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| Name: Super-mom | Date: Jun 16th, 2005 8:26 PM |
| I don't want to pat myself on the back too much, but I have been a stay at home mom for a while now, and I have become pretty organized. I have two children who are in school now, but when they were at home I felt you had to be organized all the time. I organized their wake up times and bedtimes as well as all meal times. Organize meals for the week ahead. Take forty minutes one day a week and plan meals and what you will need for them. I often do prep for my meals on the weekends, when my husband can look after the kids a bit. This really cuts down on time spent in the kitchen. Try to meet up with another mom and agree to send your kids over to her once a week. She can send her kids over one day too. this will occupy the children and give you time with an adult. As for exercise...you probably get enough of that chasing after your kids! Take your kids for walks to the park in the summer, or do simple exercises together. If your kids are in school, try to do errands during the day. Hope that some of these ideas help! ↑ |
| Name: Marge | Date: Jun 30th, 2005 9:57 PM |
| I am not the most organized SAHM but I do pretty well. I have three young boys and watch kids at home. No two days are the same for me. I have difficulty sticking to a hardcore routine -so I have a flexible schedule. I have a basic routine for a "typical" day and on days I need to do errands, special meal, party prep etc. I figure out a plan of attack before hand. At the begining of the week I usually look at my calendar and work out a "rough draft" and revise as the days unfold. I usually excersize during nap or after I get the kids down at night. I also shower before the kids wake/need breakfast or I shower at night sometimes...especially if I have alot to do in the am. An idea for excersizing in the am might be to develop an am schedule. You could get up early...before your son or do it while he eats breakfast and/or watches a short educational show/video. I too have trouble sticking to rigid schedules so I finally decided what the most important factors were i.e breakfast, am snack, lunch, nap, pm snack, dinner, bath night, bedtime and stick to those pretty closely and fit the rest in as I can on a day to day basis. Don't be too hard on yourself try out a routine if it doesn't work just keep revising it...you'll find one that works...perserverence. Good luck!!! ↑ |
| Name: Sara | Date: Jul 2nd, 2005 7:44 PM |
| here can be a sample routine for you 7:30 wake up and shower 8:00 dress 8:30 make breakfast 9:00 wake and dress son 9:15 eat 9:45 bike ride with son in a bike trailer 10:15 take time to play outside 10:45 am snack 11:30 put up loak of laundry 12:00 lunch 1:00 nap 2:00 errands and grocery shopping 4:00 make dinner 5:00 eat 6:00 bath 7:00 story 7:30 bed time 8:00 clean kitchen 9:00 dry laundry 10:00 shower 11:00 private time with spouse This can be adjusted but this is only a sample of what you could do as a schedule. I am in the same boat trying to make a schedule for me and my 2 boys. ↑ |
| Name: Tara | Date: Jul 10th, 2005 1:00 PM |
| I too am a SAHM. I try to fit exercise in with my daughter. We usually go for a walk in the afternoon. She'll take a nap and I'll get the exercise I need. As for the rest of the day it's pretty similar to Sarah's schedule. ↑ |
| Name: Janeice Wallers | Date: Jul 27th, 2005 9:38 PM |
| Well schedule your daily plans in a notebook. Then follow them in the correct order everyday, that should keep your job more easierb without wondering if you forgot to do something, give it a try. ↑ |
| Name: daisy | Date: Aug 29th, 2005 2:34 AM |
| I need help to create a daily routine that I can follow every day ↑ |
| Name: Millie | Date: Sep 13th, 2005 5:41 PM |
| I like the one sara posted for you. Give it a try. ↑ |
| Name: Evette | Date: Oct 7th, 2005 6:45 PM |
