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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is NOT a sah/woh debate.  I’m purely curious about the logistics of working parent schedules when the kids are too young to not be intensively supervised because I’m trying to find 45min a day to workout and can’t seem to before I’m too exhausted.  Mine is below but more looking for other examples than to trouble shoot mine

- 6am up which whichever toddler is up first (sometimes 530 sometimes 630). Play with kids and get them started on breakfast by 730
- 745 nanny comes - go shower, dress, catch up on overnight work email
- 825-9 - drop preschooler off at school (only 10min away but full process with getting out door, parking at school etc takes this long)
- 9-530 - frantically work (from home - will be home post Covid) tons and tons of video calls, maybe get in a 30min walk outside while on an audio only call. Get a couple 30min blocks between calls to do actual work
- 530 -8 - dinner/ bath / play / bedtime with kids.  In theory both are down by 730 but older one is often up a couple times. Clean kitchen up.  If all goes well, kids and kitchen are done by 8
- 8-930 - work - get documents etc ready for meetings the next day. Get emails out. Also do any online shopping needed (grocery orders, Amazon orders etc)
- 930-1030 - great ready for bed, fiddle on phone, watch a show, can’t make myself go to bed before 1030 bc this 30min or so is the only time I really get to just do nothing

I love my job and can’t do it in a part time way.  The hours aren’t actually that crazy for work given I have no commute, it’s just that between work and caring for kids every minute feels taken up.  I just want to figure out a time for a good 30min workout, probably needing 45min total to change clothes / cool off [/quote]

I have two toddlers as well and a really similar schedule and am also really struggling to figure out how to get workouts in.  So far it's patchy as hell, but my best bet is to work out both days on the weekend (while partner is with kids, since they have a better ability to fit a time into their work day), try to book in one 45 minute online class on a weeknight and just know I'll either stay up late to work more that night or something will slip at work the next day (or if the night I reserved is just too busy, I'll try to swap it with another), and I aim to get in two 30-min audio call walks during the week.  It sounds like a lot and yet doesn't really add up to much but it's something.  I also try not to kick myself too much if it doesn't happen, and just try again the next week.[/quote]

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