Spinoff: What does your daily schedule look like?

[2brides]

Per CT's post - what does your daily schedule look like?

[2brides]

4:30am - L gets up, gets ready, and heads to work (I internally grumble since the shower and the hairdryer always wake me up.)

6:20am - I get up and get the kids up (if they aren't already up)

6:20am-7am - the kids watch 1 show in our bed while I get myself ready, unload the dishwasher, pack their lunch, tell them 1001x times to stop wrestling and get dressed, and gather all of our bags.

7am - I finally usher everyone out the door.

7:45: Drop the kids off at school

8:15: I get to work

8:15-4:45: I work, putz around the internet, work, putz around the internet, work...

5:15: pick up the kids from school (unless L picks them up)

6:00: get home with the kids

6:05: Ideally, the kids would start homework, while we figure out/cook dinner (unless L has gotten home first and then she has started dinner.)

6:30: Eat

7:00: Kids get to play Wii/play with toys if they have finished their homework while we clean up from dinner and make lunches

7:15: bathtime for the kids (one kid bathes/soaks while the other reads their book from school to us)

7:45: one of us reads to the kids

8:00: Kids lights out

8:00: L works out while I finish last minute stuff and take a shower

8:30: We collapse into bed and work/read/watch tv (DVR)

10:00-10:30: we fall asleep

[rikkiandjulie]

My work schedule is ridiculous and I work different shifts. But IF i open it looks like this.

3:00a hit snooze on my iPhone, three more times
3:15a stumble out of bed, and brush my teeth.
3:20a shower, and attempt to wake up
3:40a thrown on a tiny bit of mascara
3:50a kiss julie bye, pack breakfast, and attempt to get out the door.
4:00a sit in car to see if i forgot something
4:25a arrive at work, and sit waiting for the other opener. And hope they are on time!
4:30a-12p Work.
12p. Take work deposit to bank.
12:45 arrive home
12:45 let dogs out, play with them, give treats, etc
1-2:45p NAP. It's MUCH needed by now.
2:45 Clean house, fold laundry, putz the interwebz, etc
5:00 start dinner
6:00 J's home and we eat shortly after
7:00 Clean up
7:30 pack J's lunch.
7:30-8:30 snuggle, watch Neflix
8:30 Bed time b/c 3:30a comes EARLY!

[hlke]

7 am - alarm goes off
7:30 am to 8 am - get out of bed
7:30/8 to 8:30/9 - shower, get dressed, hair/makeup (maybe), breakfast (maybe)
8:30/9 to 9/9:30 - train to work
9/9:30 to somewhere between 6 and 8 - work, work, work, and hopefully lunch
7ish on days I leave work at a reasonable time - gym
8ish - get home, hopefully C has cooked dinner or I have something in the crockpot, or I cook dinner. We also might throw in a load of laundry.
9ish - eat dinner
9:30 pm - clean up from dinner, run dishwasher, fold laundry
10 pm - relax and watch TV or play games with C, read, or do anything for work that I might need to do
11 pm - get ready for bed, read
12 or 12:30 am - lights out

Our pre-kids life is chaotic and I work a TON right now. Working on figuring out how to change it, because obviously that schedule isn't going to work with kids, and I'm not particularly happy with it anyway. Also, our house is always a mess and we "catch up" on cleaning on weekends.

[ct]

Sept 13, 2012 9:57:06 GMT -5 hlke said:

Our pre-kids life is chaotic and I work a TON right now. Working on figuring out how to change it, because obviously that schedule isn't going to work with kids, and I'm not particularly happy with it anyway. Also, our house is always a mess and we "catch up" on cleaning on weekends.

My schedule was very similar pre-kids. Its just occuring to me that my habit of cleaning on weekends is what is totally biting me in the ass right now (since there is even less time to clean on the weekend with 3 kids running around).

[2brides]

I swear that the cleaning company has saved our marriage/sanity. L always wanted the house clean for the weekends and didn't want to clean on the weekends, so we'd spend Thursday night/Friday night cleaning. I HATED it.

