Daily routine?

[SoBlessed]

Do any of you have a daily routine? If so, what is it?

[Steady101]

I do motivated moms.

[SoBlessed]

What's that?

[mosesface]

oh, yes yes, i do i do!!!
sheesh, i'm such an overachiever.

i actually just posted this over on the "sahw, what do you do all day?" thread so i'll just cut and paste it.


7:00 wake. get dressed.
start the coffee pot.
7:30 go to the gym.
8:30 have coffee with dh, discuss the plans for the day.
9:15 see dh off to work.
9:30 breakfast while checking email, mdc, etc.
10:30 walk the dog.
feed the cat & dog
11:30 straighten up:
kitchen (put away dishes from last night, wash breakfast dishes, sweep, mop once a week, wipe everything down)
bedroom (open the curtains, make the bed, pick up dh's incredible amount of laundry)
living room (dust and vacuum once a week, put away books, magazines and random computer equipment and cords that seem to multiply daily)
bathroom (pick up the towels, wipe down the sink, scrub the toilet and tub once a week, mop the floor twice a week, swap the family cloth every other day)
laundry
1:30 enjoy lunch while watching something mindless and entertaining.
2:00 household business:
right now this involves our house purchase, which we close on on tuesday. so, lots of email between loan officer, insurance, realtor, etc.
pay bills, organize bills.
make meal plan and grocery list once a week.
personal business: email, mdc, reading and research re: fertility, ttc, health, etc.
3:00-5:30 create stuff while doing laundry: sewing, quilting, dressmaking, embroidery, painting, drawing, etc. etc. i do my best to finish one project each week, whether it be a new set of napkins, clothing, a gift, dishtowels.....
5:30 start dinner.
6:30 serve and eat dinner with my husband.
7:30 wash the dishes.
8:00 spend the rest of the evening with my husband. (except tuesdays when i go to the grocery store.)
11:00 go to bed.

of course, it's subject to change on occasion...like on the days i become obsessed with vacuuming all the ceiling fans or become hopelessly depressed because i cut the wrong pattern size and am forced to give up and make cookies.

[AngelBee]

I ma working on putting a sched/routine together

[mbhf]

i do. when i didnt, nothing ever got done.

the times are pretty loose. everything depends on when the younger two nap and when we wake up in the morning, plus when my DH gets home varies a lot, so that affects things too.

first thing in the morning- shower and wash the baby's butt, sometimes he gets a full bath. i get dressed and dress the baby. every couple days the big boys get a bath if they haven't gotten one at night. they get dressed (somewhat, usually just undies unless we're going out right away)

go downstairs for breakfast. i usually just eat toast or something while i'm washing the dishesthe big boys eat at the table and the baby plays on a blanket.

clean off table, wash breakfast dishes, sweep downstairs. usually every other day i have laundry, so i start a load at this time.

this is generally naptime for the baby, so i nurse the two little boys until the baby falls asleep. he will actualyl lay down and nap by himself (who knew babies like that actually exist?) so i generally get something big done. first i pull the sheets back on the bed and straighten up the bedroom, then depending on what needs it, i do major clean up somewhere. this includes scrubbing the floors and dusting and moving furniture. if there's laundry, i generally start drying the first load and start another.

when the baby wakes up, if there's laundry i usually fold the first load at this time.

when the baby gets sleepy, i take them all upstairs and nure the little boys down for a nap. this nap is generally spent hanging out with my oldest. i make the bed and wipe down the bathroom.

we clean the downstairs (pick up toys, sweep if needed) sometime before my dh gets home.

we do dinner sometime between 6 and 8. if the kids got really dirty during the day, they get a bath. the big boys do toy pickup before bed.

[UmmBnB]

Absolutely! We both work out of the home so time is precious and we try very hard to keep on a routine. I'll insert times - they are tight in the morning, quite loose in the evening.

6:00 Get up, coffee and morning news together
7ish - kids get up
7 - 8 - Dh gets kids fed and dressed while I get ready for work
8 - out the door
8:30 or 9 - arrive at office
4:40 or 5 - leave office
5 - pick up kids
5:15 - 8:30
-One of us makes dinner and the other get the kids things put away, plays with kids, hang out, drink a glass of wine or a beer
-Dinner
-One of us cleans up from dinner while the other gets the kids bathed and in pjs.
-Free time for inside play as a family or to each his/her own
8:30 - kids to bed
9:00 - assuming kids are asleep dh and I get alone time. Watch some adult tv, drink more wine , get busy, etc.
10:00 adults to bed

Important to note that we clean constantly. Everyone in the house is expected to pick it up and put it away all the time. Deeper cleaning happens on the weekends or when I go bizerko...I've been known to deep clean the bathroom at 10pm on a monday night if something sets me off It feels like we spend very little time actually cleaning since we keep the house neat and tidy for the most part. Laundry happens on Sundays and only on Sundays. If we have a commitment on Sunday we do it on Saturday. I hate the idea of constant laundry and love starting out each week with a closet full of clean clothes.

