Question for SAHMs

krnten · October 2014

Hi everyone,

If you're a SAHM, could you give me an idea of what your daily or weekly schedule generally looks like? I'm thinking of SAHMing after#2 is born but can't visualize what that actually entails on a day to day basis, I've never done it before. I'd love to hear how your time is structured and whether you enjoy it.

shibby00 · October 2014

Wake up 7-7:30, get both kids dressed and fed, take Dd to preschool by 9, tues and thurs take ds to parents day out by 9:30, come home and clean, do laundry, grocery shop, etc. Pick kids up by 3:30, we have dance one night, gymnastics another, dinner, bath, and bed. I volunteer at my DD's preschool a few hours a week. Not really ever a dull moment, lol.

willowprincess · October 2014

We don't really have a schedule. The kids usually wake up around 7/7:30, sometimes closer to 8. Then have breakfast and usually watch a movie or something until dh leaves for work at 9:30. Then it's up in the air.

Once a week we go to the library for storytime and we usually stay for a while doing other activities. We also get together for impromptu playdates a lot with friends. Other than that we just play it by ear. I have activities on the back burner for days we need something planned and we're stuck at home. We also have our go to activities like the zoo, park, mall play area, etc.

Some days (most days) we need to get out of the house, so I usually text a friend and say "Hey we are doing xyz, want to join?" Sometimes they do, sometimes it's just us. Other days we stay home because we need a lazy day or I need to get stuff done around the house. If we are cleaning, they have their typical jobs they do to help.

sarahtessa · October 2014

We have no structure unless I have to take DD1 to preschool. I try to do activities like gymnastics or children's museum, library, park, etcetera. in the morning. Then we have lunch, nap, and I put on the tv for the kids while I make supper. DH comes home, we eat supper, take a walk, baths, and bed.

KikiCohen · October 2014

Disclaimer: We live in an extremely rural area where there aren't many "out of the house" activities, especially when the weather is bad. My DH also works from home on occasion, so that can change things.

6:30- I wake up, shower, get dressed

7-7:30- DS wakes up, has breakfast

8-11:30- Playtime, Sesame Street, bathtime, brush teeth, errands (in no particular order)

11:30- Lunch

12-2- Playtime and snack

2-4- Nap (this varies, but I never let him sleep past 5 b/c it disrupts bedtime)

5- Supper

Play until about 8 when we start bedtime routine (pjs, milk, brushing teeth)

We usually go grocery shopping on Tuesdays before lunch. Also, we're going to start story time at our library on Fridays at 10, but they're currently renovating the library and haven't had storytime this fall yet.

I usually use DS' story time to Bump, pay bills online, or sometimes I take a nap too (especially since pregnant). He's usually good about letting me do laundry and cleaning during the day while he's playing so that's helpful.

M&D06 · October 2014

I get up at 6:30 to get myself ready. I get everyone else up at 7, get them changed, eat and get ds1 to Kindergarten. Mon, Wed and Fri, ds2 and ds3 have preschool for 3 hours so I drop them off after taking ds1 to school. I go grocery shopping or come home and clean, do laundry, fold, etc. Pick the younger two up at noon and head home for lunch, play for a bit, then naps at 2. I eat lunch (I always wait until everyone is down for nap so I can get a moment of peace to myself) then walk to pickup ds1 from school at 3:30 (school is right next door to us). I try to relax a bit after that. The younger two are up from nap around 4:30-5 then I get dinner started. The rest of the night is filled with cleaning up, bath and getting ready for bed. Tuesdays are a whatever day..I usually run some errands with the younger two or we just hang out at home. Thursday is a park play date in the morning and ds2 has speech in the afternoon. There is never a dull moment..ever, lol.

housewifebecomesher · October 2014

I've been wondering the same thing so thanks for asking/sharing!

