to stay home all day. I'm getting nervous for this summer. I think we run the risk of just playing in the living room all day with the tv on I'm thinking having a stricter schedule with more structured time would help him. I think he really thrives at daycare so I'm looking for ideas or activities for us to do. So what does a typical day look like for you?
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Re: SAHM schedule
Nick is obviously a little younger than L so he probably naps more still but here is a rough idea of our daily routine (keep in mind that he has therapy or a dr's appointment about 2x/week so this varies quite a bit but if we are home and dont have something going on then this is what I try and follow)
8:30-9:00 wake up and eat breakfast
9:00-10:00- play (whatever toys he wants to play with, usually independent play while I eat breakfast since I cant eat when he does b/c he still gets a bottle from me and fed baby food)
10:00-12:00- nap
12:00-12:30 wake up and eat lunch
12:30-1:30 play while mommy does stuff around the house (he likes to follow me around while I clean, fold laundry, etc and I usually give him different things to play with depending on what I am doing like a spatula or rolled up socks, etc.)
1:30-2:15 nap & then snack
2:15- 4:00- this is when I try and plan something to do outside of the house. Around 3 is when he starts get really antsy and crazy if we have been inside all day so I will either take a long walk up to the park and swing, go run errands and walk around stores or the mall, go to Totter Otterville, the zoo, a friends house or his cousins house, the library....pretty much just anything that is out of the house and I try and make it something where he can be active to wear him out a little-- this is the time I use to go grocery shopping too usually I'll go the park first, play then grocery shop then come home
4:30-5:00 play independently while I put groceries away, switch laundry over, etc.We will read together, usually a quieter activity to start winding down
5:00-5:30- snack while he watches a show (yes, I am that mom but whatever he needs some down time and I need some time to start dinner) usually just some 30 min show we have recorded (dora, curious george, sesame street, etc)
5:30-6:00- help me finish dinner, play with mommy
6:00-6:30 dinner (DH and I eat later when he gets home from work since its so inconsistent, if he will be home by 6:30 we eat together if not I feed DS his dinner around this time)
6:30-7:00/7:30 play and wait for daddy to get home, pick up toys in living room and do a quick clean up so the house isnt trashed when DH gets home
7:15/7:30- if DH is home he will play with DS for a little, read him a story and give him his nighttime bottle, if he isnt home I do it, if DH gets home in time also DS will take a shower with him before bed but DH's schedule is really crazy and inconsistent
7:30-8pm bedtime
8-10pm holler and yell and fuss and fight sleeping ;-) oh wait, I dont think you need that part haha
HTH! DS is really good about independent play and likes to just explore and I dunno he is good about playing with his toys for a while which is nice.
We have an "outside the house" activity planned almost every morning of the week. Our schedule looks like this on a typical day:
8:30 Wake up/Breakfast
9:30-11:30 Out of the house to music/storyhour,baby gym/run errands - whatever we have planned that day. When the weather changes we will be going to the park/zoo/more outside activities
12:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Nap
3:00-5:00 Free play/read books/activities indoors and will be outside in our yard when it warms up.
5:00-7:00 She plays with DH while I cook dinner. We eat, play some more, bathtime, and in bed at 7:00.
HTH!
Our days are different every day with the exception of meal times and nap times.
My rule of thumb is to get out of the house at least once a day.... even if it's only a quick trip to the library... we both need to get out and staying in all day makes us both on edge.
Sometimes if there's nothing to do just going to get coffee (they have toys there), Target.... it's getting us out and different things for him to see.
GL... I know sometimes it can be challenging with a toddler who is full of energy
We have to get out of the house every day or I would go insane. Our days go something like this:
We usually wake up anywhere between 8:30 and 10 (except Tues morning when Allie has gymnastics and Wednesday morning when I work). We eat breakfast, shower and figure out the plan for the day.
Usually around 10 or 11 we head out. We meet up with friends, walk around Target, run errands, go to the store or park or zoo or whatever. When the weather warms up, we'll probably stay home more and play outside during this time.
We usually get home around 12:30 or 1. We eat lunch together and play a little bit. She goes down for a nap around 2. She usually wakes up around 4. We play together and wait for my husband to get home. Sometimes we ride bikes around the block or go for a walk before it gets too dark. If I'm working that evening, I often have to leave around 4:30 or 5, so she and DH play together.
She eats dinner around 5 or 6 (DH and I don't eat until she's in bed. Horrible, I know) and then plays with DH or me for awhile. If it's a bath night, she gets a bath and heads off to bed around 8:30.
She's not great with independent play. She wants to be with me all.the.time. Some days I have more patience for it than others. I try to encourage her to play by herself and try to let her help me as well, but I'm not always successful so I try to make the most of nap time.
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I'm so glad that you posted this. All I feel like I do especially right now is walk around Target, mostly b/c it is a bit too far to the malls with gas prices.
I'm also a late riser. I get up early, but it takes me awhile to get my gears moving. I'd like to stop that this summer and take advantage of the mornings for out of the house activities vs. the afternoons because they seem to fly by (plus they get super hot) not to mention that is usually nap time.
The days I don't work, we are homebodies for the most part. At least in the winter. It's too hard to go places sometimes. Plus with O still taking an AM nap it makes it hard to get out.
Up between 7-7:45
Breakfast
potty time, get dressed (maybe), play.
Owen takes his morning nap around 10, though on Thursdays we have music class at 10 so it gets pushed back. If it's nice, Maggie and I will play outside during his nap or do an activity that's hard to do when he's around (coloring, play doh, painting, puzzles)
Lunch around 11:30-12
Play more.
1:30 we watch a show to get ready for Maggie's nap
2, Maggie's nap/rest time. Owen's usually follows around 3.
Up around 4, we fiddle around, work on dinner until Mike gets home around 5:45.
Dinner at 6, clean up, play, take a walk, go outside.
Baths around 7:30, bed at 8.
In the spring, we will go to the zoo a lot. Summer we will be at the pool most lunchtimes, assuming Owen switches to 1 nap and can go down around 2 like Maggie.