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Paging all working moms!
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What does your daily schedule look like? I feel like our household is in a vicious cycle and that it kind of sucks. I am curious to know what your day looks like and maybe I can steal some ideas to improve our schedule. This is our day...
6:00-6:40: Wake up, feed the dogs and give them their meds and fresh water. Clean up any doggy accidents or items they have destroyed. Make coffee and do any dishes that were not done the night before. Maybe dry or fold some laundry if there is some.
6:40-7:00: Drink 2 cups of coffee while I am on TB and checking/responding to email (usually work related)
7:00-7:30: Take a shower and do my makeup
7:30-8:15: Yell at DH to get his azz up and feed DS. I run around the house like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get everything together, eat half a bagel, get dressed, and finish drying my hair. I usually have to get DS dressed too. Yell at DH to feed the cat. I am usually pretty pissed off by now because I am now having another late day yet again.
8:15-9:00: Get all of our crap in the car, get DS strapped in and drop him off at daycare.
9:15-4:30:Work...I really should be staying until at least 5:15 but since I do so much work related stuff at home I say screw it and leave.
4:30-5:30: Pick up DS, stop at the store if necessary, and drive home.
5:30-6:00: Put away all of our stuff from the day and deal with any other misc. things like mail.
6:00-7:30ish: Someone is making dinner (lately DH). Wondering why it takes us 1.5 hours to make a meal that should only take 20 mins. Try to empty the dishwasher when DS isn't looking.
7:30-8:00: Eat dinner then try to clean up at least somewhat before the dogs get to it.
8:00-9:00: Crash on the couch and watch a bit of TV while DS plays. I am usually exhausted by then.
9:00-9:45: Get DS ready for bed and put him to bed...clean up his toys that are all over the house and try to find the missing blocks, rings, etc. before the dogs eat them.
9:45-10:00: Get myself ready for bed and head up to the bedroom.
10:00-10:30: Watch the news. No sexy time...I am beat. Go to sleep.
Approx. 2am: Wake up because DH woke me up, DS is making noise in his sleep which I hear through the monitor, or wake up in a panic for some unknown reason. Take 30 mins to get back to sleep.
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Re: Paging all working moms!
I'm no help ... we're hanging on by the skin of our teeth. Our house is a disaster, I feel totally disorganized, and its a chaotic rush just to get ourselves clean and fed.
I've been trying to find some more crock pot and quick recipes for dinner since everything I cooked before E was born was too fancy and time consuming to do now. I'm struggling with this since I feel like most of the quick and easy food is also junk. If I see one more can of condensed cream of mushroom soup, I'm going to $hit myself.
540am - wake up, shower, eat breakfast, watch the news
620am - have dh wake ds up and get him ready
645am - nurse DS
7am - leave for work/daycare drop off
7:15am - drop DS off at daycare
7:30am - get to work
4pm - pick DS up
4:30pm-530 - get home, change clothes relax for a bit, play with DS
5:30-6:15 - cook dinner
6:15-645 - eat dinner (DH gets home around this time)
6:45-730 - DH does bath and getting DS ready for bed while I do the dishes. DS goes down at 730
730-8pm - get stuff ready for tomorrow
8pm-9pm - watch tv, read
9pm (maybe 930 pm some nights) - go to bed
then wake up a billion times over night due to some random reason, DS, and the cat. Then do it all over.
Laughing my azz off at this one! I can't even get organized enough to utilize the crock pot more. I used it several times last week but haven't been able to get anything together this week at all.
Yup! It sounds like our vicious cycle as well.
4/5or 6am: P wakes up. After some milk, he falls back to sleep.
5:30am: DH leaves for work.
7am: I roll out of bed, feed the mutt, pour some coffee, and "straighten up" (all while hoping P stays asleep).
7:30am: My parents arrive for the day. After chatting with them for about 5 or 10 mins, I try to get the cofusing harness on my dog and after several attempts, I am able to take the dog out for peepees and poopies.
Between 7:30 - 7:50am: P wakes up. I get his breakfast ready and my parents feed him while I attempt to get in the shower.
Finally at 8am: I shower and rush to get my make-up on and get dressed.
