SAHMs and Moms of 2+

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-T- · August 2013

I SAH, but only have DS. We go to the post office to get the mail every day. We usually go for a walk and swing at the park if it's not too hot. So yes, we get out of the house every day. As far as activities, our town doesn't offer much, but I'm hoping to get more involved now that DS can be around people. That way our week gets broken up a little bit and we have something to look forward to. We usually have in-home therapy once a week, and go OOT for private therapy every other week. We usually go to Target then too, just to make the drive more worthwhile. I don't have suggestions for alone time with 2. My hope was to have our second when DS is in preschool (which will start jan 2015) so I can have mom and baby time, and maybe mom nap time

Jmcmahon21 · August 2013

I love staying home but it is not always easy

I just have one and I imagine 2 will be pretty crazy but all worth it too! Right now we do breakfast, gym (they have free childcare) come home for a snack, go to the park/walk, come home and have lunch then nap (ME TIME!!) then play, dinner, park/walk/play again then bedtime routine. We did swim classes in the winter and will probably do it again, pools/lakes have been fun and we have a baby pool and sandbox in the backyard that he loves. I think my gym time is some of my favorite time if you can do that, I feel so much better afterwards and gets DS around some other kids so he can socialize.

Jmcmahon21 · August 2013

I forgot to add I just joined a Mom's group in my town and went to one playdate at the park and it was really fun meeting other moms. They also did a mom's night out at a local restaurant so that was great to get away without the kiddos. You can check Meetup.com to see if they have anything fun in your area if you haven't already

good luck!!

laken256 · August 2013

My two boys are old enough to play together now, so that really helps me out. We don't have a set schedule, but we do vary activities to keep things interesting. Usually from breakfast til nap time, the boys play in the play room upstairs and catch up on chores, etc. confession: I usually take a nap with them, since I have got their nap schedules synchronized. I stay tired and usually have a headache due to medical issues, so my me-time is nap time

after they wake up, we do games, go outside, visit my family at the farm, etc. we live in a very small town where there's not much to do, so we have to make our own fun. No malls, shops, mommy and me classes, etc. So it's usually for errands or my oldest son's soccer practice if we get out. Most of the time, we spend the day at home, though. Still, it's nice to not put makeup on or get out of your pjs for a few days straight

jesselayne8 · August 2013

Get them on the same nap schedule!!! I usually get 2hrs to myself everyday during naptime. I nap, watch TV, or bump. I do chores for 30-60min after the kids go to bed.

We do not leave the house everyday. I do belong to a moms group but I only go to maybe 2-3 meet ups per month. We have kindermusik once a week.

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jesselayne8 · August 2013

At 4 or 5wks. DS takes his morning and noon nap in the swing. Is that cheating????? He sleeps in his crib at night. I usually do a workout video during his morning nap with DD running around me and she takes her one nap at noon.

jesselayne8 · August 2013

So nap time is part of the reason I don't leave the house much. Nap time is sacred and I afraid DD will fall asleep in the car and ruin naptime.

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TonyaCody06 · August 2013

I have been SAH with my 3 since the end of May due to a failed job search after grad school. I preschool my girls - check out my blog (link in sig) for lessons and daily schedule!

We go outside everyday, sometimes twice. I do not leave the house very often with all 3 myself. But that is about to change b/c the 2 older ones have started Ballet once a week, soccer (practice weekly with saturday games), & i just signed up for a MOPS group for fridays.

My DH works every other weekend which means he does have rotating days of the week off. On his days off we venture out to the zoo, Seaworld, park, etc. On his weekends to work I host playdates at my house or have a kiddo spend the night with one of my girls.

All 3 of my girls take a nap at the SAME time, which is vital!! They need it and I need it more!

Ricola · September 2013

We try to leave the house once a day, usually in the morning. It always depends on the weather, right now it's getting hot pretty early still, so if we get out earlier, we do something outside to run off energy.

Things we do often:

Playground

Walk through the neighborhood (I let DS walk by himself, no stroller/wagon)

Playdate

My Gym free play

Go to a pet store and look at fish, mice and birds

Go to Barnes&Noble and play with their train table/look at books

Go to a splash pad

Go to the Nature&Science Center in town to discover things and dig out (fake!) dinosaur bones

Go to the zoo

Go to the wildflower center and walk there

Then it's lunch at home, nap and usually backyard play (swimming) in the afternoon. I also started a neighborhood playgroup and we meet at the playground near our house once a week and have a Mom's night out once a month.

DS will start a Mother's Day Out program this Tuesday and will be there Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 am - 1 pm. I feel that he needs to learn to be a bit more social and this will help him.

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