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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We really only have two weekend activities and our weekends always seem packed and not restful. Saturdays - adults go to the gym, trade off who is watching the kids while the other works out. Only day either of us can get to the gym, takes from 9-11:30 or so. Come home for lunch, then naps. Day is basically over. Sunday - hoping to get back to church now that things are reopening. Brunch out or home for lunch, naps. Day is then basically over. Kids are 1.5 and 4.

I know eventually there are other obligations, especially as the kids get older (birthday parties, sports, etc). What do weekend schedules looks like for other people with young kids? I'm constantly struggling to find time to tidy up the house, do projects around the house, take the car for an oil change, pay bills, whatever. Is this just life? What falls away for you when the weekends get busy?[/quote]

Have you been screened for PPD or just regular depression? Honestly, the fact that your day is "basically over" after lunch / nap is weird. I mean, yeah, when you've got kids under 4, you have to split weekend days into two segments.

[b]My suggestion to you is to stop trying to do the grown-up stuff (gym, church) at the time when the kids are fully rested and ready to go. You fit in the KID activities early in the morning when they have energy (7-noon is prime kid activity time... go out for early breakfast, visit parks, museums, the pool, the zoo, etc.), THEN home for lunch / nap. [/b]

PM is when you hang out around the house and grown-ups switch off so one can get things done while the other is on kid duty. And that doesn't mean one's on kid duty while the other cooks dinner. It means that the person on kid duty cooks dinner. And simplify your dinners. We mostly eat large breakfasts and lunches or brunches on the weekend and dinner is something simple and easy (pizza delivery, something frozen, etc.). So maybe Saturdays y'all switch of afternoon gym time and on Sundays one of you can do some shopping or chores while the other one does evening church. Or get a babysitter for church.

Honestly, I try to fit in all my errands and chores on weekdays so I don't have to spend my weekends working. Except for Lowe's. Kids love Lowe's. [/quote]

This PP makes a really good point - we do SO MUCH before lunch and some stuff after nap.

Yesterday, for example.

7:30-8:30 - Kids played with their dolls and other toys while DH and I snoozed
8:30-9:30 - I got up and helped them brush teeth and get dressed, then they watched a couple shows while I made coffee and breakfast (Sunday is DH's sleep-in day, I get Saturdays. You could easily make this gym time if you guys don't want to sleep in)
9:30-10:30 - They ate breakfast, then played and did some drawing/coloring while I drank my coffee and looked at some stuff online (I bought some clothes for them because older DD's shorts are getting tight). DH got up and got ready somewhere in there.
10:30 - 12:30 - We got everyone dressed, sunscreened, and went to the pool for about an hour and a half
12:30-1:30 - We picked up some lunch on the way home, kids ate and got ready for nap/rest-time
1:30-3:30 - Nap/rest time - I threw a couple loads in, cleaned up the kitchen, made my to do list for today
3:30 - 4:30 - We all ran to Target to pick up a few things
4:30 - 6:00 - Kids played, DH made dinner
6:00 - 7:30 - Dinner, playtime, FaceTime with grandparents
7:30 - 8:00 - Got them ready for bed
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