8:30am: I am officially late to work and have yet to leave the house.
8:40am: I walk out the door, only to walk right back in because I forgot SOMETHING. Usually, my coffee or lunch.
8:45 - 12pm: I am at work. I use the term "work" loosely.
12pm - 1pm: I head home for lunch to give my parents a "break". I choke down my lunch and clean up the house.
5pm: Head home from work (DH is usually home by now and my parents have left). Help feed P, make dinner, feed the dog, clean the house, etc.
6:30-7pm: P goes to sleep and we manage to eat in peace.
7:15 - 9pm: Lay on the couch and watch tv while DH does his studying (he's heading to Nursing school in September).
9pm: Get in bed and play Songpop until my eyes get tired.
9:30-10pm: Zzzzzz. (Sexy time? Nah. I prefer morning sex)
Check out www.skinnytaste.com for some really easy recipes and/or crockpot recipes. They have helped tremendously!
Mine varies depending on if I'm in court or not. But on a typical, no-court morning it looks a little like this:
Sometime between 1 and 5:30am: Wake up and feed LBB. Go back to sleep.
Sometime between 6 and 6:30am: LBB wakes up for the day, so we all get up. I feed LBB, DH walks the dog.
Sometime between 6:30 and 6:45ish: DH and I get ready for work. LBB plays with his toys in our bedroom while we take turns showering, getting dressed, I do my hair and makeup.
7:30am: breakfast and DH heads out to work.
7:45am: I clean up breakfast, pull LBB's milk and our lunches from the fridge and put them in our respective bags. I pack up my pump stuff that's been on the drying rack over night.
8:00am: I get LBB dressed, last nursing session before daycare, then we brush our teeth and hair, and put on our shoes.
8:30-8:50am: Head out and drop LBB off at daycare.
9am-5pm: Work
5-5:30pm: Pick LBB up from daycare
5:30-5:38pm: Give the dog a quick walk, DH gets home.
5:50- 6:30pm: Go for a run. DH and LBB go for a walk on the trail where I run, so I meet up with them on my way back home and we all walk home together.
6:30pm: Heat up/cook dinner
6:50pm: Dinner time
7:20pm: I blog while DH gets LBB ready for bed (bath and story time)
7:40pm: Last nursing session before bed, then I either sing LBB a song or tell him a story and he's out.
8:00pm-10:00pm: Finish blogging, make our lunches for the next day, make or prep dinner for the next day. All while watching some TV with DH.
10pm: Washup and ready for bed.
I am - but we do different kinds of law. I think you're more...altruistic...than I am
It wouldn't fly in my house me getting up an hour and a half before MH if I was constantly late. Why can't he get up at 7 and load the stuff up in your car and start getting the baby ready or prep what he can for dinner?
ETA: My mom used to put something in the crock pot and let it cook overnight, stick it in the fridge and just reheat it real quick at dinner time.
Ha ha, I work for the feds so I am kind of forced to be altrusitic.
5:30 to 6:00 wake up/DH shower/dressed
6:00 to 6:15 get dressed/do my hair
6:10 DH gets DS up, gives DS bottle and gets DS ready for daycare
6:15 DH takes DS to daycare and then goes to work
6:25 I leave for work commute can be 45 min to 1.5 hours depending on traffic
7;454:30 work
5:30 pick up DS from daycare
6:00 get home, give DS snack or dinner, wish I could take a nap
6:20 bath/shower with DS since he refuses to sit down in the tub. Try awkwardly to shave my legs with him playing by my feet.
6:30 DH home, DS starts screaming for dadada since he prefers DH over me
7:00 try to find something for dinner or just give up and eat cereal/fast food
7:30 give DS milk and try to trick him into going to sleep
8:30 to 9:00 fight ninja child and leave his room victorious when he finally falls asleep
9:00 to 10:30 catch up on DVR shows, pump weaning off so only once every 3 days now
10:30 go to bed.
My schedule varies every day, but DH and I decide each Sunday who is doing drop off and pick up duties each day that week. More often than not I drop off and he picks up.
