Whats your daily routine like?

[Kristy&Alex]

Hi Girls, I thought it might be interesting if we all shared what our daily routine is like. I'd also like some helpful tips on getting more organised too :rolleyes: . My day usually starts with DS waking about 6am, but I naughtily pick him up from his cot & put him into bed with me (where he sleeps with me for 1-2 further hours ;) ) then i change him, get his first bottle/birp him/let him play for 15min & then change his nappy. He usually likes to only stay up for about an hour & then goes back to sleep for about an hour or so. During this time i do his bottles & get dressed & have my breaky) then when he wakes i give him some nappy free time & tummy time for about an hour. I move him from his playmat to his cot to his swing to keep him occupied & then its time for bottle 2. I usually repeat this process all day until about 2 when we both go down for a nap together. When DP (darling partner) gets home around 6 we have dinner (we he usually makes :confused: ) & then I try & get my partner to take over for a while to give me a break. We bath him (most days) & have him down by 10pm & then we both have our showers & go to bed!

Added extras is taking bubs for a walk & I try to get out to the shops with my mum & bub 2-3 times a week.

I hope i haven't bored anyone too much with my very exciting day :o

[Rell]

Isn't life as a SAHM exciting. This is my day
kids wake up between 5 -6am and hop in bed with me while Nathan has his bottle. I manage to keep them in bed for 1/2 hour then its beakfast time for both kids. While the kids ammuse them self I clean the kitchen and do bottles. At 8am its toast time and I have a shower. Nathan goes back to slepp at around 9am. While he is asleep I do washing and Jacinta and I play outside or do craft or cooking. Next comes lunch then Jacinta has 1 hour quiet time in her bedroom (I sit and watch Dr Phil), more washing. nathan has his afternoon nap between 2 and 3pm where I try to do somthing special with Jacinta. When he wakes its either a quick trip to the shops or play outside untill its time to make dinner. Kids go NUTS while I'm cooking dinner until hudbby gets home then dinner at 5.30, Bath, play, story, bed at 7pm

What a borring life I live. On the days I do go out it's usualy about 9am and Nathan has only one sleep those days :(

[jamb]

My day begins about 4.30/5am for first bottle thats in big bed with mum and dad. Bub usually sleeps till about 6.30am. Then I join my friends Mel and Kochie for breakfast and bub eats/drinks about 8am (should be now but naughty mum is on bubhub).

He will sleep for 30mins sometime between 9am and 10am. After that I head out down to beach, and depending on weather either walk or sit for awhile.

Lunch bout 12 and hopefully another sleep (my bub just doesnt sleep very much)

I clean up, prepare dinner, wash or bubhub during any quiet times and read a book if bub happens to sleep for longer!

Afternoon I head down the beach again for another longer walk (my exercise) then its bottles, dinner and baths. By 6.30pm he is asleep and the night is mine and hubby's.

Somedays we go into town and I am also about to start cleaning houses as its coming into summer holiday season, looking forward to easing the finances a bit!

[jembelina]

oh what fun :rolleyes:

my day usually goes a bit like this...
up around 6am - play, feed, play, sleep. I manange to sneak in my shower and breaky while bub is asleep. generally bub will have two big sleeps or one big and two little sleeps a day. in between we travel from room to room making beds/tidying up; eat breaky/lunch; play; washing, washing, washing. most of the day i combine his play with the things i need to do around the house - he loves to see the doona being shook as he sits on the floor and playing with plastics on the kitchen floor while i prepare dinner or do dishes. i try to make his afternoon sleep mum time but it all depends how much i've managed to get done and how guilty i feel :) if i want to get out of the house i try to go straight after a sleep (or right before if its a long car trip) to have maximum happy time! also, if i know i want to go out i make sure everything is organised so all i have to do is get him up, change nappy and walk out the door! ahhh, the things your life revolves around!!! :D when DF gets home bub has usually just finished dinner so dad takes over with bath and play till bedtime :) by the way bub is almost 7 months old.

