Reply to Sahm with 3+ kids - would love to get advice

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "Sahm with 3+ kids - would love to get advice"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I am a mom of three kids (ages 7,4,1) and am going to be taking time away from my career for a variety of reasons I won’t get into. I expect that will happen this summer or by the fall for the next school year - kids would be 7.5, 4.5 and 1.5.

I have always worked full time and had a nanny. I would love to hear from stay at home moms of bigger families how you structure your day. Specific questions:

- do you have any part time childcare for toddlers at home to give you time to do chores like cooking, or to take time for yourself like exercising? 
- what do mornings look like? Right now my nanny and I tackle mornings together before work, and I drop my older two kids off at school before work. So she actually doesn’t handle the morning routine for all 3 at once. 
- after school activities: do you try to get your older kids to do activities in the same place? Do you all go together to after school activities and hang out waiting for the other?
- when is dinner cooked while you’re taking care of all three kids? Do you meal prep or let them play while you cook? 
- how do you help older kids with homework while watching a toddler? Right now I wait until my husband is home from work so one of us can do homework with our oldest while the other watches the baby. Wondering if it’s possible to get homework out of the way earlier in the day.

Any other considerations or tips to stay organized?

I am sort of embarrassed to ask these questions, but I’ve always had my nanny for a few extra hours so I could have time to either exercise, cook, do laundry or run errands. I don’t plan to have a nanny if I’m not working but am open to a very part time sitter for some support. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics