As a full-time working-mom, what does your day usually involve?

SOUNDS NORMAL, FOR A MOTHER, MINE IS THE SAME, BUT MY KIDS DON’T WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ANYMORE, THAT WAS ALWAYS A BUMMER, YOU WILL GET TIME FOR YOURSELF WHEN THEY ARE GROWN:)

I remember those days!

5:30 - get up, get coffee, smoke cigarette
6:00 - get in shower & get dressed
7:00 - wake up 13 year old
7:45 - leave to drop her at school & go to work
8:30-4:30 - work
5:00 - get home
5:30 - help with homework if needed
6:00 - make dinner for me, hubby (he’s disabled) & my daughter
7:00 - do dishes, make coffee for morning, maybe laundry
8:00 - either sit & watch some TV or take a bath
10:00 - bedtime

My day goes as follows:
5:30 am wake up and drag hubby outa bed to shower,
545: get dressed start breakfast CLEAN
600: wake 3 boys up get them dressed CLEAN
630 wake baby girl up get her dresses
650: feed everyone breakfast make lunchCLEAN
705 boys on bus, baby in car, husband out the door,
715 drop baby off,
745 arrive at work,
415 pick up baby
430 pick up boys
445 go to soocor practice
615 make dinnerCLEAN
730 dishes and CLEANING
800 kids in shower
845 i take shower!!!(ME TIME)
900 in bed!!!!

When does your husband help you out? That is the real question!

My children are mostly grown now (I only have the 16 yr old to worry about), so my day is nothing like yours, but I remember those days very well! My oldest two are the same age for 6 weeks, so when they were babies it was very challenging. I just wanted to offer up that it DOES get much better as they get a little older!

sounds pretty normal to me…but here’s a tip…time for yourself wont just appear you have to work it out. you might want to consider getting up maybe 15 min earlier in the morning and spend sometime for yourself doing something that you enjoy…or maybe have your husband cook some nights of the week or so that you can have a little time to yourself. or even this put your oldest child to bed a little earlier and use that time to yourself.

5:30 AM - Madison wakes up. I feed her and we lay down together for another hour

6:30 AM - Madison and I get up to take a shower. She plays in a safe area where she can see mom and I can get ready.

7:15 AM - I leave for work and my husband gets up and takes a shower. He takes Madison to Gloria’s house 4 blocks away at 8.

7:30 AM - Get coffee from Starbucks for boss.

8:00 AM - At office until 5:00 PM

5:00 PM - Drive to Gloria’s and pick up Madison

5:30 PM - Madison and Mom & Dad go for walk and by the park for a quick swing

6:00 PM - Play time with mommie and daddy (a little kitchen cleaning, load of laundry in/folded, throw something in the oven for dinner, wash bottles and repack bag for Gloria’s house for the next day, check blackberry)

6:30 PM - Bath time, put on PJ’s

7:00 PM - Drink last bottle and read books with mom and dad

7:30 PM - Lights out for Madison

8:00 PM - Madison asleep and now mom who is pregnant again goes to sleep.

nexy day get up and do it all over a gain

This is my life…..until end of Feb 2007 when it all changes again!

5:30 get up and get boys up (7 and 8 yrs old)
get showerd and boys fed and dressed(start a load of laundry and get breakfast cleaned up, beds made, straighten house)
take care of dogs and cats
leave for work and before school sitter at 7:15
get off work at 2:30 and either do errands or go home to walk dog to school to pick up boys.
get boys homework going while i start dinner and household chores
check and sign all homework
serve dinner
clean up dinner and start more laundry
each day has regular chores then a special larger chore…make sure they are done
boys in shower at 7
play a game or watch tv….we go every other night for both
boys in bed by 8:30
excercise and answer e-mail or whatever
in bed by 10 or so

its imperitive you have a day where you are not under the gun for anything other than the obvious…..feeding and stuff

kids the ages you have require more sleep than they are getting (i taught preschool for 20 years and work in special ed now)

the 3.5 month old should be sleeping through the night

sounds like you need to become the mominator!!! get tough about bedtimes and thats how you’ll get your time to yourself.

