What is a typical day like in your home?

JLK0414 · April 2014

Do you go out a lot? Do you plan crafts/activities? Do you play with your children? Basically what do you from the time you wake up until bed?

Andrewsgal · April 2014

My days are different my kids are older. I drop DD off at 7:25 at school M-F. DS off at 9:00 at pre school M-Th. I pick DS up at 2:00 and DD up at 2:45. We have sports/dance everyday except Friday. The kids are in bed lights out by 7:30-8:00. When my kids were young we did some type of activity out of the house everyday.

jnksmom · April 2014

My kids are both in school now so our days are differnt but when they were little we didn't have a set schedule. We would run errands, have play dates, so classes, etc usually in the mornings. Lunch either out or at home and then naps. Afternoons were usually at home but sometimes we would go to the park or something like that. We did crafts sometimes. I played sometimes but they also played alone/together.

nonoemily · April 2014

Well....
Alarm goes off at 3:45. DH makes us coffees and we sit in bed drinking coffee. He leaves for work at five and I have GLORIOUS ME-TIME until my little man wakes up, usually at seven, but lately it's been six.

DS watches one cartoon and plays with his toys and eats whatever he feels like for breakfast. Blueberries and yogurt or apples and cheese. Maybe granola and milk. He is a pretty easy going kid, so he plays with his toys and does his own thing while I do my morning chores and get us ready to leave the house.

I prep all our meals for the day and pack up what we need for the morning, load up the stroller and extra clothes, take a shower and get myself ready, get DS ready and we are walking out the door at 8:30-9:00.

Our time to do stuff is 9:00-12:00. We go to the science museum, a kiddie cafe, the zoo, go for a short hike in the woods, or we run errands and get groceries.

I try to have us home by 12:00. Nap time routine goes like this: lunch, bath, jammies, a few stories, and then I lay him down at 1 pm. Usually this makes me tired too, so I nap for 20min-1 hour and then make myself something to eat, do some chores around the house, or just do nothing.

DS wakes up around 3. We have another snack, maybe watch another cartoon, and then we do our outside chores. We take care of our chickens and quails, collect eggs, do a little gardening. Sometimes we go to the park, but usually DS just wants to be at home.

I start dinner at 5:30. I almost always have everything prepped and ready to go. If DS is busy playing in the yard I leave him back there, or I'll let him watch cartoons while I'm cooking.

DH comes home around 6:15. We eat dinner immediately. I clean up the kitchen while they hang out together and I try to get DS started on bedtime routine by 7. Bath, jammies, books, cuddle time in our bed and then I take him upstairs at 8.

After that we pretty much go to sleep. The end.

MomIn2013 · April 2014

We go out (not for the whole day, though, mostly just to run errands, go for a walk or occasionally meet up at a neighbour's house for a playdate) maybe a couple of times a week during the winter, and most days when the weather's nice. None of it is really "organized", I pretty much play it by ear depending on the weather and my mood.

When we're at home it's not really "planned" either. We basically play all day (sometimes together, sometimes DS plays with his toys by himself) around meals and naptime. I'm thinking as he gets older I'll do more planning of activities or crafts, though.

Spin313 · April 2014

I get up at 6:30a to shower. The kids wake up sometime between 6:30-7am. We do our morning routine (breakfast, teeth, clothes) and get ready for DS to go to school. After we drop him off, DD and I usually grocery shop or run errands before our activities. We usually go see my mom once a week, too. We come home, have lunch, watch a show, and I try to get DD to nap (50/50). Otherwise, we play until it's time to get DS. Then we come back, do homework, play, make/have dinner, and the kids play for a little bit more until bedtime routine.

Summer is much less consistent. We spend a lot of time outdoors and try to do more crafts/fun learning activities.

kcisthebombdotcom · April 2014

Everyday is a little different. On mwf both the kids have school, I take them to play for ninety minutes after either indoors or outdoors depending on weather, dd naps (and ds often does) and then we play at home for the rest of the day. Tuesdays dd goes to school in the morning and we do something fun in the afternoon like the children's museum or zoo. Thursdays is our lazy day--dd has school and the bus takes her to and from and I don't get out of pjs.

raraavis28 · April 2014

My boys are 15 months old. They're up by 7 every day. We change diapers, eat breakfast, clean up from bfast, and then play in PJs until naptime at 9ish. While they sleep, I get myself dressed, clean up the downstairs that they've destroyed, do whatever chores I have for that day, and usually check TB. When they wake up, I get them dressed, feed them lunch at 11ish and then we do something.... either errands, visit grandma, go somewhere like the library (park in the summertime!) or have a playdate. At 2ish they go down again and I get stuff ready for dinner, finish chores
..and check TB again. Between when they wake up and DH gets home is the crazy time when they are trying to destroy the downstairs again and I'm trying to throw dinner together. DH gets home around 5:30, we eat shortly thereafter, and then clean up and have playtime, bath, and bedtime routine. Bed by 7:30 (working gradually to 8). Then we clean up the downstairs, which has gotten destroyed again, unwind for a bit, I sometimes have work for a couple hours, then bed.

