MY ROUTINE

MY ROUTINE

~ The general routine of a SAHM

that is when I don’t feel the need to keep sleeping zzzz ( I wish)

6:30am ~ up & at ‘em, BF the baby

Shower before everyone else (unless I wanna stay in my pj’s the whole day or just about)

Get dressed, and dry my hair… (If I don’t dry my hair, nine times out of ten I catch a cold hmpf)

7:00am ~ Wake the kids up

7:30am ~ Make/ Pack lunches & general tidy as I go, straighten bedrooms

8:30am ~ leave for school/kinder, weekly home quick clean (Mondays), start washing if doing washing, swish & swipe the bathroom (quick swish of the toilet and wiping down the white areas in the bathroom)

9:15am ~ Organise activities for the little ones, & think about ‘what’s for dinner,’ & make preparations if need be

10:00am ~ put the baby down for a morning sleep (30minutes)

10:30am ~ morning snack time

11:00am ~ Housework, BF the baby (Daily Cleaning Schedule)

12:00 ~ Lunch…tidy up kitchen, wash dishes, kids playing

1:00pm~ Cleaning & Cooking, kids playing games, doing arts & crafts, reading

2:00pm ~ baby has an afternoon nap (1-2hours)

3:30pm ~ School pick up

3:45pm ~ Afternoon snack, homework, kids play/relax

put dishes away & unpack lunch boxes, etc…

4:00pm ~ Go for a walk

5:00pm ~ Prepare to serve dinner, kids activity time

5:30pm ~ sit down to dinner

6:00pm ~ Bath time TV/Computer time (we call it technology time) 
the 2 older girls tag team for showers, I assist three younger ones.

Clean up kitchen mess, dishes etc.., kids clean their mess, nightly routines to be completed before they have technology time. Start lunches for tomorrow.

6:45pm ~ Instruct kids to brush teeth, go to the toilet… read them a story!

BF the baby

7:30pm ~ Get the kids ready to go to bed, make sure clothes have all be laid out ready for tomorrow etc..,

8:00pm ~ my free time, spend time with DH, chat, write/read whatever takes my fancy 

10:30pm ~ Time to hit the hay ~ GOODNIGHT

This is just my general day, I have specific things that I do on certain days, I will add those routines a little bit later on.