[Deleted]

6:45- Wake up, pee, get dressed, brush teeth, etc.
-Wake big girls up and get cereal for them
-Check FB, TB, GBCN, and the weather while the girls get ready for school
-Pack lunch for A if I didn't last night
-Do A's hair if she needs it done
-Chat with the girls for a few minutes
-Drop A and Iz off at school and head home
-Wake Owl, change her diaper and get her dressed while trying not to wake Apple (if she isn't awake already)
-Find a quick high calorie breakfast for Owl
-Do Owl's hair/brush teeth/wash face, usually while trying to entertain Apple as well
-Let J know we are leaving, pass Apple to her
9:00 - Drive to therapy, participate
-Drive home, send J to work
-Play with Owl and Apple, try to squeeze in some chores
11:45 - Pick Iz up from school
-Drive home, help Iz with homework, make lunch
-Feed kids
2:25 - Pick A up from school
-Stop by grocery store
-Drive home
-Help A with homework, play with babies
-Free play or dance party for the kids while I wash dishes or do other chores
-Make dinner
6:00 -Feed kids
-Get kids ready for bed, read, have them read or do quiet activities
8:00 -Put Apple to bed, hugs & kisses for big girls who put themselves to bed
-Snuggle time for Owl until she falls asleep
-Put Owl in bed
-Realize I haven't eaten all day and snack on a bunch of junk
-Watch TV/FB/check boards and reader/Pinterest
-Shower? Maybe if I'm not too tired.
-Bed

[never2amazing]

6:00 am—Alarm on phone goes off…press snooze
6:30 am—Tap C on the leg and tell her it is time to get up
6:45 am—Bathroom, wash hands and face, go back to tell C it is definitely time to wake up
(30 seconds later) – Go take my shower; C’s goes to the other bathroom to shower (didn’t want you all to think we even took our showers together)
7:15 am—Get ¾’s of the way dressed
7:20 am—Wake up the Kiddos
(5 seconds later)—Yell across the hall to tell C that we are running late
(1 second later)—Let the Kiddos potty, get them dressed, and get Little Man to let Pup-pup outside
7:25 am—Brush Peanut’s and Little Man’s hair
7:35 am—Dress the other quarter of the way
7:40 – 8:00 am—C and I scramble to make sure we have the car snacks and water, that the air is turned up, that the doors to the bathrooms and Kiddos’ room are closed, that Pup-pup is inside, that the back door is locked, lights are turned off, and that she and I have our breakfast drinks/or pre-made sandwich in hand
~8:00 am—Drive to work
~8:35 am—Drop the Kiddos off at daycare (C stays in the car and puts on the rest of her make-up)
~8:45 am—We are walking into work (once inside I normally stop by the cafeteria and buy a Snapple)
9:00 am—We are at our desks turning on the Computer
9:15 am—I get an email from C reminding me that I have yet to sign onto Sametime so we can chat
(The rest of day is work and meetings (and internet)-- hopefully lunch together and a late afternoon coffee break)
5:45 pm—Race out the door to get the Kiddos (daycare closes at 6 pm)
5:58 pm—Sign the Kiddos out and spend the next 15 or so minutes trying to wrangle them into the van
~6:15 pm—Head home
~7:00 pm—Rush in so Little Man can let Pup-pup out
~7:05 pm—I (typically) start dinner while C takes the Kiddos for a quick walk (or they do something together…C gets out of her work clothes—she dresses a lot better than I do)
~7:50 pm—The Kiddos are finishing up their meals and (*True*, you are going to love this) at the request of the Kiddos we all join hands and sing the Barney—I Love You song and then blow kisses to each other (normally two rounds of this).
~8:05 pm to ~8:45 pm—Kiddos get down from the table, wash face and hands, and head upstairs. After several minutes of potty time they get washed up and we put them in their jammies—C sometimes tells a story while I dress them.
~9:00pm—We alternate nights on who puts the Kiddos to bed. The one who does not put the Kiddos to bed cleans the kitchen and (finally) attends to Pup-pup’s need for attention. C walks on her off night.
~10:00pm—After complaining about how long it took the Kiddos to fall asleep, we (a lot of times) have our meal, then head upstairs to watch a little TV and C uploads photos or checks things on the computer
~11:00pm—I fall asleep on the couch
~12:00am—C gets me up to go to bed
~12:30 am—Little Man or Peanut wakes up and cries for “Mommy” so C heads in their room and picks up the one who woke up and brings him/her to bed
~2:00 am—repeat 12:30 am except with different child

[tattooedmeegs]