ElleJDubs · October 2014

9-DS wakes up
10 (2 or 3 times a week)- playgroup/library activity
12- lunch
2-5 nap
6-dinner
8 or 9- bedtime

Honestly it is so easy most days, obviously that will change when #2 comes. Right now I get a lot if downtime and lots of hanging out at home in gross days.

MamaK818 · October 2014

DS gets up between 7-8 (8 right now because it's so dark out... it will go back to 7 after the time change) then breakfast around 8:30, play time for DS and random housework for me, morning nap for DS around 10-1030 (he fights it these days so not always) then he wakes up around 11:30, lunch at noon, then we usually go out somewhere... grocery shopping, a store, a walk, anything to get us out of the house, after that we come home and DS goes down for the afternoon nap around 1:30-2 and then up again 3-330 and then it's play and dinner prep/dishes/ds snack time. Dinner when DH gets home and then we all hang out together until bed time routine at 7 and bed at 7:30. We get out of the house almost every day. I meet friends for lunch some (even the ones that work), we go the park, the store, I have a mom's group every other Tuesday and some SAHM friends that will do play dates. There's always laundry, cleaning, etc to do and embarrassing TV shows to catch up on during nap time

I never run out of things to do!

krnten · October 2014

This is really useful, thanks everyone!

eeyoreem · October 2014

Our days are not structured really and poor dsy has been watching a lot of TV because I'm so tired. He wakes 7-8 and wakes me up then I get him breakfast. He plays/watches TV while I rest till he's bored we then play together, lunch. More play/TV and rest for me. I try to get my chores done and we sometimes go to the park down the street. Tues and Thurs he goes to preschool 930-12. I'm sleeping a lot these days.

melkwil · October 2014

My son gets up at around 6:30. We do breakfast and then he plays while I do some housework.
I have an activity planned for each morning so we head out to that ( story time or similar )
11:30 is lunch time followed by a nap until 2
We take the dog for an afternoon wall then play and get dinner ready.
DH is home at 4:30 and entertains my son while I get dinner ready. Eat at 5:30, then bath and bed routine . Bed at around 6:45

pghctwife · October 2014

They are busy!! My oldest especially (and me too tbh) really needs to get out if the house every day. We do best to do something.

6isg they wake up. We have a hot bfast with dh and get dressed, etc.

So MWF he goes to school 8:45-11:45. During that time I go to gym, run, errands, gymnastics, playgroup, story time with #2.

T/th we go to gym 10-1120. Th we go straight to y for #1s swim. After all those things we go home for lunch, they play a bit and go down for nap by 2. Up at 4 and they watch a little tv then. Dinner 6ish, bath bed.

I've had a hard time getting cleaning done with fatigue, but normally that's nap/tv time. I do dishes as I go but most at night (load) and morning (unload while cooking).

Groceries Id like to do during school, way easier with 1, but dh works long hours at the grocery store so I try to shop on a day he works with the kids so they see him, usually wed after naps.

Before Henry was in school we did gymnastics for him too, and other various programs. More in winter, simmer was more just playground.

Our routine shifts as everyone's needs shift. I don't have a cleaning sched, doesn't work for me but I know many do.

gingerbabe · October 2014

I am a SAHM, but I also watch a little girl 3x a week. So those days it is all about the kids and I do very little chores (I just do tidying up and dishes) and avoid errands. We do music time, crafts, lots of playing outside, going to the park, reading. They are two yrs old, so it's basically just a lot of play. My DS does not usually watch TV at all these days.

On my days without the girl, I run errands and do chores around the house. I will also do play dates with friends or do fun things like go to the zoo or feed ducks at a nearby pond.

Being able to run errands and do chores during the week allows for fun and relaxing with DH on the weekend. Think of all the things you have to do when you get home from work in the evenings or on the weekends....those are the kind of things you can get done during the day when you are a SAHM. Plus you'll have a bunch of other things to do because the kids being at home means more dishes and more messes to take care of. I feel spoiled being a SAHM, but we sacrifice financially, so its a choice.

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