That's pretty much the rhythm of the day. I'll add more crafts/projects when the boys are a bit older but for now, when we're not out, they do great just playing and "reading" books.

minerswife17 · April 2014

One word...madness

I want the remodeling to be done already! But planning and prepping for DDs birthday party is making me crazy,

dizzycooks · April 2014

I wake up between 5 and 6 with dh, but don't get up until 7 when dd gets up. We get dressed, have breakfast and the. She plays until 9ish and we head out for the morning. I try to be home by 12 for lunch and then nap at 1. She's up by 3 and that's usually outdoor time - walk or play In the yard. Sometimes I'll have prepped something like painting or a project one a week or so. We eat at 430 when dh gets home and then it really varies. He'll take the girls to play it do chords so I can play or i work. Sometimes well go for a walk, but that's only when it's summer. Bath and bed happens by 745. We hangout until 9 and crash.

Mom2Mack1 · April 2014

Our days are very relaxed. Over the winter we stay home a lot. I still try to do at least one play date a week, and we have MOPS twice a month. We do crafts, school lessons, and lots of dress up. Now that it's finally getting warm we'll do daily walks with friends, and park playmates. When we do go out it's in the morning. DS naps around 12, and most days DD goes down for a nap by 1:30. DH gets home by 4:00. If I work we meet him in town. He takes the kids, and I go to work. If I don't work I cook dinner. After dinner is daddy play time then bedtime routine starts at 7.

pitterpatter129 · April 2014

DS1 gets up about 5 or 6. He comes in and wakes me up, or gets into all the drawers and closets in the house instead or dumps my purse and eats random suckers I have in there as bribes. So, I spend like the first two hours bleary eyed. He usually also wakes the bedsharing baby who is a grump until about 8. So, I nurse the baby on the couch while DS1 watches cartoons until 8. Then we eat breakfast. Cartoons go off for the day after that. We play games and do puzzles and read books and color and paint and dig outside and visit the park and play with friends and do the shopping and pay bills and I sew and etc etc until nap time around 2:00. Then DS1 watches more cartoons to get him to SHUT UP so the baby can nap. Because DS1 hasn't napped since he was 15 mo old. Tues and Thursday instead of naptime, we have speech at the public schools for 30 min. So that's a whole 'nother thing. After nap it's generally DS1's meltdown time...because he should still take a nap. So I listen to him whine for an hour and suggest different activities that he cries about. If it's nice outside, I kick him out the door with sidewalk chalk. Can't wait for summer because we can have sprinkler time. The baby usually follows him outside. At 4:00 I defrost something for dinner. At 4:30 I cook. At 5 we eat. Then baths and bedtime routine by 6:00...because of course, my kid is exhausted because he doesn't sleep! The baby and I play and read books until around 8:30 when Daddy gets home. Then we try not to breathe so they all stay asleep!

AimeeL85 · April 2014

The kids are up between 7 and 7:30. We do potty/diaper/brush teeth and I pick out their clothes to bring downstairs. I usually throw in a load of laundry and maybe do a couple more things that need to be done upstairs before going downstairs.

I make breakfast as soon as we get downstairs. My kids take quite awhile to eat so I unload the dishwasher and pick up in the kitchen while they eat. After breakfast they play a bit and then I'll turn on a morning show for DS if there's time before we go out. I dress them downstairs and we go out for a couple hours, sometimes it's just a store, sometimes it's something specifically fun for the kids. Two days a week DS has preschool from 9-11:30 so DD and I will spend that time together at home or out somewhere, sometimes she still naps in the morning. I would say one day a week, occasionally two, we just stay home for the day. I don't plan a lot of craft/activities at home but sometimes I do. I try to pull out different/interesting things for them that they don't play with all the time.