615am - wake up, shower, get ready
715am - wake up DS if not already up, change him, feed him
8am - drop DS off at daycare
815am - head to work
7pm - head home (DH usually picks up DS from daycare bc I tend to have to work late)
715pm - Give DS kisses and put him to bed
730pm - Find something to eat for dinner, prepare DS's food for the next day
8pm - Finish work
930pm/10pm - Head to bed
Agreed! I have discussed this with him, yelled at him, cried at him, and pleaded with him yet he still doesn't get up usually. The last week or so he has finally gotten up between 7 and 7:45 if DS waked up crying. After seeing everyone else's posts it looks like their DH does a lot more to help in the morning. My DH, if he does get up before 8 am, will give DS cheerios and a bottle then sit and read the newspaper. This morning I told him "Uh...this is a perfect time to feed the cat and give kitty his meds rather than read the paper". He finally got up and did it. I need to have another "come to Jesus" talk with him.
I don't know if mine will help, but here it goes:
5:15 - 6:00 - wake up, get showered and dressed, make lunch and coffee, get everything in the car
6:00 - 6:15 - get up and get DD ready, load DD into the car, leave house with half-azz makeup and hairdo
6:15 - 6:50 - drive to daycare
6:50 - 7:00 - drive to work
7:10-2:02 - work (I teach so that is what time the bell rings ha ha)
2:02 - 2:30 - do school work, sometimes procrastinate and bumps instead (::checks time, yup, right on schedule::)
2:30 - 3:30 - go to the gym
3:45 - pick up DD
4:00 - 4:45 - drive home if no traffic, with traffic it's more like an hour
4:45 - hang with DD, maybe go out for a walk or try to get dinner started
5:30 - DD eats dinner
7:00 - DD's bedtime
7:00 - H gets home, finish cooking dinner, he watches TV while I grade papers or do grad school work
9:30 - 10:00 bedtime (sometimes earlier depending on the night)
5:45-- I wake up, take shower, get ready for work
6:30-- DS usually wakes up. Give him a bottle and change his diaper.
6:45-- DS and I leave to take him to my parents'
8-5-- Work (DH works 11-8)
5:40-- Go to my parents' house to get DS. I eat dinner there most nights and take home food for DH (we are really spoiled!)
6:30ish-- Come home and let DS play a bit or start bedtime routine (depending on how his day went)
7:30-- DS almost always in bed by this time. I put together his bag for the next day and was dishes, do stuff around house.
8:30-- Usually get in bed and watch TV until about 10 and go to sleep!
Honestly, if he still refused to get up I would probably throw a cup of cold water on him and tell him to get the F out of bed lol.
My wake up calls to him vary depending on how long it takes him to get up. Some days I hit the intercom button on the monitor and say "It is time to get up" and sometimes he does. Other days I go upstairs and tell him "you need to get up" which he may or may not do. Finally I have the "Get your frucking azz out of bed now! I am so sick of this sh*t!" The last one usually results in him making his way downstairs within the next 10 minutes.
ETA: I would love to use the cup of cold water but then it would just be another thing for me to deal with because he wouldn't clean it up or dry the sheets
Maybe as long as it only landed on his side of the bed then it would be OK since he would be the only one affected.
I only work part time (it's amaaazing) but when I look at your schedule this is what I see:
do your grocery shopping as much as possible on the weekends instead. have a meal plan, buy everything you need, and do any prep you can ahead. it also really helps to have a freezer stocked with easy dinners.
make your DH get up when you do. It sucks but a second pair of hands REALLY helps.
I've been trying to pick out my clothes and havd DDs bag packed the night before.
None of these things always happen but they do help.
Here's our rough routine;
DD nurses twice throughout the nice, once around 1 and again somewhere from 4-6. She has been sleeping until 7:15 but not always.
DH and I get up around 6:30-6:45. Make tea, get baby stuff ready that we didn't do the night before, let dog out and feed him.
We wake DD up and dress her taking turns between getting ourselves ready and getting her ready.
7:30 leave the house. drop off DH at bus stop, drop DD at daycare.
7:50 I catch my bus to work.
