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[quote=Anonymous]How old are your kids? I’m not a stay at home mom but I’m on extended maternity leave with my third at the moment and I’m plenty busy - two older kids at two different preschool/elementary schools with varying start and dismissal times plus each of their after school commitments. And I have my nanny who I retained from when I was working. On top of caring for the baby, here’s what our days look like:

6:15 - I wake up, feed baby if she’s up/put her back to sleep, pump, get breakfast ready for my kids. 
6:45 - 7:30: wake up my kindergartener, get him dressed for school, make sure he eats breakfast, finish packing his backpack. 
7:30- kindergartner gets on bus, I feed preschooler her breakfast while babysitter wakes baby for the morning and feeds her a bottle. Preschooler gets ready for school, plays a bit. I try to squeeze in a peleton strength workout while my preschooler plays with toys next to me. 
8:45 - drop preschooler off at school

Mornings: various chores including meal prep, laundry for the kids and myself, our linens etc. clean up kitchen and do dishes, unload dishwashers. Clean up living areas/kids toys. Make kids beds and tidy up their rooms. Take a walk for myself if there’s time. Do work (I write) if I have time.

Noon: pickup up preschooler. She has after school activities twice a week in the afternoon. Sometimes we do play dates.

Afternoon: school pick up for older kid, after school activities or outdoor play, prepare dinner

Early evening: family dinner, shower and free time for the kids, I clean up in the kitchen. Dh and I give older kids showers and I bathe and get the baby to sleep, then we jointly do the older kids bedtimes. On a daily basis my husband is really only involved with post dinner play, showers and bedtime and I (with babysitters help) handle the logistics for everything else.

Evenings: finish kitchen/general tidying, pack backpacks for next day, take a shower, order groceries and household supplies (I have a schedule in place to automate as much as possible) or free time for myself until I go to bed.

If all of my kids were in school until 2:45, I’d have bigger stretches for household work, grocery shopping, errands, laundry, my own work, and working out. I would have occasional coffee/lunch with a friend, volunteer at my kids schools, and read or play tennis. I would think of it as working a different shift because I’m very busy with my kids in the early morning and afternoons/evenings. 
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