What's a typical day for you?

ven

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 4:25 pm

6.30 u. Wake up
7 breakfast
7.30 drop kids off
8.30 work
16.30 finish work
17.30 pick kids up
18 cooking
20 kids into bed
23 sleep

All the rest of the chores / cleaning/ shopping has to be fitted into this schedule. Two hour commute to/ from work

zaq

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 5:44 pm

salt wrote:

Quote:

I'm pretty sure she was being sarcastic.

Well that's too subtle for me!

It was an entirely brilliant and on-target response to heidi's mean-spirited post about noticing that amother didn't include in her daily schedule time for interacting with her dc, and her falsely sweet "I feel sooo so sorry for you and your baby."

notme

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 8:29 pm

6:30-7:00 wake up to ds saying "mommmy I'm aawaake!"
7:00-7:15 get him to wash negel vasser and go downstairs
7:15 dd wakes up (usually ds wakes her)
7:15-8:50 get kids ready for school, bathroom, breakfast, dress, put on a show so I can get dressed and brush my teeth
9:00 drop kids off at school,
9:00-9:30 daven, have breakfast
9:30-12:45 work on the computer, do errands walmart or groceries, housework
12:45-1:00 pick up kids from school
1:00-2:00 help kids with bathroom, wash hands, play
2:00-2:30 snack, get ready to go out if it's nice out
2:30-4:30 park, color inside, playdough,
4:30 make dinner, kids watch a show
5:00-5:30 dinner, dh comes home
6:00-7:15 bath, brush kids teeth
7:15 bed
7:15-8:00 deal with dd not wanting to sleep
8:00 relax on computer, laundry, talk with dh
10:00 shower
11:00 bed

groovy1224

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 9:07 pm

My son asked me for a kiss this morning. I said no because he hadn't made an appointment. 8:00 is breakfast time..none of this spontaneous love business!! I'm with Heidi! You want attention during bath time, you say? Tickle fights at bed time? Send me a notarized request via certified mail, and we'll talk about it.

amother

Sapphire

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 9:16 pm

so firstly, I think the Heidi-bashing is getting a bit excessive already....

Here's my day:

6:50-wake up, dress and feed ds2, pack his bag, get myself into a shmatte and

7:30- put him on the bus, feed Ds1 breakfast get him dressed, pack his bag and

7:55- fight about whether or not he's going to school and walk to the bus stop.

8:15-eat my breakfast, get dressed, chill

9:00-commute to work

9:30-2:30-work. On my lunch break, I make important phonecalls and do errands

2:30-3:00 commute home

3:00- take off shoes, tights, sheitel, and use the toilet

3:20-Ds 2 comes home, play in the yard for 10 min, give him snack and TV till
while I prepare supper, make important phone calls, take care of businesses.

4:15 pack up Ds2 and a bag and meet DS1 at the bus stop. then we go to the park or play at home.

5/530 dinnertime

5:45 homework, relax, play

6:15 bath

6:30/45 bed

8:00 Im free to do laundry, cleanup, relax

10:30 shower and bed

11:30 Dh home

amother

Magenta

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 10:15 pm

6:50 wake up and throw some clothes on
7:00 wake up kids
7:00-750- get kids dressed, feed breakfast, make sure bags and lunches are packed
8:00 DH drops them at school.
8:00-10:00 run errands and play with 1.5 year old.
10:00 put him from nap
10:00-12:00- clean house, dishes, laundry, make lunch and dinner, relax.
12:00-12:30- feed ds lunch and play with him and ready to pick up kids from school.
1:00- pick up kids.
1:00-3:30- play, color, park, run errands etc.
3:30-6:30- I go to work
6:30-7:00 eat a quick dinner (whatever is leftover from kids and dh) before helping dh with bath and bedtime.
7:00-10:00 make lunches, pick out kids clothing for school, relax, read, shower, internet.
10:00 dh comes home from learning.
11:00 bed...
But I'm up at least two times in the night with any of my kids for an endless number of reasons....

amother

Blue

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 11:09 pm

7;00 say good bye to high school son

7;15 get my kids up and dressed and I try to get dressed myself, breakfast make lunch and snacks sign any thing that wasnt done the night before.

7'45 DD goes to the bus

8:10 DS goes to the bus

8;15 DH comes home from shule we have breakfast together.

9;00 Dh goes to work (he works 5 min from the house) I finish up getting dressed and make my lunch, daven what I could, clean start supper call anyone that needs to be called.

9;30 start work from home.

10;15 go to work to work in office

some days I am home by 3;15 for my DS then we run errands and I make supper homework with him.
When I work late I am home by six.