So you spend all of about an hour of quality time with your children each day? If that? Time when you are not doing laundry, cooking, cleaning, showering, etc.
Wow, congratulations. I’m sure your kids appreciate the time. And yet you are asking how to get some time for yourself.
Time to reevaluate.

When I was working my day would start at 4am when I would get up get dressed and feed all the livestock at 5 I got my shower and got dressede for work at 6 I woke the kids up fixed breakfast got them ready for school and straightened the house at 7:15 they got on the bus for school and I headed to my job which was a 40 minute drive and worked till 5 when I would head home. As soon as I got home I would start supper while my husband fed the animals about 6 we would eat then right after supper I checked over homework and spent time with the kids and at 7:30 while they were getting baths then I cleaned the kitchen and got things ready for the next morning then after their baths it was time for bedtime stories and kisses. Finally about 9 I got to go around and pick up things spend about 10 minutes talking to my husband before he fell asleep then paid bills read the mail worked on laundry and would finally fall into bed about midnight only to start over again in four hours. When you are a mom it doesn’t matter if you work or stay at home you never have time to think or be selfish. Thankfully my oldest was 14 at the time and helped out a lot of the time.

My day starts at

6am wake up
eat breakfast
get ready for work

7am wake aiden up
Feed her
dress her
play with her

7:45am Leave for work

7/7:30pm come home from work
play with aiden while she eats

8-9pm bathe aiden
Eat dinner

9-9:30/10pm play with aiden

9:30/10pm put aiden to bed

the rest of the eveing i watch some tv, do my homework, check my e-mail.

im in bed by 1am and get up and do it all over again..

luckily for me i get 2-3 days off in a row so i do get to spend decent quality time with her.

Here goes nothing….

6:00 am wake up, get clothes out for today, turn curling iron on
6:10 am shower
6:30 am do hair and get dressed
6:45 am wake husband
7:00 am wake son, make him go to potty ( he usually sleep walks there)
7:10 am get son dressed, be sure hubby is awake, wake hubby again
7:20 am leave for work/school
7:35 am makeup ( while driving)
7:45 am arrive at work/school
7:50 am walk son to his class, go to my class (3 yr. old child development)
8:00 am feed 17 screaming/crying/runny nosed 3 yr.olds breakfast
8:30 am clean up mess from breakfast
9:00-10:20 am circle time (criss-cross applesauce, wipe nose 2x, tie shoes, calender, days of the week, numbers, letters, singing)
10:20-10:45 am recess
10:50 am pack up and goobye
11:00- 11:50 am planning period
11:55 am go get afternoon class of 17 and start that whole lovely process all over again… lunch, circle, runny noses, shoes, crying, “i want mommy”, days of the week, singing, recess, etc.
2:50 pm take kids to parents waiting in front of school (wipe nosesx5, tie shoes, kiss boo-boox2)
3:00 pm get son from his teacher’s class
3:15 pm arrive back home
3:15-3:30 pm snack time
3:30 pm homework
3:30-5:00 pm plan dinner, wash clothes, check weather for tomorrow, feed dog, sweep kitchen/bathrooms, any other cleaning that can get done in this time
5:00 pm husband home, start dinner
6:00-6:45 pm eat dinner
6:45 pm bath time for son
7:20 pm playtime for son, pay bills, catch up on hubby’s day and schedule for tomorrow
8:00 pm bedtime snack (son)
8:20 pm brush teeth (son)
8:25-8:45 pm gather bookbags, clothes, and things for tomorrow
9:00 pm bedtime kisses, pick movie, get in bed
9:30 pm turn off movie, sit with son until he goes to sleep (I spoiled him when he was little and I just can’t stop :0)
10:00 pm bath, brush teeth
10:30 pm go to bed after being tucked in by hubby ( he spoiled me when we got married and he just can’t stop :0)
2:00 am wake up and go get hubby to come to bed (since he has fallen asleep in his chair at the computer)
2:20 am back to sleep………….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Weekends we CHILL OUT! Very little cleaning (straighten as necessasary, diswaher on overload), late bedtimes, have fun, quality time with no interruptions!