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Typical SAHM with school aged kids day
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Anonymous
| I am honestly curious what other people's days are typically like. May be I am trying to get inspired. I am a SAHM, so I am not judging at all! Please don't let this devolve into a war. Thanks for your honest replies. |
Anonymous
| After the kids leave, I go to yoga and/or the gym. Come home, get myself off, shower. Have a snack. Watch something or read. Then I'll go shopping or have a mani pedi. Have a light lunch out. Arrive home to meet the kids. Nanny will help with homework. Housekeeper has dinner prepped, so I'll just shove it in the oven. Have a glass of wine and wait for DH to come home around 9. |
Anonymous
Is this real? You have a nanny for homework? |
Anonymous
What, no chauffeur? 
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Anonymous
Good luck with this not dissolving into a war. The first reply is such a painfully obvious attempt to start one. This is my first school year with all four of our children out of the house. After the children leave I do a quick pick up of the house. Then I go for a run and work out. After I do household management. Bills, correspondence, scheduling, planning. I try to keep the time from 10 to 2 for all errands, school things and volunteer work. This can be serious to frivolous. It might be getting my hair done or working on an upcoming charity event. I keep busy. I do eat lunch out every day. Once a week with my mom, once with my DH and once with my girlfriends. Then it is dinner prep. Getting the kids started on homework or activities. Once DH gets home its the wonderful chaos of dinner, playtime, bedtime. Another quick pick up of the house and then couple time. My days vary but I keep a packed and organized schedule. I worked in nonprofit before children and so that is where I gravitate now. |
Anonymous
| I'll let you know in the fall of 2017. |
Anonymous
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Get up before kids to have some quiet time do emails and meditate.
Kids wake at 7:30 (husband wakes closer to 8:30, he works from home)-- and I make our breakfasts, we all eat together and I pack their 4 lunches and clean everything up. They get on busses between 8:25 and 8:35. I spot clean the whole house and put in laundry. I go to the gym unless it's Thursday when I volunteer all day at the local food pantry. I teach yoga several days a week after I work out, and twice on the weekend. After that I foodshop and put it away, by the time that is done my youngest is getting home from K. other days I come home and make myself a hot lunch, especially in the winter, then sometimes run some errands, other times do cleaning or organizing around here. He usually helps me cook as he has a snack, I cook every afternoon from around 3:30-5:30, we have to eat early as we have practices every night of the week except wednesday. We all eat together a a family. The older kids get off the bus at 4 and they sit at the island or in the homework room just off the kitchen and do homework after their snack as I cook. I get a pedicure every other week on friday afternoon, and a massage on the alternating friday as I dont cook that night as it's pizza/family night. I get a lot of my socializing at the gym, or at my twice a month book club (i'm in two) or GNO. We go out on SAturday nights with friends. At night I fold the laundry that I did during the day and everyone is responsible for putting away their own. I sit on the board of a charity which meets every Wednesday, and there is always busy work associated with that that takes time in the afternoon or later at night. Summer is a completely different schedule, obviously. |
Anonymous
I did quite a bit of volunteering when my children were in ES, now that they are older I do more of what I want and only average 5 hours per week. Volunteering was varied- some at school, some at church and some at a local direct service non-profit. I have/had lunch once or twice a week with friends. Both of our children have special needs and quite a bit of time has been spent surrounding navigating their schooling and support. We have an every other week cleaning person. I have never been more than an indifferent housekeeper and that didn't magically change when I became a SAHP. I cook quite a bit more and have perfected a few soup recipes. I have spent far too much time on sites like DCUM. I flirt with writing. I have spent the last six months taking care of my father as he facing the end of his life. We moved him to our house in Sept and since then it have been one doctors office after another. My being a SAHP has helped being able to do this. I don't know how long with will continue. My youngest is a junior in HS, so we also spend time figuring out his college list. I found that walking first thing after the boys went to school helped me have a more productive day. Planning for specific things every day helps too. If you find yourself in a rut and with more time on your hands- take on a project outside of the house. If it more about guilt than anything, give yourself permission to have a less hectic life and time for yourself. FInd the win-win things. Things you like to do that help the family at the same time ( eg. For me it was learning to make soup. It ended with having at least two dinners done. Gardening is another one.). |
Anonymous
The title of the post says "TYPICAL". This is not a "TYPICAL" sahm day. |
Anonymous
Sign me up! |
Anonymous
| My son is a younger elementary student, so I am guessing I spend more time involved with him/his school than parents with older kids would. Go to the gym for 45 minutes to an hour. Come home, shower, go to DS's elementary school to volunteer. One or two days a week I will have lunch with DS at school if he wants me to - if not, I will often go to my mom's for lunch. Clean the house, do laundry, pay bills. Do prep for dinner. Get DS from school, either do a play date or take DS to a lesson/sport. Do DS's homework with him. Cook dinner. |
Anonymous
This topic is like WOHM porn. |
Anonymous
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I have kids in high school, middle school, and elementary school--so my first leaves the house at 6:40 am and the last does not leave until about 8:40. I walk the youngest to the bus stop so I get back in my house around 8:45. Then I will typically workout or run. I am training for Ironman and will typically workout at least 2 hours each day, plus transportation time if I go to the gym or drive to a location to ride my bike.
In the later afternoons I will sometimes volunteer at the elementary school, or run errands. I fold laundry, pay bills, or do general household cleaning and chores. I waste time of DCUM or facebook way too much too. Depending on what the evening activities are (scouts, sports, etc.) I may start cooking dinner as early as 3 pm. My oldest arrives home around 2:30 if he doesn't have sports practice after school--if he does have practice I have to pick him up at 4:30 pm. |
Anonymous
| DH gets children ready for school and daycare and drops them off. I usually am out of bed between 9 and 9:30 pm. Watch a few yours of early morning TV and eat some doughnuts with coffee. Usually order takeaway around 1 pm for lunch. Pick it up or have it delivered. Look at dinner menus from various restaurants and order something from them. DH brings kids home and handles homework, baths and bed. Then have me time to catch up on Netflix. |
Anonymous
Hahaha. C- attempt. |