| Here is a sample daily schedule i abided by when my kids were little. 6:40 a.m. Wake up, light cigarette, pour cup of coffee, relax. 7:00 a.m. Change diapers on babies. 7:15 a.m. Babies in highchairs, it's breakfast time. 7:45 a.m. Breakfast done, let kids play, clean up kitchen. 8:00 a.m. Call mother to say hello. 8:30 a.m. Empty diaper pail into washing machine, wash diapers, pin diapers on outdoor clothesline, iron laundry. 9:10 a.m. Check up on babies. Check diapers for wetness, change if needed, etc. 10:00 a.m. Take kids outside for some fresh air. Mommy needs some too! 11:15 a.m. Come back in house, prepare lunch. 11:35 a.m. Eat lunch, change diapers, prepare baby bottles, put babies in their cribs. 12:00 p.m. Put on batch of homemade cookies, sit, relax, read, watch t.v., take nap, etc. 1:30 p.m. Go in to nursery room, change diapers, get babies up from their cribs, etc. 2:00 p.m. Start supper. Prepare baby bottle. Make a cup of tea. Light cigarette. 3:30 p.m. Change diapers, set kitchen table. 4:30 p.m. Eat supper, clean up supper dishes. Sit with hubby. Talk. 5:00 p.m. Change diapers, watch evening news. 6:30 p.m. Time for children to unwind, clean up their toys and things. 6:50 p.m. Start bedtime routine. Undress and strip babies down, into bathtub, scrub-a-dub-dub! 7:15 p.m. Out of bathtub, towel dry, into nursery room, into baby cribs, diaper babies for the night. Double diapers, baby powder, diaper pins, rubber panties. 7:25 p.m. Light cigarette, prepare baby bottles. Let babies watch television for 20 minutes to half hour, if their good! 8:00 p.m. Take babies into baby room, put into cribs, check diapers for wetness, change if required. Story time, nighty-nite time. 8:30 p.m. Light cigarette, go outside, take down rubber pants and diapers off clothesline. 8:45 p.m. Fold diapers on top of kitchen table, stack neatly, bring to baby room, put on top of baby dresser. 9:00 p.m. Relax with hubby, hmmm? Yes, if you have the energy! 10:00 p.m. Check up on babies. Change diapers again. 10:05 p.m. Watch late night television for an hour or so, off to bed. ↑ |
| Name: carabear530 | Date: Oct 8th, 2005 6:47 PM |
| I have just started doing pilates and I have 5 kids. They are 11,10,8, and 4 years old and 3 month old. I was actually worried about getting the time to do pilates, but as long as the babe is asleep, the other kids sit down and watch (after a whole bunch of laughing at me) and tell me if I'm not in the right position ( I have a video). To keep my 4 yr old happy I let her work out while I take a break I also let the other kids try but they like bouncing on the ball more. I'm not a very organized person myself, but by the time night comes the house is clean and the kids are fed (I'm trying to figure out a different scedule myself) I have the older kids help with the cleaning and my 4 yr old is actually the biggest help I have, she has been since she was 3 years old. She helps me take the clothes out of the dryer and she folds them pretty good too!Most of our together time is when we exercise and clean. My house is not picture perfect, but considering my hubby is a truck driver gone 5 days a week, I have my 5 kids, I watch a 1 yr old and my neice 11 yrs (she's a big help too) and I'm also the neighborhood mom, my house looks pretty good. Good Luck! I'm going to read the other replys for some suggestion for myself. ↑ |
| Name: Justine | Date: Dec 1st, 2005 2:41 PM |
| Wouldn't it be great to have a gym program for Mom's and kids to excersize together...I mean real excersize for the Mom and also fun with thier kids. There could be seperate classes based on the children's ages. And every class could start with stretching and 20 min steady aerobics and then there could be a different game every class so the children would stay interested. like kickball, or volleyball or some ball game on those rolling skooters that you sit on. but there would always have to be one parent with each child. and there could be a "rest area" with board games for siblings takeing turns or if children were distracted and acting out then them and their mom could take a rest and do something together or if the Mom was really pooped out. It could be like gym class with parents and kids together. Wouldn't that be great! ↑ |
| Name: julie | Date: Dec 22nd, 2005 1:35 PM |
| Get up at 5a.m exercise 30 minutes tops 530a.m. take shower 10/15 minutes tops get dressed and throw a load of laundry in washer flip other load if you have to 8a.m make your self breakfast 830am wake up your son let him watch a tv program while you make his breakfast 845am-915am tops. 930a.m-1030am playtime 1030a.m-1040amwashing hands / go to the bath room 11a.m make him lunch (1130)- 12p.m. eat lunch 12p.m 1210p.m. washing hands /bathroom read him a story 1230p.m -245p.m. nap 245-300p.m washing hands /bathroom 300p.m-325p.m eat snack 330p.m. run your errands. while he is sleeping clean kitchen and laundry and dishes from lunch. hopefully that should help you . Happy Holidays ↑ |
| Name: Paula | Date: Jan 8th, 2006 12:54 PM |