4;30 the rest start to come home. Finish preparing supper talk to friends who need advice try to redd shidduchim,

6;00 supper homework with older kids

7;30 bath story time and hopefully bed at 830 for Ds

9;00 high school son comes home we talk about the day.

10;00 go to the gym

11;00 to about 1 or 2 go to my second job come home and do computer work for a bit.

go to bed by 2 or 3 and start again the next day.

sequoia

Tue, Apr 28 2015, 11:54 pm

amother wrote:

yup.

Every once in a while I do fall asleep for a bit and then I am up and out by 10 p.m. for the gym and work.

You know an extra hour of sleep might be better for your health a few times a week. Did a doctor tell you that you have to work out every single day? Getting only four hours of sleep a night is bad for you and will eventually catch up with you. Isn't your husband concerned about how little sleep you're getting?

amother

Aubergine

Wed, Apr 29 2015, 5:45 am

5:30-6:30--get woken up from kids, but stay in bed till

some time after 6am-- get out of bed

6:30-7--settle kids (4,3,1), nurse 1 yr old, diaper 3 yr old, dress all 3

7-am-- neigle vaasser, decide whats for breakfast, make sure they eat, do 4 yr olds hair, prepare 4 yr olds briefcase with snacks and lunch, find her a good page in her activity book to do until

7:45-- 4 yr old go to the bathroom and put on shoes

7:55-- put 1 yr old into crib for morning nap

8-- go with 3 and 4 yr old to wait for 4 yr old's van to take her to gan

8:10 - 2:15-- entertain little ones. either go grocery shopping, gymboree, for a walk, or just stay home and play. hopefully 3 yr old will take a nap from 12-2

2:20- 4 yr old comes home from gan

2:30-5---entertain kids

5-- supper, bath

6ish- start winding down. read books, try to do more calm activities

7pm bedtime

7:20-7:45--hide in my room on the computer till kids are asleep
7:45 finally kids will be sleeping. I can start to clean and prepare dinner for dh.
8-9--my downtime

9ish- dh comes home
I collapse and go to sleep sometime between 9:30-10:30

(I dont get much time to talk on the phone, since when my kids are around they don't let me-you know how it is, kids are calm, make a call, kids start fighting...- and then at night I am just too tired. oh well, that is why I cant have any adult social life...maybe one day.....)

gp2.0

Wed, Apr 29 2015, 7:40 am

My alarm rings at 7, but DD5 usually wakes me up before then.
Her bus arrives 7:50.
DH leaves at 8.
I drop off DD2 at babysitter around 8:45.
I work from 9-2.
I pick up DD2 from babysitter around 2:20.
I get home around 2:50.
DD5 gets home 3:20.
I start thinking about making dinner at 3:45.
Throw something into oven around 4.
Kids take a bath around 6.
DH gets home around 6:30.
Start getting kids ready for bed around 6:30-7.
Kids usually asleep by 7-8.
I go to sleep around 11:30.

In between, there are kisses, cuddles, dressing, exasperation, tantrums, lots of eating, lots of wiping poop off tiny butts, cleaning up huge messes made by tiny kids, errands, phone calls, library runs, park runs, backyard play, water play, play-doh, coloring, videos, laundry, dealing with whatever crisis is current (right now it's ants in the foyer) and oh yeah, relaxing. None of that is planned. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.

cinnamon

Wed, Apr 29 2015, 8:24 am

here is mine:

5:50 wake up
6:00 get on the treadmill
6:30 shower get dressed, start davening.
7:00 wake up kids, nudge them along to get dressed, help the ones that are too tired/lazy. finish davening if I can.
7:30 Dh gets home from davening make sure everyone's bags are packed, last minute shoe searches, hair brushing etc.
7:40 we all leave, oldest DD walks to school, Dh takes the two little ones to gan and I drive DS5 to cheider
8:15-8:30 get to work
15:30 leave work
16:00 pick up DS5 from cheider and DS2 from gan
16:20 arrive home. Dh and the girls are already there. Go relax and have a coffee.
16:45 Dh leaves. Depending on the day and how much energy I have we do, play dates, after school activities, park, errands, cooking, laundry or just hanging out.
18:00 bath (most days but not every day)
18:30 supper
19:00 bedtime, older ones read in bed, I go work on the computer.
20:00 light out
20:30 finish work, clean up, prep launches and clothes for tomorrow, get supper together for dh and me
21:30 dh gets home we eat supper
22:30 finish cleaning up, preparing things for tomorrow, shower if I feel like it
11:00 finally get into bed.

Note: These are ideal times and they can be off by anywhere from five minutes to half an hour. Also I sometimes skip the exercise for an extra half hour of sleep...