Calling all Moms:

[Brightsy]

Background: SAHM w/ two boys, 6 yrs. w/ ADHD and 3 1/2 yrs. w/ high functioning autism (poss. gifted too). DH is in Army (NOT in the Middle East thank goodness!)

Typical day:
4:30 AM Alarm goes off, DH gets ready for work, most days I get up and make coffee and pack DH some lunch.
5:00-7:00 do little things around house before the chaos begins, start b'fast for the boys.
6:15-7:00 older DS usually wanders downstairs sometime here on non-school days. About 7 or so I go up and open younger DSs door (we have to keep his door secured at night to keep him from wandering in the middle of the night, he doesn't do it often but every now and then... and when he does he usually makes quite a mess... ask me sometime about Poo-caso.)
7:00 until 9:00 breakfast/tv(Noggin usually)/general stuff.
9:00 until younger DS gets too fussy Speech work and other Autism related things. Older DS sometimes helps out, but usually just goes and entertains himself best as he can.
10:00 off to the grocery store or whatever errands need to be done (like hitting my local scrapbook shop for goodies
12:00(ish) lunch
After lunch until 2:00PM play time, movies (or Cirque Du Soliel w/ younger DS is enamored w/.) more therapy for younger DS if I can get him to cooperate, older DS often uses this time to do some chores or read or practice his writing so he can earn time on the playstation.
2:00 NAP for younger DS. Older DS and I use this time to do more chores, play, watch a "big kid" flick, hang out... y'know QT for us... Sometimes he plays games on the TV or goes outside and I get a chance to sit and scrapbook.
4:00 start rousting younger DS, DH usually gets home, and I go to the gym.
5:30 Make dinner unless DH did it while I am at gym (he does that fairly often)
6:00 (ish) Dinner and family social time, we talk about our day and such.
After dinner until 7:30 is family time, sometimes I just tackle the kids on my own to let DH have "him time." (Means he's on the 'puter mostly LOL!). We do bath time in here and stuff like that.
7:30 teeth and stories! (I read to the lads every night, right now we're reading the latest Potter novel and elder DS picks one book to read to us.)
8:00 Kids are down! (hopefully) and I get to watch some grown up TV (like CSI!) or DH and I spend QT together.
10:00 Bed... and so it goes...

Of course when school starts things will be different...
Sara

 

[mommy22gurlz]

boy am I glad I read this thread - my DH thinks I'm the only person in the world who does laundry daily! - I'm a SAHM too but I swear we are the hardest working group of people around, kudos to all of you who also manage to do "real jobs" in addition to everything else

Mrs.Banks, my dh only wishes I did laundry daily!!! shhhhh! don't tell him people really do this! My schedule goes something like this:

5:30-6:45am- wake up and get lunch ready for little one and get myself and them ready for school/work.

7:00-4:00 -I work in an office for a company that does industrial cleaning for refineries

4:00-5:00 - Get kiddos from either daycare or friends house after school and get home.

5:00-7:00 - Soccer practice/games or dance practice depending on the day!

7:00-9:30ish- dinner, dishes, homework and try to squeeze in some quality time with kids.

9:30-11:00- somewhere in here is when I shower, spend time with dh and crash!!

I try to get all of my bill paying, shopping etc. done on the weekends. I also use the weekends for our quality time, we go to the park, movies, swimming etc. alot. I really commend you SAHM moms, you really do have a full time job too. Although I have always had a job, I did get to stay at home with my youngest for about 6 months after she was born and that was my favorite time ever!!

 

[The Sorrentino's]

I did nothing today! WOOT! My husband took the kids this morning and they are not back yet. Oh, I did answer the phone and it was my family calling to tell me they'll be home soon. ACK!

Cadence

 

[Anne MN]

Me (37) DH (39) DD 10, DD 10, DD 4, BIL (39)

5:30 wake up- watch a little news before headding off to work
noon- get home from work
then a variety of things like going to the grocery store every day
telling girls to pick up room, put away laundry, stop screaming at each other
5:30- dinner
6:00- kids have playtime either outside (too hot today) or gamecube
7:30 DD#2 gets her meds (all 9)
8:30 bed time
10:00 should be asleep now
weekends I do most of the laundry- all 15 loads- I do a couple during the week, but I am not able to lift anything heavy, I had gallbladder surgery 2 weeks ago and ended up in the hospital for 6 days

we also have the "fun" job now of packing, we are moving in 2 weeks.
hubby and BIL are home all day- DH runs his business out of the house and BIL helps with the kids and other stuff (A MAN WHO DOES THE DISHES AND WINDOWS AND VACUUMS FOR ME!)