Working mommies...please come answer a question for me...

For those of you moms who work full-time outside of the house, what is your routine like once you get home? I'm just really curious. I come home and everything I do is about Ava because I am the only one here and if I don't take care of her, no one will. So, I'm just being nosey, yet again, as to what your routine is once you get home.

Re: Working mommies...please come answer a question for me...

I am lucky to have Dh home. We are both teachers:


Home ( 4PM)
homeowrk with Sammy
I go to the gym at least 3x aweek if I can.
Bath ( 5PM) DH bathes if I am at the gym
Dinner : we take turns making dinner and feeding sara
botttle at 7:00
bedtime for Sara



The day goes so fast before I know it Sara is asleep which makes me sad. I do like my time but I want more time with Sra. She falls aslseep by &PM

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I pick up my son after school and we go home and play for a few hours. I feed him at about 7, bath at 7:30 and bed at 8 (but it usually is around 9). My Dh gets home between 7 and 8 so I'm usually on my own in the afternoon/evenings. I realized that I have no me time. I'm either working or watching him, but I don't miss it either. My dad is always trying to gt me to leave him there for a few hours, but I never do.

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I have DS by myself at night since DH is working. I get home around 6:30-7:00. Once the nanny leaves, it's all about DS. We play for about 1/2 hour or so, then I take him upstairs and change him into his pjs. I give him his bedtime bottle, then he's usually in bed by 8-8:15. Then I get my crap ready for work the next day and then feel like I got nothing accomplished

ETA: Bath time is in the morning with the nanny right now, but he starts daycare March 1. So somehow I'll have to fit that in too.

Message edited 1/8/2007 10:30:51 PM.

Re: Working mommies...please come answer a question for me...

Dh is sometimes home for dinner, but usually not.

Here is our routine.

Home about 4.
Nap from 4:30 to 5:30 or 6 (which I hate, because I don't have much time with her as it is, but I have tried getting rid of it and it is not pretty)
Dinner around 6.
Play until about 7:30 or 8.
Bath.
Play till about 8:45 or 9, depending on how long her nap was- that is how I judge bedtime.
Story time.
Bed.

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Well, I guess I'll answer my own question:

I usually get home by 4-4:30 the latest.
Play for an hour.
5:30-Ava gets dinner
6:00 bath time
6:15-30-ish: play some more, wind down, have a bottle.
7pm-7:30-bedtime.

Then I finally get to clean up everything from her dinner, her bath, her playtime. Then I finally make myself dinner, come on here and what not.
I hate when she goes to bed because I feel just how lonely it is here at night.

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Depending if she is at daycare or my mom has her. I get home with her around 5. Sometimes she will fall asleep in the car on the way home from daycare sometimes not-- 50/50 shot here. We come home unpack daycare bag or send Grandma on her way. We play and cuddle if we are not napping until 6. I make dinner. I usually give her dinner around 6:30ish. Then she will play while I clean up. We will continue to play together until 7:30 if it's bath night. If it's not then around 7:30 I will start winding her down with her play. At 8:00 into pjs brush teeth read 2 stories rock for a few minutes and into bed.

Mommy time or working until bed.

Hope that helps.

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When they were infants:

6:45ish come home
7:00pm Dinner (DH cooked)
7:30pm Hose down infant, get him/her in pjs
8:00pm bedtime story & bed

8:00-9:30pm - clean up from dinner, wash bottles, prepare bottles for tomorrow, fold laundry, get clothes ready for tomorrow, check on dc hoping not to wake them
9:45ish - watch TV, fold clothes, shower, dry hair, etc.
10:30-11ish - dream feed dc


now it's :

6:45ish - come home
7:00pm - eat dinner
7:30pm - clean up from dinner, run baths for kids
8:00pm - bedtime, bedtime stories
9:00pm - Maddie gets out of bed to tell me she loves me & needs to give me a hug
9:30pm - Maddie gets back out of bed to go potty
10:00pm - fold laundry, clean up dinner
10:30ish - make lunch, lay out clothes / shower

LIF is scattered throughout the night.

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I don't work full time, 3 days a week. I usually get home from work anywhere between 6:30-7 and it is all about Molly as soon as I get home. I get home, pick her up and I go change. Then we play until about 7 when she has cereal. Then a bath and PJs. I read a story and bed by 8:30-9.

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I get home anytime around between 5-6:30. Usually that includes about 1/2 hour playtime with the boys, baths (if needed that night). Then they get fed their bottle between 7-8 and it's bedtime. After they are down, I either read, clean up, take a shower for the next day or watch tv for an hour ot two

Makes me that i only get to spend a total of about 1-2 hours with them on the days i work.

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I pick Roman up at daycare at 5:30-6.
Play until dinner at 6:30
Play some more until 7:30
7:30 bath
7:45 read book in nursery
8:00 bottle, lullaby music, my nightly speech to him on how much he is loved and what he should dream about
8:15 in the crib
8:30 finally pee after being home for 2 and a half hours.
8:30 baby sleeping DH comes home from work