8- pump
office work and teaching
11:30 pump again
1: 00 Pick DD up from daycare
1:30-3 get DD to nap in there somewhere and feed myself lunch, clean as much of the house as I can, and prep as much of dinner as I can.
5:00 pick up DH at work
6ish dinner
6:30-7 bath, books, jammies, boobies
7:15-7:30 we've been doing a family walk around the block. DH carries DD and she usually passes out on him. (She is so attached to me at sleep time and we're hoping this will help her be more open to him for night soothing.)
after the walk we bring her home and if she hasn't fallen asleep I put her back on the boob and rock her down.
the rest of the evening is packing stuff up for tomorrow, cleaning, watching netflix and reading.
10:30 bedtime but usually more like 11.
Checking out skinnytaste.com now and I am sure I will be pinning some of these. I have used a few recipes for crock pot dishes that I found on Pinterest and they have been great. I need to be more organized like Papps so I can make several meals on a weekend and freeze them down.
Papps...what is the best method you have found to freeze down dishes you have made? Do they ever get freezer burned? I regularly buy larger quantities of meat and wrap it in freezer paper or I made some sauces and freeze those in freezer bags but I have never done a meal before.
I am soooooo jealous of most of your work schedules !
5:30am- Wake up, start making my coffee in the Keurig, fill a bottle with milk, and bring it into our room. Grab DD, bring her to DH (half asleep) and have him give DD the milk while I go shower/get dressed
5:50-6:00am- Grab DD from DH and take her to her room to get her changed,dressed & do her hair. This always consists of a fight b/c DD is a lazy biotch and never wants to get up.
6:00-6:10am (depending on how much DD fought me): Take her back into the bedroom and both us kiss DH goodbye. (DH gets up at 6:15 to take the dogs out and get himself showered/ready).
6:10/6:15: Grab my coffee from the Keurig and we are out the door!
6:20/6:25am: Go through the drive through of Dunks to get coffee #2. I have it planned so that coffee #1 is consumed on my way to drop DD off and by the time I drop her off, coffee#2 is cool enough to drink.
6:40/6:45am: Arrive at my parents' house to drop off DD (they run an in-home daycare). Tell my mom how DD's night was & shoot the shiiit for a bit.
7:00am (on the dot...a grandfather clock bings to let me know it's time to go): Kiss DD good bye and head to work
7:15-5:00: Work
5:15/5:30: Pick up DD
6:00ish: Arrive home,unless I decided to go to the gym. (DH gets home before me and takes the dogs out as soon as he gets home)
6:30ish: Dinner
7:00: DD's play/bath time
8:00: Change DD into pj's and cuddle on the couch while watching some trashy reality tv
9:30/10ish: Bedtime
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
I wake up around 6:45am: Get dressed, and get bottle ready
7:15 am: LO wakes up, dress him and give him first bottle (usually in front of TV :-) and get bottles ready for Daycare
7:30am Feed LO
7:45-8am Drop of LO
8:15-4:30: Work
4:45 pm Pick up LO
5pm: Make a dinner for LO (Usually left overs from night before and heat up)
5:30-6pm: Play with LO
6pm: Final bottle
6:30pm: Bath time
7pm: Bedtime and then pick up mess from LO
7:15-8pm Throw is load of laundry and start making dinner
8:00pm: Hubby and I make dinner, empty and fill dishwasher
8:15pm: Relax and maybe fold laundry in dryer
10pm: Take shower and get ready for next day
10:30pm: Bedtime
On the weekends I will usually tackle some deep cleaning like floors, bathrooms, and more laundry when LO is napping and play with him.
Some days it is all me since my husband is in college three nights a week and works 6 days a week, but on the nights he is here he will do bathtime and play with LO so I can either take a break or get something cleaned.
5:40- I wake up, shower, and get ready.
6:30-if DD isn't awake yet, which she usually is, we go get her and I nurse her. We get her ready. DH packs her food for daycare and gets her sippy cups ready.
7:10- leave the house
7:20-drop DD off at sitters and race to work.
7:30-4:20- work
4:30- pick up DD from sitters.
4:40-5ish (depends on how long I stay and talk to my SIL who is the babysitter) arrive home.
5:30-6- I go running, while DH cooks dinner.