[katheek77]

Yes and no...I work parttime as a nanny, and the days/hours vary weekly, and I bring DD with me, so....

DH wakes up with the baby (sometime between 6-7-it's her only time with him most days). Plays with her, at 7, she gets breakfast from him. She's usually still eating when I get up at 720ish (usually). I get up and pump for 20 minutes while doing email, bills, etc.

DH (usually) leaves for work around 800. If he has to get to work earlier, I get up earlier as well. It's impossible for me to pump for 20 minutes with my daughter. LOL. Other pumps scattered throughout day.

By/around 8, I get dressed, brush teeth, etc. I straighten up, take out garbage, put away last nights dishes, do dishes, start coffee (if not already), straighten bedroom/bathroom. DEPENDING on DD's mood, I might run the vacuum, clean kitchen, etc. If not, it gets pushed to later in the day.

Sometime between 830-900, DD takes a nap in her sling. It's a catnap of 30-60 minutes. I can't do much with her in it. Usually reading or watching a video.

After DD wakes up, I get everything ready for work if we're going that day....her diaper bag, toys, pack the pump, etc. Also get DD dressed. Some more playing/singing/reading.

If time, more house cleaning/straightening/start a crock pot meal, possibly.

If a work day, leave around 1020-1030, after walking the dog. Get to work around 1110. Serve lunch after Sonia is picked up/dropped off. Set up playdates/pull out art supplies/play outside, etc. If it's a nice day, we go to the park, or the zoo.

Katie (DD) naps again starting between 1-2. She'll nap anywhere from 1-1.5 hours at work. Sonia does computer chess, reading, or we color/paint, etc. during this time if she doesn't have a play date.

My day sometimes ends around 330. Other days not until 6-7. If it's a late day, around 345, Hannah comes home. We do her homework (or if it's nice out, we play outside for a bit, depending on the homework load...she has to have it done before dinner at 530ish.) Around 5, I start dinner with or without the girls. T/TH they get picked up for Karate at 550, and I leave if still there. If not T/TH, we clean up, straighten up the kitchen, and usually do silly games at this point (they're very boisterous). Katie sleeps in the car on the ride home, we have our bath, and she goes to sleep.

If I'm not working, we just hang around the house, in the morning, possibly run errands, go to the zoo, museum, take a walk, visit Da-da, etc. She'll (usually) take a longer nap in the afternoon (which leaves me sitting for a good 2+ hours usually), I'll do more cleaning at home (laundry, heavier cleaning/organizing/etc.), and we have a more formalized nighttime. 600-dinner w/Mama (Da-da works until 7/8), playtime ,700 bathtime (can be anywhere from about 10-30 minutes depending on her mood...loves baths) 715-730ish, pjs, night bottle, and to bed.

If Da-da calls and says he'll be home earlyish (say, around 730), I play with her until he gets home, and he takes the bath with her and puts her to bed.

I sometimes make dinner, sometimes we do leftovers, sometimes DH just snacks. We talk, watch tv, do internet, etc.

So, it's more a routine than a schedule.

I'm trying to work a walk on the treadmill into this...I've discovered she'll sleep quite well while I'm on the treadmill, but wakes up as soon as I stop, so....I've either got to walk on the treadmill for 2 hours, or time it toward the end of her naps ;-)

[TwinMom]

Here's my basic schedule, though we have something scheduled outside of the house pretty much every day. If we're home, though, this is what happens:

7:00--wake up, have tea/coffee, check email, start laundry
7:30--prep dinner & lunch
8:00--wake 2 & 5-year olds, feed them and myself
8:30--wake 13-year olds, do morning chores w/ little ones
9:00--shower, dress
9:15--morning cleaning
10:00--read to boys
10:30--declutter, putter around house
11:30--fix lunch
12:00--eat lunch, focus on big kids while dh plays with little ones
1:00--quiet time
1:30--afternoon cleaning
2:00--fix snack for kids
2:30--set kids up with craft, work on dinner, fold laundry
3:30--take boys to park
5:00--finish making dinner
6:00--eat dinner
6:30--stories w/ boys
7:00--bath & bed w/ boys
8:30--hopefully the little ones are in bed and I can spend time w/ dh and big kids
10:30--pass out

It all looks so nice, all laid out like that, but a lot of time is spent breaking up arguments and nursing the toddler, so it rarely happens right on schedule. The days that do, though, are so productive!

[Marvelleaux]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one!

I have an Excel spreadsheet that I follow. I've pretty much blown it all to heck though during these last few months of pregnancy...

[Adamsmama]

6:30am kids wake up, I change their diapers
6:45am fix breakfast for myself and boys
7:15am I unload the dishwasher and load any dirty dishes from breakfast and vacuum kitchen, clean counters/sink
8am give boys a bath and then get them diapered and dressed
8:45-10am playtime/maybe take them on a walk, etc., straigten up the bedrooms, make beds, do some laundry, put some laundry away
10am fix lunch for the boys

(have to go ... will post the rest later)