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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I WOH FT. I pick my kid up at daycare, go home, bathe him, then make dinner. My husband shows up about the time dinner is getting on the table.

On the weekends, I cook dinner while my toddler is napping. What do you do while your baby naps, OP?[/quote]

For AM nap, I shower, get dressed, make bed, wipe down high chair, vacuum DS breakfast mess, empty the dishwasher, load any bottles/dirty dishes, gather up dirty diapers and take out trash, put away laundry from night before and get a new load started, wipe down master bath (just a quick swish and swipe of toilet and sink) and powder room, reset the diaper bag for an outing (replenish snacks,clothes,diapers-throw out any trash/dirty clothes etc), put away DS's toys.  For PM nap, I check email, mail, deal with any bills or paperwork, maybe call my mom, then I have about 30 mins to myself, where I could ostensibly prepare a meal. [/quote]

Try this:

6 AM Wake up, make bed, shower, get dressed (before DH leaves for work)
630 AM Breakfast, clean up (including loading dishwasher--leave baby in high chair and talk to him while cleaning)
7 AM-10AM Whatever activities you have planned
10AM Baby naps. Pick up. Fold laundry. Repack diaper bag.
11 AM Activity time
Noon Lunch, clean up and lunch dishes (leaving baby in high chair)
1 PM Baby naps again. Throw a load of laundry in. Check email. Fart around on DCUM. Call your mom. Prep dinner. Put prep dishes in the dishwasher. Move laundry to dryer.
3 PM Another activity
5 PM Put baby in high chair, throw prepped dinner into oven. Remove baby from high chair, give baby bath while dinner cooks.
530 or 6 PM. Eat.
630 or 7 PM Bedtime routine. (whichever parent isn't doing it can load the dishes into the dishwasher and run it)
730 PM. Fold laundry. Clean bathrooms. Pay bills. Do any other tasks that need to be done.
830 PM. "Me time"

Do a grocery run on Sunday (while DH watches the kid), or take the kid with you as an "activity".[/quote]

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