Anywhere from 5 to 6 - Gwen wakes and comes into bed with us.
5:25 - My alarm goes off for Trav. He gets up, feeds and walks the dog, takes his shower and gets dressed.
6:20 - Trav comes to wake me up, unless Gwen never went back to sleep, in which case I probably got up with her around 6:10.
6:20 to 6:45 - One of us helps Gwen pick her clothes, change her diaper, get dressed, brush teeth and hair. Sometimes I start he finishes, sometimes I do the whole things, sometimes he does the whole thing. At some point in there I get in the shower.
6:45 to 7:15 - They head down to eat breakfast and watch Elmo while I brush teeth, get in the shower, then get out and get dressed.
7:15 to 7:20 - I walk them out to the car, get Gwen in her seat and wave them off.
7:30 to 8:00 - Let the dog pee, make breakfast and watch the weather channel. Do any last minute things to get ready, maybe wash a few dishes or check my email.
8:00 - Let the dog out one last time, then head to the train station.
8:40 - Walk into work, grab some hot chocolate, get settled in.
8:50 to 4:50 - Work, online, work, online, work, online...
5:05 - Catch the train home. Read on the train. Ahhhh.
5:35 to 5:40 - Get home, let the dog out, get changed, try to figure out dinner.
6ish - Trav and Gwen get home. She makes me look at the mums on the front porch (which she's obsessed with). Finish dinner. Lately, have at least one meltdown from Gwen.
6:20 - Sit down to eat. Talk about our days.
6:50 - Head upstairs to get Gwen ready for bed. Lately, fight about brushing teeth, and about changing diaper.
7:20 - Trav gives kisses and takes the dog for a walk. Gwen and I turn off the lights, turn on the monitor and her sound machine, and she nurses. Sing her a song, and lay together for a little. I put her in her crib and rub her back. "One more minute!"
8:00 - Leave her room and go check my email, putz around online for a little until I'm sure she's not going to be calling out.
8:20 to 8:45 - Head downstairs to relax and watch TV with Trav. Have a snack if its early enough.
10:00 - bedtime.

[kershnic]

Mine is almost identical to hlke's. I don't think i remember the last time we ate a weeknight dinner before 8.30 or so, and 9:30 or 10 is not unusual. I have no clue how children will fit in this but we'll have to figure it out. On a side note, who are all these working parents that can get to daycare before 6 when it closes?? Unless we pick childcare near work and the kids have to spend 2 hours a day commuting with us, it's never going to work....

[2brides]

My kids commute with me 45m each way and always have since starting school (PK3) and then I have another 35m to get to work.

Thankfully, i have a job where I can typically work an 8 hr day and why I go in at 8-8:15am - so I can get outta here 4:30-4:45. that gets me to school at 5;15-5:30 (but also leaves me a buffer for days that I run late with a patient (yesterday) or get stuck in traffic.)

We also try to have at least 1 day so the kids aren't at school from 7:30/7:45-5:15/5:30 every day and why L gets to work at 6am and leaves at 3, so she can get them closer to 4-4:30 at least 1 day a week.

[bluedaisyus]

this is a weekday schedule, our weekends are a lot different.

My wife gets up at 5:15a (M-Th) or 4:45a (F), throws clothes on and makes coffee, and leaves for work at 5:45 (M-Th) or 5:15 (F). If she doesn't go to boxing she gets home around 3:45pm (M-Th), 3:15 on Fridays, and she uses the time until I get home with him to do cleaning, mowing and yardwork, laundry, trips to the grocery/errands. If she does go to boxing she gets home around 5:30.

Sometime after she leaves but before my alarm goes off the boy usually wakes up and comes in for cuddles with me.

6:30am: my alarm goes off. I usually hit the snooze until around 7 because I suck at getting up (I am NOT a morning person).
7am: get up and start getting ready.
7:15-7:30am: start trying to get the boy up and ready.
7:30-8:00am: drop him off at daycare.
8:00-8:30am: get to work.
workworkworkworkwork.
4:30-5:00pm: leave work (if I'm lucky). Either head out for a run or to daycare to pick him up.
5:00-6:00pm: pick him up and get home (depending on if I actually get out of work on time or if I go running).
5:30-6:30pm: make dinner and start eating. If I run she makes dinner while I shower, if she boxes she showers while I make dinner.
6:30-7:00pm: finish up dinner and clean up the kitchen.
7:00-8:00pm: family time, games/puzzles/books/play outside, sometimes TV/movies, etc.
8:00-9:00pm: bedtime routine. Bath, brush teeth, try to potty, change into PJs, cuddles and stories, repeatedly tell him to get back in bed, stop jumping on the bed, it's not play time, etc.
9:00-10:00pm: quiet time for me and my wife (assuming he's actually staying in bed).
9:30-10:30pm: depending on how tired she is she heads to bed sometime in this window.
10:30pm-12:30am, sometimes later: clean, laundry, catch up on email, get my lunch ready for the next day, putz around.