Our afternoons pass quickly because 12 is lunch which takes awhile and then they go down for nap sometime between 1 and 2, and sleep until between 3 and 4. When they get up I will do the same as in the morning, so some laundry and pick up upstairs before coming down. We come downstairs, have a snack and watch an afternoon show, then they play and I start prepping dinner and DH gets home. We eat dinner at 6, they play, I take DD up to bed around 7, DS goes at 8. If it's a bath night we do that around 6:45.

peaceinnature · April 2014

After breakfast and getting ready we go out most morning from like 10-12:30. Either the library or play program, and he also has a swimming and a music class. Now that's it's getting warmer we've been going to the park. We come home, have lunch, he goes down for a nap. I usually clean up and then do some work (or take a nap myself). He gets up around 3:30 and has a snack and we either go outside again if it's nice or he can watch a show, after that we play together or do drawing/crafts. Then he plays while I get dinner ready, we eat at 6, he has a bath, stories, then brush teeth and bed. Then I usually watch netflix or internet for a couple hours and go to bed myself.

This summer we'll probably work in some day trips to the zoo, beach or outdoor pool/splash pad, but that's not really a typical day.

rockyrollgirl · April 2014

I go on a morning stroll most days with my daughter, I make sure the house is clean for buyers, I run errands, sometimes I go to the shopping center to walk around, meet up with a friend for lunch, etc.

And some days I do absolutely nothing.

So, it depends.

AKB090609 · April 2014

I get up when DH closes the garage. I shower and put n a load of laundry. DD gets up and stumbles around for half an hour before asking for breakfast.

On activity days we leave the house by 9, on our days off we play and read in the morning now that it's getting warmer out I'm sure will add in a morning walk.

Lunch is at 12 and then we hang out until she seems tired or cranky, usually between 12:30 and 1.

She sleeps until 4, and I prep dinner, do dishes, and other housekeeping. Lately I've been wanting to nap as well. When she wakes up we have snack and go outside to play until DH gets home.

We do a walk with the dogs around 5/5:30 then dinner at 6:30. DH plays with DD until bath or bed at 8 ish.

bumpuser8448316 · April 2014

Most days are somewhat structured. DS does better that way.

We're up by 6:30 and by 8:00 we've eaten breakfast and gotten dressed. Lunch is at noon. Dinner is at 5:00 and bath time is at 6:00. T/TH he has school 9:30-12:30. During the day he does independent play for an hour or so at a time and then I set him up with an activity or craft probably 2-3 times a day.

We're out a lot too. Sometimes we have errands to run, or we have play dates, go to the park, zoo, kids museum, botanic garden, etc.

jensriot · April 2014

I wake up DH at 6, then doze until 6:30. I shower and get DD ready for school. DD2 wanders downstairs around 7:30. I unload the dishwasher and start laundry while she eats breakfast. I get DS around 8am, feed him and get ready myself. By 9 we're all dressed and fed (hopefully).

We leave almost every day for errands or fun stuff from 10-12 or 1pm.

Pick up DD at 2:45, come home, do homework and get everyone down for naps/quiet time.

Work out at 3:30, then sit for about 30 minutes, or prep dinner.

At 5pm the chaos really starts. I get everyone up and start dinner. Lately we've been eating at 5:30-6pm. Then its baths or play time and we start getting ready for bed at 7:45. Everyone in bed by 8:30. Yay.

Weekends are a whole different story. It's much more relaxed and we all sleep in until about 8am.

zbeesma86 · April 2014

I wake up early and go to the gym. DH sleeps until Z wakes up then changes her & gets her dressed for the day.

I come home just in time and we all sit down & have breakfast.

DH goes to work. Z & I go to the library to get books for the night.

Then we hit the park. If it's Tuesday we have music class. If it's Thursday we have tumbling. After class we will go to the park & have lunch with class friends & play.

Come home around 12:30/1. Z naps. I clean, do laundry, do dinner prep, or sit & read/watch tv

Z wakes up. We play outside, chalk, color, read, or watch tv.

I make dinner or DH does- if he's home early.

Then around 7/7:30 we head upstairs for bath & bed time routine. Bath, reading, rock/sing, then bed!

DH & I hang out or I wait for him to get home from work (on his late nights)

Him & I are usually in bed by 11.

LoriLee14 · April 2014

It isn't very structured.

8:30-9 Wake up

Eat Breakfast

Monday& Tuesday we have activities that start at 10:30

12:00 Lunch

2:00 Nap

5:00 He is woken up if not already up

6:00 Dinner

7:45 Bath Time

8:30 we walk out of his room.

Ballet513 · April 2014

I'm up at 4:30a, on the treadmill by 4:45a. At 5:30a I empty the dishwasher, clean up anything that needs cleaning downstairs, shower, wake up DH and get ready for the day.