| Hi "Sinking" We each need to do trial and error to find out what works best for us, and like you, I found myself doing a whole lot of 'erroring', causing myself much 'trials', and still not finding out what worked for me, lol. Then I came across Messies Anonymous, and it has helped me greatly. What works for me constantly changes time to time, but MA has helped me deal with it. Peruse their website. It is fun as well as helpful. http://www.messies.com/ Others swear by the Fly Lady, so if Messies doesn't work for you try her. http://www.flylady.net/ ↑ |
| Name: cherrybomb31 | Date: Feb 6th, 2006 9:30 PM |
| genny or jackie u there ↑ |
| Name: to Evette | Date: Feb 7th, 2006 7:22 PM |
| Great schedule but one thing I would add -- quit smoking while you are young -- for your sake -- and your kids. Put the amount of money aside you would have spent on cigs -- it adds up really quick! Take care : -) ↑ |
| Name: glove women | Date: Feb 9th, 2006 5:29 PM |
| 7.00 wake up and squzee on rubber gloves 7.30 eat breakfest 8.00 wash the dishes 8.30 wash the bathroom sink 9.00 vacroom all the rugs 10.00 mop the floors 10.45 wash the windos 11.15 clean the toylet 11.45 take a break 12.00 put gloves back on and go shopping for cleaning supplies 12.45 take out the garbe 1.00 go to my garden 2.00 go to pick up the kids 12.00 put ↑ |
| Name: I.M To Sara, | Date: Feb 9th, 2006 6:00 PM |
| couple little problems you havent thought about... you said 9.00 wake up son, what if he wakes up at 6ish like my son does? also 1.00 nap for the son i gathered you meant, and 2.00 grocery shopping..... whta if 2.00 son is still sleeping or he doesnt fall asleep staright away,or he doesnt sleep anymore full stop.... and thats why your scheldule hasnt worked for you either cause you cant set times when all these will happen, the only thing i can suggest Sinking is work out what time your son gets up each morning and get up 15 minutes earlier than him to shower and dress, then while hes awake get breakfast ready together, (this is playtime and quality bonding time together for you and for him, eat together, when kids feel as though theyve prepared it etc they find it easier to enjoy and eat it, and praise him for good cooking etc, then after braekfast, put a load on, and workout together if you must, you do enough workout running after him, but if you still need to do your workout do it with him taht way he gets tired aswell, or just take him to creche while you workout at gym even 2/3 times a week or however many times you can, by this time laubdry should be done, hang up clothes while hes playing that way you can watch him or do what i do, i get my son to pass me pegs. you have to be quick though lol, he passes me one every 1second lol,,, after youve hung up clothes play with him outside for a while and ask him to help you tidy up the house and give him a rag, kids love to think they are cleaning, they wont do it for long but it will keep him busy for a while, and if he gives up, ask him if he wants a favourite tv show or video while you clean up, youll find he'll sit for atleast 20 min, that should give you enough time to clean bathrooms, kitchen, as for the beds, depending on how quick you are, do them as soon as both of you are up, after youve done this, and say you need to go grocery shopping, i give my son a basket and he throws in there afew things and they also love this and it gets their mind off wanting to runaway like they ususllly would because they have a responsability, and praise him once more for being such a great helper and shopper and buy him a treat, or just put him in trolley and give him the dry foods etc to place in the trolley, this works well also, but continue the praising, then tell him he can help you put shopping away, before shopping i sometimes take my son to park, beach or mcdonalds to have a good run around and play, and lunch, and they get heaps tired then i take him shopping, it works wonders for me, but you can tire them out at home aswell, just need to be a kid again for this, i get on the trampoline and swings etc with him, by this time hed be really tired, also while your there go to pharnacy and pick up kids capsules(very safe) similar to vitamin c, they re chamomile, they look like shapes of rockets, they taste great and they are called calm kids im pretty sure, and they calm them down, give that as a treat, 2/3 each time if he likes, bring him home, and put him down for rest, tell him he dont need to sleep just rest, and he will fall asleep, when he wakes, by this time you should of prepared dinner, have a snack together, get him to colour in with you, believe me its quite fun together, while dinners cooking, maybe have a dance or song game together, then he can play outside