6:15- ddinner
play time until bath and bed time. Usually in bed by 8:30.
I haven't read through all the posts, but my schedule tends to be this:
5-6 - Wake up, shower, get ready for the day
6-6:15 - R wakes up, get him changed and dressed for the day
6:15-6:30 - Walk the dog, R has milk from his sippy in stroller while doing this
6:30-leave for day care, drop R off by 6:45
7-5 - at work
5:15 - Pick R up
5:30-6:15 Walk dog with R in stroller or ergo
6:15 - R's dinner
6:45 - R's bath
7-7:30 - Play with R, read stories, get ready for bed
7:45 - R in bed
7:45-8:30 - clean up kitches & dishes, pour myself wine & veg out until sleep
10:30-11:00 - Go to bed and get ready to do it all again!
(I do all of my laundry and cooking on the weekends.)
Damn. I was absolutely wrong. You all are awesome.
Whittier, that was very kind of you! Being a full time student is rough too because you have to find time to squeeze studying in there as well.
Papps, thanks so much for the info on how to freeze down meals properly. I am definitely going to try this. I do have a habit of cooking too much food... usually enough for DH's midnight snack and my lunch the next day. It would be so easy to make just a little more than I already do and freeze it for a meal the following week.
I commend all of you ladies for keeping up your hectic lifestyle!
7-7:30 DD wakes up, one of us goes up to get her... I try to get MH to do it most days so I can have a little extra sleep... He gets to sleep in on Thursdays. I do Mondays, occasionally Fridays.(Tues & weds he has to work, which means usually Layla wakes up extra early those days for me - joy)
8:30 - breakfast
9- leave for school
11:30 - home from school, scarf down lunch
12-5 Work
5- come home, make supper
6:00 eat supper
6:30-7 Bathtime, playtime
7:30-8 bedtime for Layla
8-11 Homework, FB, TB
11- I strive to be in bed by 11, most nights lately it's later b/c I've been so busy or drank way too much caffiene during the day and can't sleep (as is the case tonight, plus my mind is racing for Layla's party tomorrow. I know i'm forgetting something!
5:15am ? wake up, shower, take dog out, pack breakfast/lunch
6:00am- wake DD up and nurse her quickly before running out the door (DH gets up when I wake DD up, he does breakfast with DD and takes her to daycare)
7:10am- get to work a few minutes late (after an hour commute)
3:15pm- leave work
3:45pm- pick DD up from daycare on the way home
4:20pm- get home, change clothes, take dog out
4:30pm-5:30pm- spend some time with DD, playing, reading, etc
5:30pm- feed DD and then some more play time
6:15pm- Dh gets home from work on his ?early? nights, two nights a week he doesn?t get home until after 8pm
6:30pm- bath
6:45pm-7pm- bedtime routine
7pm- DD to bed
7:15pm- grab something to eat, I rarely really make dinner anymore
7pm-11:30pm- work on my travel agent business
11:30pm- crash and pray DD doesn?t wake up
Note what IS NOT included- making dinner, cleaning the house, doing laundry? yeah, my house is a disaster and I can never catch up on getting it in order. I try to go grocery shopping, laundry and as much cleaning as I can over the weekend.
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I wouldn't say our routine is great, since I am constantly feeling like I am behind, but most days it is like this:
5am: I get up, get myself completely ready for work, eat breakfast, pack my work bag and DD's daycare bag with lunches, diapers, etc, put all bags in the car.
6:15: wake up DD, get her dressed, comb her hair (this gets it's own mention because it takes forever lately)
6:30-7am play with DD
7am: leave the house, drop DD at daycare and head to work
8am-5pm: work
5:45 get home, cook dinner, wash lunch box tupperware and sippys
6:15: eat dinner
6:45 Bath time
7pm get pjs on, read books, sing songs, go to bed
7:30 go workout
8:45: watch some TV, eat if I haven't already-stuff diapers and fold laundry
10pm shower and bed
Notice that there is no cleaning or picking up listed. That is why I am living in a stye right now.
do you live in MY home?!
i COMPLETELY have the same schedule and I am sssooo exhausted