DD wakes up around 7a and we eat breakfast together and then she watches Sesame Street while she plays. She takes a nap around 8:30/9a and is usually up by 10a and we're out to a class, friends house, errands, appointments or to the museum, park or zoo. We're home by noon or 1p for lunch and nap. Although usually we eat lunch out or on the go. She's up from nap by 4p and we play at home or go to the park or for a walk or run a quick errand. Dinner is at 5p and she's asleep by 6:30p.

chardonnay24 · April 2014

We usually wake up around 8 or 8:30, eat breakfast, get dressed, brush our teeth, and get out of the house. We are usually home by lunch because he naps right after, but sometimes he eats in the car or at the zoo or wherever we are. Mornings are usually pretty busy for us. We are out of the house every day unless one of us doesn't feel well. He has preschool twice a week, tumbling class, library story time, and either a casual play date or trip to the zoo, science museum, roller skating, amusement park, children's museum, etc.

He is usually up from his nap/quiet time by 3. We have speech and OT once a week and either hang out at home or go to the park or a friend's house. I also have a babysitter come one afternoon a week so I can go to my appointments or run errands or whatever. He starts swimming lessons in a month which will be 2 afternoons a week. When we are home, he usually plays independently or I will play with him if he asks me to. I don't do a lot of structured stuff at home since we are so busy outside of the house, unless he seems particularly bored.

I cook dinner around 5:30 and he'll usually watch TV or I'll bring out play doh or coloring for him. Occasionally, he'll help with dinner or we'll make banana bread or something. We eat dinner around 6 and start the bedtime routine by 7, which H does if he's home. He's in bed by 8.

mandymack · April 2014

My DD is 7.5yrs and in 2nd grade and Nolan is almost 3yrs and NOT in Preschool yet so, he's home with me all day.

7:00am - alarms go off for DD and us. She gets herself up, dressed, ready for school, brushes her teeth, and waits in the play room for breakfast. DH gets Nolan up, dressed, and brings him downstairs. I feed the kids, shower and get dressed for the day while DH cleans up the kitchen and helps me double-check DD's backpack for homework and lunch.

8:20am - I walk DD to school and volunteer in some capacity almost every day until 9:00am. DH is home playing with DS.

10:00am - DH is out the door for work most days around this time, some times later. DS and I are out the door every single morning around 9:30/10am to a variety of play places, children's museums, swim lessons, the park, play dates with friends, to run errands, to ride his scooter around the neighborhood, to the zoo or the aquarium, etc. Morning time is our best time to be out and active. I find the day drags on if we wait until after nap to do any activities.

12:00-3:00pm - DS and I are home every day for lunch and nap. While he naps, I do things for myself: read a book, Bump, blog, watch TV, garden, call friends/family, work on PTA stuff, take a nap, workout/shower, etc.

3:00-4:00pm - Pick up DD from school most days. She has after-school classes several days a week (Mad Science Robot-building, Pottery/Sculpture, Creative Writing, Guitar lessons, Gymnastics, Sewing, etc.) which lasts exactly 1 hour so, most days, we don't pick her up until 4:00pm.

3:00-5:00pm - Play time for both kids either at the school (play ground, tether ball, basketball, wallball, climbing structure, scooter/bike riding, drawing with chalk, bubbles, etc.) - we live one block away and the majority of kids stay to play after school - or here at home in the backyard. We have really mild weather ALL year long so we are almost always able to play outside after school. They play together but I do a lot of shooting baskets, pushing DS on the swing, blowing bubbles, playing in the sandbox, reading books, getting bikes/trikes/scooters out, etc. Now that he's older, I can do a lot more sitting back and watching as he's independent and can do more for himself.

5:00pm - I begin dinner, let the kids watch Wild Kratts or other program on PBS and prepare for the next day: make lunches, sort out permission slips/projects/homework/etc.

5:30pm - Dinner for the kids. A few times per week a bath follows.

6:30pm - We all go upstairs to put DS to bed. We play, read books, toss a ball, build towers, sing/dance, etc. I put him in his PJs, brush his teeth, etc.

7:00pm - Lights out for DS. Reading time for DD and I in her room. We have to read 20min every night for school (non-fiction, level 3rd/4th grade books) but then I let her read for fun or I read to her and we play Uno cards or make bracelets, or just talk about the day. I let her relax in bed with a book or a few toys from 7:30 to about 8:00pm when it's lights out for her.

8:00-9:00pm - I finish dinner if needed for DH and I, clean up the house, workout/shower if I didn't do it during nap time, sweep/mop floor, fold laundry, whatever needs to be done.

9:00pm - DH is usually home around 9. We eat, talk, watch TV, sit outside next to the firepit with a drink, etc.

11:00pm - Lights out for me at the latest. I need my 8 hours of sleep a night!

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