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| I have a schedule of what I do on what day. Mondays and Fridays are my goof off days and the rest of the week I clean house and do laundry and stuff. I'm also lucky because my parents live next door so I go see my mom everyday. |
| posted by Hope on 09/18/2007 12:00 PM
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| I started watching two girls three days a week before and after school. They keep me pretty busy. Wednesday and Thursday are my goff off days. |
| posted by Karen on 09/18/2007 12:41 PM
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| Hi, look in your local Moms activity guide and see the fun activities they have in your area. Usually one morning we go to storytime at the library. One day we have a playdate, one day we go to a park, a museum or a local activity that may be educational, or out somewhere and the other two days I leave open for quiet play at home with Mommy and of course, I do house stuff! Most areas have a Moms type club and you can find fun activities there also. |
| posted by Kara on 09/18/2007 12:49 PM
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| Usually Mondays I stay home and clean and cook for the week. We belong to a Mom's group where I both blow of steam w/ other mothers and get my son socialized, at the same time. I usually get together with them once a week to do something different every time. I have a couple of friendships with moms with same age kids I made through this site and meet up. I schedule playdates for another day once a week usually w/ them. The rest of the time I spend cleaning the house, taking care of my son, and running errands. I also go for walks every other day or so. What do you do? |
| posted by Andrea on 09/18/2007 01:26 PM
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| We have a schedule on mondays it's laundry in the am, and then the grocery store. Then we have play time with mom and then nap. Tuesdeays we usually go to the park or the mall. Then either wed or thurs we have a play date and friday is for errands bank, post office. We generally get out of the house once a day either for errands or playsates. We also go to storytime on thurs mornings. Save some quiet time for yourself at nap time I sometimes just sit a watch a movie or read a book. |
| posted by charise on 09/18/2007 03:40 PM
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| Thank you all for responding. My days that I'm bored are when my husband goes back to work tues-fri. I go to a baby & me class thing on tues or thurs sometimes both. I do laundry at least 3-4 days a week but it's the deep cleaning I hate doing picking up is no problem. My house looks clean but I know it could be better. |
| posted by Kristen on 09/18/2007 04:51 PM
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| My advice/opinion is to try not to sweat the small stuff, it will eat you alive! I make a list of things I want to accomplish that week and if I get to all of them great, if not, oh well. Social time is very important when you're a stay-at-home mom and it's good for your kid(s) too! You should try starting a play group in your area yourself. I'm sure other people feel the same way you do! |
| posted by Andrea on 09/18/2007 06:17 PM
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| I try to clean or cook but usually don't succeed in either. We have a cleaning lady who comes every six weeks. As for cooking, I do that once my husband gets home or we do crock-pot things. I mainly chase my toddler, go shopping, go to the libary, etc. Wish I was able to do more around the house, but I try each day. |
| posted by Nicole on 09/18/2007 06:21 PM
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| I try to survive! :) lol... I used to try to "entertain" my son around the clock, now I just live- run errands, mommy groups, walks, etc, and include him in as many moments as possible. I figure when he gets older I can do specific things to cater him, right now, my priority is to make it through the day safe and we're all happy :) I used to try to do so many things, I've relaxed a lot now. I have the rest of his life to be busy busy busy. |
| posted by Candice on 09/18/2007 06:40 PM
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| I have a daughter who is almost three, social life for us has become so important, we have to get out daily to attend different activities. I still do the cleaning, cooking but I do not let that worry me so much. |
| posted by Judy on 09/18/2007 08:14 PM
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| I work from home around my sons schedule.. so when he is awake we are playing and working on his walking! Once he lays down I am back to work! |
| posted by Khrysti on 09/18/2007 08:31 PM
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on mondays we have a mommy and me class, tuesdays and thursdays we have pre-school and fridays a gymnastics class. we also work in at least one doctors appointment a week (usually tuesday or thursday morning) and five therapy sessions (three speach, an occupational and a physical).