[funnyfarm]

My daughter is 15 months old. Day usually starts around 7am where its up for Breakfast straight away. Has a huge bowl of nutrigrain and a piece of toast (what a guts). Then its nappy change time and get dressed for the day. About 8am she wants a bottle, then its play, play, play time. About 10.30 she starts to get a bit whingy but won't have a morning sleep any more so i usually put her in the pram and go down the street to pay bills and get bits and pieces. Home about 11.30 for lunch. She then goes to sleep about 12.30 for 2 hours.

While she is asleep, i rush around to clean the house, watch a bit of tv and prepare dinner.

Once she is awake, she has a bottle straight away while watching HI 5 (she takes about 1/2 hour to wake up properly and this keeps her happy. Then its more Play time (usually outside) until about 4.30 when hubby gets home from work and takes over while I get dinner organised and served.

Dinner is 5pm then its bath time (which hubby usually does while I clean up from dinner). Then its more play time with a bottle around 6.30 and bed around 7pm.

Sounds exciting hey!!!!!

Janet
Mother of Briana Sage (2.6.04)

[Crazyfamily]

routine??? I wish I had one of them. I have two teenagers a 3,2, and 1 year old and pregnant with no. 6. I wish I had a routine but Im afraid I do what I can do when I do it and wing it through every day. Lucky I love being a mum.

[razzle]

We have a great routine going. Eloise (18 months) usually wakes up around 7.30-8.00. I get up and put the kettle on! We get dressed and have breakfast around 8.30 and then watch a bit of TV while eating breaky. Then we either go out and do some shopping or go for a walk and come home in time for a nap at 11.30ish. She sleeps for about 2 hours and I either jump on the net or just have some me time, shower, do a bit of cleaning/washing etc. When she wakes up she has some lunch and then we play all afternoon! She has dinner at 5.00ish then a bath at 5.30ish, then plays until bedtime, bottle and bed at 7-7.30.

[jlrjyeboah]

My two boys(4 and 20 months) are up between 7:30 and 8:00. They usually play together for about 1/2 an hour in their room, then its breakfast time. After breakfast they go outside if the weather is nice, otherwise they are allowed to watch Playhouse Disney for an hour while I shower, tidy up etc. They play until about midday when my little one goes down for a 2 hour nap. I am 32 weeks preggers so I try to rest during that time too while my 4 year old also has some quiet time. Then afer nap time its lunch, off to the playground weather permitting, or playing with playdough, coloring etc. Dinner is at 6pm approx, then its bath, quiet playtime, bedtime snack, story, sleep at 8:30pm. Phew.......

Then its hubby and me time. Having said all that it took me until my little one was about 14 months to get into that routine, before then I was all over the place, didn't have it together at all, but I thought before the third one arrived I should pull my socks up and get organised. Now that I am, I wonder how I ever coped before. :D

[mum2rhys]

Our routine is great at the moment - that is until I have to go back to work (only two days a week) in three weeks time! :eek: Then my wonderful husband will have to manage all on his own, using his days off to care for our 11week old son.

Rhys wakes up about 7:00, has a feed and a little cuddle, nappy change and a 'story' and then back to sleep when I wizz into the shower, do some cleaning, go on the internet which is very naughty as it is addictive - Rhys wakes up about 11:00 and then feed/nappy/cuddles or story or tummy time or walk in the garden - back to sleep about 1:00>more internet(!!) other boring chores like washing and Rhys wakes up about 4:00 - same thing feed/nappy/waketime and I try to prepare dinner when he goes back to sleep usually for a little nap about 5:30 then it is bathtime with Dad and usually squawk, grizzle, cry until about 7:30 - another sleep until about 9:30 then feed - back to sleep until 7:30 -- start all over again. :) I have been told that this will definately change with teething!!!!

I am absolutely making the most of this as I really really really do not want to go back to work now! :( I keep telling myself that when I do go back to work I will be very good and go back to doing all my housework etc just like I used to - we'll see - maybe we'll win lotto!!!! :rolleyes:

[Chickadee]

DD is 21 months. DH has been away working for about a month now so this is my "single parent" routine. Otherwise he helps out morning and evening and it's all much easier.

