What's your evening schedule?

[savannah11]

4:30 - pick kids up from daycare
4:45 - get home, have snack, play a little
5:00 - 6:00 - DH gets home sometime in here, make dinner while he plays with the kids, eat
6:00 - 7:15ish - play, baths if needed
7:30 - have the kids in bed

The above schedule is the ideal evening. Some nights we have leftovers so I don't cook and we eat earlier. Sometimes DH works late or the kids need attention so I don't cook until later and we don't eat until later. Sometimes DH cooks. One night a week the kids have swim lessons at 6:15 so we rush home to eat, change, pack up and leave the house about an hour later. But the average evening is spent eating and playing.

*Disclaimer: My kids are 3 and 5 so there are no bottles or supplies to prepare. Our daycare provides food so no lunches to pack. I work from home so I have zero prep needed for the next day. Pick up by 4:30 is required by my daycare. She is closed after that time.

[rootbeerfloat]

My kid are older, so there is no bottle prep, and they eat whatever we do (for the most part).

5:00 - get home, kids get a snack/play while H makes dinner
5:45 - eat dinner, clean up, help DS w/ homework, play
7:00 - bathtime, watch TV
8:00 - bedtime for DS
8:30/9 - bedtime for DD

DD stays up later b/c she still naps and is generally a nightowl, while DS is wiped out from school.

[froggy76]

May 23, 2012 13:45:43 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

My DH does most of the cooking/cleaning/prep too because DS nurses so much in the evenings. I've been trying to trade with him when DS isn't nursing so I can do the chores & he can spend some time with DS. Would that work for you guys?

Now that DD is going to bed so early, I don't want to give up a single second with her. I try to push off any chores until after she's in bed but DH is always on a mission to get things done. I did have this vision of us all eating together as a family and we just can't seem to make it work, so we have been eating after she's asleep.

I actually really miss the cluster feeding in the evenings until 10pm- at least I got more cuddle time with her that way!

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You could try a crock pot meal once or twice a week if you want to have some family meals. Prep after she's in bed, throw the whole insert in the fridge, turn it on before you leave in the morning.

[egishere]

We just moved to Denver and my commute kind of sucks so I try to leave by 4:30-that would have never flown in the office I came from in TX (corporate) but here everyone leaves early so I decided I'm going to also! I only make very easy dinners during the week or the nanny starts a crock pot meal.

5:30 get home-kids home with nanny, play and snuggle
6:30 start baths/last bottle
7:30 last baby usually in bed, make/eat dinner, do dishes or anything else baby related that needs to be done, watch tv
10pm bed

[froggy76]

mrswindycity- I have had your blog bookmarked for so long that I forgot where it came from. Love it!

[pinkdutchtulips]

Like Cosmos .. we've transitioned to a late bedtime too ( 8:30-9p) to accomodate this
Get home 6p
Get dinner ready & eat by 7p
Play with dd until 8-8:15p
Jammies 8:15-8:45p
Bed 8:45-9p

I work 8a-4p ... I have a 2hr pm commute

[smilelari]

5:45 - Get home with the kids
6 - dinner on the table (yes I know this is unrealistic, but I try like hell)
6:15 - take DD up to start getting ready for bed (bath)
6:30 - nurse DD to sleep, DH starts getting DS ready for bed (bath, jammies, books)
7:15 - DS in bed, me in the shower, DH packs daycare bags, washes bottles and pump parts
7:45 - I make bottles and my lunch, rotate freezer stock
8:15 - Pump and then crash. I might watch a show, surf, work on the budget, clip some coupons
9:30 - bed

[theintended]

5:45 - all of us get home
5-45 to 6:30 - I make dinner while H hangs out with our daughter or one of us goes for a run
6:30 to 7:15ish - eat dinner and clean up
7:30-8 - bath, teeth brushing, pajamas, books.
8 to 11ish - H and I hang out, relax, work, etc.

[mie]

Get home at 5 and start dinner.
Eat at 6-6:30.
Bath at 7.
The girls in bed by 8-8:15.