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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - I just want to see others schedules to see where people are finding the time or are they also not.  I struggle with feeling like I should spend 3+ hours a day with my kids minimum, it’d be helpful to see that most people actually spend less or more or similar or whatever.  Or maybe people just suck it up more on less sleep and I need to decide if I want to try that.  Or go to bed earlier and get up early to do the work from the night before bc they find that more productive. Or no one is actually working out in this life stage except the Instagram influencers.   I don’t think any one sample schedule will solve my problem, just curious what others are going successfully or struggling with[/quote]

I’m one of the people who said I didn’t think my schedule would help you, but it sounds like it might, since I don’t spend 3 hours with my kid on weekdays. We just have one 1 year old.

8am - I wake up with baby, get him dressed and fed. Husband sleeps a few extra minutes, showers, gets ready. 
8:30 - Husband takes baby and unloads the dishwasher while he plays. I exercise (15 mins) and get ready. 
9am - nanny arrives, we start work
5pm - we finish work, nanny leaves. Husband takes baby for a few minutes, then puts him down for independent playtime from 5:15-5:45. I have this time to myself - meditate, relax. Husband also has 30 mins to himself. 
5:45pm - family walk
6:15 - I take the baby. Bath time 2x per week, cut his nails 1x per week, otherwise we just play. Husband cooks dinner. 
7pm - family dinner. We eat together. A highlight of the day! 
7:45pm - one of us (we alternate) does bedtime. The other will clean the kitchen at some point in the evening. 
8pm - baby bedtime.
From then on, we have the evening to ourselves though one of us has to clean up the kitchen. We have date night, talk to friends, relax, do hobbies etc. I would say we each have to work in the evenings maybe 1-2 nights a month. Thursday evenings we reserve for some chores, usually including meal planning, grocery delivery order, and some house projects. My husband also exercises a few nights a week (I’m fine with my 15 mins a day plus the 30 mins walk)
Works great for us but 1) my husband does half the childcare and household stuff, 2) we both only work 40 hrs a week and 3) we don’t get a ton of time with our kid during the week, but we have zero guilt about it. [/quote]

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