On work days: Alarm goes off at 6:15, I actually get up anywhere from then to 7am :eek: Try to sneak into the shower if DD is still being quiet, she often is awake but will play quietly in her cot for up to half an hour. Then get her up and mad rush to: Get breakfast done, dogs fed, both of us dressed, grab all the assorted "stuff" (daycare bag, purse, laptop, bottle, my breakfast to go, hopefully a coffee) and pile into the car by 8. I'm habitually late to work. DD has her bottle in the car now.

After work pick dd up by 5:30, home around 6-6:15. Mad rush (again) to put together a healthy dinner in 15 minutes so she can be done eatting by 7. I often lose that battle and dinner stretches out closer to 7:30. Maybe a bath if she's really grubby or I've pulled off the impossible and gotten her fed at a reasonable time. Bottle and bedtime ideally at 7:30, occassionally runs as late as 8:30 if I've had to stop on the way home from work or taken her back to the office with me to finish something off. Once she's in bed I tidy up, do chores, browse bubhub, work on uni assignments, or zone out in front of the tv!

On non-work days everything is much more relaxed. After breakfast we take the dogs to the park and a long walk. DD plays in the park practicing her climbing. Then back home for a snack and more play, or she helps me with housework. Lunch, play. Bottle and a nap usually around 2pm for 1.5 hours. A small snack and then more play or we take the dogs for another walk. Thursdays we go to Gymbaroo in the afternoon instead of a nap.

[onabreak]

Well my daughter is almost 10mths old and our days start with waking about 5.30am talking her head off in bed, I get her up around 6.30am change her nappy and put her in her day clothes. Then she plays with daddy for about 10 mins then 7.00 first bottle then about an hour later she will have solids, then about and hour later goes back to bed for a 30 minute nap. While I get the chance to have a shower, have brekkie, put a load of washing on, clean teeth. Get her up, change nappy then put her on th blanket for a play for about an hour while we watch Kerri-anne. She might have a winge so I will give her a cuddle for awhile. Approx 4 hours after 1st bottle give her another bottle. She may go to sleep for 30 mins again. Get her up, change nappy watch Days of Our Lives for a while, have so more play then have some solids for lunch. We then go for a walk in the pram to the local park where she loves to have swing for awhile. Come back after about 40 mins. Have another bottle (usually only half). We sometimes sit out side on a blanket while I take washing off the line. Take her upstairs give her a bath, hubby usually comes home then plays with her for a little while, while I get her solids ready for dinner, feed her, she plays for about another 30 mins, I then see if she wants a bit of a bottle before bed and then she is in bed by about 6pm. I then cook dinner, eat it with hubby, then finally relax watching tv, have a shower then off to bed by 11pm and get ready to do it all again the next day. Boy what fun!!

[vmills]

Our days go something like this....

DD (26 months, not a baby anymore!!) wakes at about 7am, DH gets her up. We have breakfast, then she watches ABC Kids/plays while I do a few chores like dishes, tidying, vacuuming, putting washing on.
We go out most mornings to Kindergym, Playgroup, shopping, visiting friends or to the playground.
We're usually home at about midday, when it's time for lunch and quiet play before her afternoon sleep from 2-4pm, when I have to wake her up!! We then have an afternoon snack before going for a walk to meet daddy's bus just after 5.00.
I then cook dinner while DH & DD play like crazy, then after dinner DH gives her a bath while I do dishes. DD's bedtime is about 7.30pm, after which we collapse on the couch in front of the TV, or I might do the ironing then.
This will of course all go out the window in about 3 weeks time when #2 arrives :)

[Belby]

Hi,
Our day starts with my little man (5 months) waking at about 7.30am, we have a chat, change, etc and then bottle. He has a play and then a bit of farex and then we might go for a walk etc and then sleep at 11.30 - 12.30 ish. Another bottle, and more play, sleep at 3.30 - 5. Dad gets home from work so he does bottle, and has 'dad play time' while I make tea, do some jobs etc. Farex at 6.30, bath and then quiet play (dad usually reads a few stories) and then bottle and bed at 8.30pm. Of course this changes a bit depending on if we go out shopping, visiting, movies (mums and bubs sessions!) he might sleep in his pusher or in the car for his morning nap but I try to be home for late afternoon sleep as he seems to really need this one! The rest of the night is mum and dad time! ;)