while you put dry clothes away, i bought my son a toy vacum, rake, etc and while im doing the house work so does he, its a great way to get things done, some days can be easier than some, just before dinner maybe he can watch a short video, then time to wash up and eat, then always make it after eat, its bath time, raed him a book, lullybuys etc ,, then down for a sleep, make his day exciting then he wont mind going for sleep as he wants it again the next day, but like i said, somedays is easy somedays its hard, it all depends how tired you are aswell, but when hes being really good always praise him, and when hes palying up, tantrums, dropping food on table ignore him, and just clean up, this way he'l say .oh when im naughty she doesnt notice me or i get no attention, but when im good she pays attention, so Sinking i better stop cause by the looks of it , ive written an essay, let me know how it goes take care and God bless ↑ |
| Name: first time mom! help! | Date: Mar 1st, 2006 10:17 AM |
| i will soon be a mom and im struggling to understand of what sort of routine i should get my baby into which way should i do it it when and how? can some one please help!? ↑ |
| Name: SONIA | Date: Mar 1st, 2006 4:16 PM |
| first time mom forget about the schdual and just live your life ↑ |
| Name: to first time mom! help! | Date: Mar 1st, 2006 4:46 PM |
| i pretty much went along with the schedule my baby started to set for herself. now you can read her like a book. it seems like you can know by the minute when she will be tired/hungry. at first i to was panicing trying to get her on a schedule and then i loosened up a little and she started making up her own schedule ↑ |
| Name: TATIANA | Date: Mar 2nd, 2006 7:24 PM |
| YOU HAVE MANY THINGS TO DO ↑ |
| Name: Mel | Date: Mar 17th, 2006 10:58 PM |
| What's up ! ↑ |
| Name: Fiona | Date: Mar 17th, 2006 11:19 PM |
| Here is a sample of my daily schedule. 7:00 wake up and stagger downstairs to make cup of tea. 7:10 go back upstairs and have a bath 7:40 frantically run around trying to get my sons' school things ready - realise that he hasn't done his homework. 8:00 tell my son to get his school uniform on. 8:05 tell my son again to get his school uniform on. 8:10 yell at my son to get his school uniform on!!!! 8:30 try to catch toddler to put his coat on. 8:35 try to catch my son to put his coat on ready for school. 8:40 frantically change toddler's nappy and end up with poo everywhere! 8:41 set off for school 9:00 give toddler breakfast. 9:20 clean up cereal from carpet and clean up mess on toddler 9:30 feel bored. 9:35 get selection of toys out for toddler 9:40 try to wrestle dirty clothes from toddler to put in the washing machine. 9:45 turn machine on 9:46 toddler turns machine off 10:00 admit defeat and go to the shops for food 1:00 give toddler lunch 2:45 try to catch toddler to put in pushchair so we can set off to collect son from school 2:50 frantically try to change dirty nappy and end up with poo everywhere! 3:00 go up to school to collect son 3:30 arrive home and hide in the kitchen away from toddler and son 4:50 start to cook a meal 5:20 husband arrives home 5:45 eat meal 6:00 wash up 6:15 bath toddler 6:30 son goes in the bath 7:00 try to clean up flooded bathroom whilst giving toddler his supper 7:30 toddler goes to bed 8:00 son starts asking for food 8:10 son asks for even more food 8:15 still more food...... 8:30 I lose my temper and chase son up to clean his teeth before bed 8:35 son comes downstairs asking for more food..... 8:40 husband loses his temper and chases son upstairs 9:00 quiet time with husband 9:10 son comes downstairs with reports of a spider creeping across the wall in his bedroom and can we remove it for him please 9:15 spider gone and quiet time with husband 9:20 son comes downstairs with requests for food, a drink, vitamins, strange noises etc. 9:30 all problems with son solved.......he's come down to keep us company whilst we watch tv! ↑ |
| Name: Irene | Date: Mar 22nd, 2006 3:04 AM |
| LMAO Fiona, how funny you are! Thanks for the good laugh, i needed it, take care and God bless you x ↑ |
| Name: Nikki | Date: Mar 24th, 2006 9:52 AM |
| I love you! You sound exactly like me! You and I would be great friends! Unfortunately we probably wouldn't help each other! That being said, I know I can't help! I have 4 kids and homeschool them ( well 2 so far). I just wanted to let you know that you sounded like a wonderful person! And know that you're not alone! Please don't be too critical of yourself & God Bless you and your family! ↑ |