ETA: also, Monday and Tuesdays he doesn't go to daycare, my dad has him those days. So I just wait for him to get to the house and then head out and I don't have to pick him up from daycare, but my wife doesn't have the downtime before we get home to do her stuff.

[seattlekari]

5:30 alarm goes off. ideally I get up and get in shower. Lately...snooze.
5:30-5:45 shower
6:00 get E up and tuck her into my bed to watch a bit of a program while i finish getting ready.
6:30 take E downstairs and feed her breakfast, pack her lunch, get her pottied, dressed, hair and teeth brushed, etc.
7:15-7:30 leave and take E to school and drive to work
8ish get to work
8-4:30 or 5 work, internet, work, internet
4:30-5 head for home
5-5:30ish pick up E
5:35 home
5:40 figure out dinner, cook, try to get E going on her homework
6:15ish eat dinner
6:45 E finishes homework/I do the dishes
7:00 if the weather is nice E usually wants to go scooter and/or play with her friend down the street, if it's not she will read to me or we'll watch a short program.
7:30 bath for E if it's bath night
8:15 I read stories to E and tuck her in
8:30-8:45 hang out at the top of the stairs playing on my phone making sure E falls out. She still at age 6 does this little moan thing after I tuck her in. I have to respond saying I'm there and she's ok or she'll come out of her room looking for me. Silly girl.
9:00-whenever I finish the dishes, do laundry, clean house, any chores I can get done with a sleeping kid tucked in.
10-10:30 crawl into bed. Catch up on news and play word games on my phone.

[joyseattle]

Mine varies so much day to day, but here's an example:

non-overnighting day:

6am C's alarm goes off and she feeds Kai and starts getting ready
7am My first alarm goes off. temp and take my thyroid pill and go back to sleep if possible
8am My alarm goes off and I usually get up and check email/fb/board/read/watch something on the computer while I eat
9am Either start working at stuff at home or headout to a client or meeting
1pm Finish up with morning client or get ready to meet C (either at work if I'm out and picking her up or at home when she buses)
12-2pm Sometime in here we eat lunch
1-5pm Either work more at home or head out to another client
5pm Feed Kai, then either think about dinner or get ready to head out to teach an evening class
6-9:30pm Home making dinner and hanging out, or off teaching
9:30pm-11pm Relax and start working our way toward bed

If I'm doing an overnight:
6:30am - Get home as C is heading out, eat something
7am - Get into bed and cuddle with Kai
1:30/2pm - Sleep until afternoon, if I'm lucky, and get up when C's home. Lunch
2-5pm Either work more at home or head out to an afternoon client or meeting
5pm Feed Kai, then either think about dinner (or get ready to head out to teach an evening class/meeting)
6-9:30pm Home making dinner and hanging out (or off teaching/at a meeting)
9:30pm- Head to an overnight
10pm-6am - overnight

[kershnic]

2brides - your commuting issues sound pretty similar to what we'll be facing with daycare... but neither of us can ever leave work before 5, and we're both used to working at least until 6ish. I have to work until 7ish a few times a month, but we know B will take pick up those days. And this is so much better than it used to be, because one of the things I was excited about when I got promoted last year was the better schedule for our imminent pregnancy....right....

[hlke]

Sept 15, 2012 16:13:07 GMT -5 kershnic said:

2brides - your commuting issues sound pretty similar to what we'll be facing with daycare... but neither of us can ever leave work before 5, and we're both used to working at least until 6ish. I have to work until 7ish a few times a month, but we know B will take pick up those days. And this is so much better than it used to be, because one of the things I was excited about when I got promoted last year was the better schedule for our imminent pregnancy....right....

We're going to have similar issues. One of our friends suggested splitting drop off/pickup and I think that will be our plan. C will take dropoff and I will take pickup, and I will substantially move up my work start time once we have kids. But even starting earlier, getting out of work by 4:30/5 is going to take herculean efforts.