with nap time and dinner, i really feel like we don't have enough play time, but we make it to the park at least twice a week. i feel like i'm always rushing about. . . but our boys have only been with us for 5 1/2 weeks! |
| posted by Christina on 09/18/2007 08:57 PM
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| I clean the house during the day when my son is taking a nap. When he's up i pay attention to him. That's basically my whole day, also grocery shopping. |
| posted by tracy on 09/18/2007 10:07 PM
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| i have two girls . one that started head start. i am also in the process of opening my own daycare. i have 3 kids right now. 2 go to school. and i have one all day.other then that tues and thurss are my goof off days. when kids are down for nap. i clean with the tv on and i to see how fast i can get it down so i can relax (hahahahah that magic word) thats about my day clean, teach my lesson, then clean up after 5 people.. |
| posted by monica on 09/18/2007 11:13 PM
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| I clean the house, do laundry, take care of my daughter, 2 dogs, and run errands. When my husband gets home I make dinner and do the dishes then put my daughter to bed. Busy day everyday, but very rewarding in the end since I get to be home with my daughter. |
| posted by on 09/19/2007 07:06 PM
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| I wake up early (6 am Mon.-Fri.) to make breakfast for my boyfriend and pack his lunch, take care of my son, clean, do laundry and run errands. Tue., Fri. and Sat. evenings I go to work. Mon., Wed., Thur. and Sun. nights I cook dinner. Sunday afternoons my boyfriend's soccer team plays their games, so this is the only day that I don't do too much cleaning. I usually get to sleep in a little on Sat. and Sun.while my boyfriend gets up with the baby. I keep busy all the time like most moms. People always tell me I should nap some during the day while my son is napping, but there's just way too much else I can be getting done, so that doesn't happen too often. |
| posted by Amy on 09/20/2007 09:40 AM
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| Wow after reading everyone elses response to your question I feel like I need to get busy or on a schedule at least! We really don't have any specific days for doing anything. I'm still trying to get used to being home. Is it easier to have a schedule? |
| posted by melissa on 09/21/2007 01:19 AM
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| oh yes! having a schedule makes a WORLD of difference, both to me and to my sons. |
| posted by Christina on 09/21/2007 06:59 AM
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| When I first decided to stay home with my boys, we didn't do a lot, just lots of cleaning, but then my sister in law started a playgroup on Tuesdays, which we attend now. I try to get out for walks for exercise and fresh air. And clean, clean and clean...I forgot to mention I take care of my twin nephews 3 times a week. |
| posted by kathy on 09/23/2007 08:29 PM
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Wow, I guess I look terribly as I do NO CLEANING at all! usually my hubby cleans the house when he decides it's time to do that.
Usually we get up around 6-7 am, Matthew watches a little bit of Elmo and I do dishes, prepare his stuff for going out, check emails, stuff like that. Than we go to his playroom and I call my mom so she can see him through Internet while he's playing or we just play if that's not a call-day. During that time I feed him his cereal. We leave home around 9-10 am, sometimes 11am but that's rare case. And go by train to Manhattan (we live at Brooklyn) for a day filled with activities like baby classes, mothers' group meetings, swimming pool, playdates, walks in the Central Park, open play time at Gymboree, library programms and similar stuff. we usually have 2-3 activities during the day with time gap to get fro place to place and Matthew sleeps than (if he needs to sleep longer we just cancel something, lol). Usually we're back by 5-7 pm when I prepare dinner while my hubby is playing with baby. We put him to bed aroun 7.30-8pm, sometimes he watches a little bit of Elmo or I read him a little etc. I do main grocery shopping Friday afternoon on our way back home and laundry every two weeks on saturday or Sunday depending on the rest of our weekend plans. On Sat if my hubby's working we do some more activities. On his free Sat and on Sundays we go to some fairs and other events or just visit friends or just do some additional shopping or just hang ut in the park or on out porch, stuff like that. He usually cleans the house when I'm out with Matthew or while I do laundry. But we have small apt, not a big house so there is not so much cleaning. And we just don't do such a big case of it. The more important is to do some nice stuff with the baby, get him to socialize a lot and to get used to doing a lot of activities instead of just sitting home. |
| posted by Sylwia on 09/26/2007 10:28 AM
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| Just recently I joined some mom-baby groups to get the kids around some other kids and so that i can meet some mommies cause i have no friends that are moms before that though a couple days a week we would go to the mall and walk around or have lunch with some friends go to my dads take walks anything to get the kids out of the house (i find they behave a lot better if they are out of the house) the other days are spent cleaning house, doing laundry, catching up on emails and relaxing.. on my husbands days off we always do something different with the kids the zoo, the aquarium, theme parks, parks, mall, lunch we love to get out of the house. the evenings we usually cook together while the kids play then i feed them he bathes them while i do dishes and we put them to bed.. seems like a lot but the days usually fly by so fast |
| posted by Laura on 09/26/2007 11:04 PM
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