Hellobee Boards Topic: WOHM Morning Schedule

Hellobee Boards Topic: WOHM Morning Schedule https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 16:09:20 +0000 HappyJax on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912687 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:24:53 +0000 HappyJax 912687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ These are great and so helpful!' thank you!!! LulaBee on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912497 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:37:07 +0000 LulaBee 912497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 5:00- DD wakes up, not caring that my alarm won't go off for 30 more minutes. I nurse her while DH gets up to let dogs out. 5:15- I shower while DH plays/reads to with DD. Then we switch. 5:45- We both dress while DD crawls around/gets into everything. 6:15- DD eats breakfast in highchair as we finish packing bottles/lunch for all of us. We also feed dogs, make sure all daycare stuff is packed, my gym bag is packed. 7:15- leave for daycare. It doesn't open until 7:30 and I head straight to work after. We wash all bottles/pump parts the night before, and pack as much of DD's lunch as possible the night before. We have ample time in the mornings, but I'm hoping DD will start sleeping later (wishful thinking, I'm afraid) so that we can all sleep in a little. I work out at lunch (and am just sweaty in the afternoons) and do a Pure Barre class a few nights a week after DD is asleep. littlek on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912454 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:29:11 +0000 littlek 912454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our mornings have gotten a LOT easier now that LO eats daycare food and drinks milk there. DH leaves for work at 6 a.m. so I do everything in the morning. 6 a.m. - Wake up 6 - 6:40- Shower/dry hair/makeup/get dressed 6:40- 6:50- Get LO dressed 6:50- 6:55- Take dogs out to bathroom and give them food 7 a.m. - Out the door mrsjyw on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912412 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:19:13 +0000 mrsjyw 912412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 630: Nurse in our bed 7: dipe change, DS sleeps again 7/730: DH and I get ready for work 8/830: DS is up and my mom is over. 830: DH and I leave for work we have it pretty easy since my mom watches DS at our home. i usually do the morning dipe change since i'm up from nursing, but sometimes if i'm really tired, dh does it. i workout at night after DS goes down at 7/730. i also shower at nighttime. mediagirl on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912323 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:44:14 +0000 mediagirl 912323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I prep all daycare needs at home the night before. Wash bottles/dishes from daycare after baby's bedtime. Prepare bottles or lunch and sippy cups. In the morning, here is our schedule: 5:15am: hubs wakes up to work out 5:30am I wake up and get in shower and get ready 5:50am I go downstairs, make eggs for baby and hubs 6am Hubs is in shower, I wake up baby, nurse, get her dressed and take her downstairs. 6:20am Hubs is out the door, baby is in high chair eating breakfast. I am eating cereal. 6:30am Mad scramble starts to get out the door by 6:38 - I get her food and sippy and (if needed) hat, diapers, extra clothes into her bag, get my lunch into my bag. Grab my coffee, grab her, wipe her face and hands, change her diaper if needed, grab keys and purse and scramble out the door. I haven't yet perfected that last 8 minutes of our morning. :) brownie on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912310 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:38:51 +0000 brownie 912310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 7:00 am wake up, potty and shower 7:20 am dress and toothbrushing Misc stuff like refilling backpack though I try to do this at night 7:45 am out the door (in theory often closer to 8:00) 8:00 am at preschool for breakfast 8:30 am at work I don't do makeup or hair. If I don't have to work at 8:30 am I don't shower and that saves us some time. Today was a little rough because he decided he didn't want to go to school so at 7:45 he stripped for me and we had to redress him and get him in the car. MaisyMay on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912306 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:36:15 +0000 MaisyMay 912306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our schedule is a bit different. DH and I stagger our work schedules so that LO isn't at daycare more than 6-7 hours a day. 5:15 - DH wakes up, eats, out the door by 6 8:00 - I get up with LO, give her a bottle while I pump, play with her 8:45 - Both of us dressed, lunch packed for me, pump parts packed 9:15 - Out the door, 9:30 - Drop her at daycare 10:15 - Work Lunch break - Pump 3:00 - DH off work 4:30 - Pick LO up from daycare - this normally give DH an hour to himself 6:30/7:00 - Me off work 7:45/8:00 - Give LO solids, start bath, final bottle, etc (I feed LO and climb in the tub with her, DH does diaper/bottle/bed) 9:00/9:15- LO is asleep 10:00 - DH to bed, I pump 11:00 - Me to bed Hope this helps. In order to combat how little we're home together, DH and I have a weekday off together. He works M, W-Sat, and I work M, W-F. looch on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912267 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:16:21 +0000 looch 912267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @blackbird, @highwire: the outfit thing is so simple but makes SUCH a difference. I learned it from another blog, about spending 30 minutes a week taking care of your clothing. I can not tell you how many times I have had to change my undergarments or realized the shoes needed to be resoled, etc. And that always happens on a morning when my son wakes up earlier than usual! I also changed up my hair, I got an American Wave at the salon to help me better deal with the frizziness. It's a curl treatement that enhances my natural wave to a true curl, so I can better style it. It was either this or flat iron and I will take scrunching in some curl creme and air drying over that any day! blackbird on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912228 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:58:37 +0000 blackbird 912228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch, I saw you post that advice somewhere else and I did the same thing last night! I set out 5 outfits for E and 5 for myself Sunday night. I'll be damned if I didn't spend 10 minutes waffling over which outfit to dress ourselves in this week, lol bisous on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912217 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:51:45 +0000 bisous 912217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't have a schedule yet as I don't go back to work til September, but just wanted to say this is a great thread! I was planning to ask this question as I got closer to my return to work date. DillonLion on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912205 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:44:52 +0000 DillonLion 912205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @looch: Great advice! I also store LOs clothes in her dresser as already prepared outfits, as opposed to like a drawer of tops, drawer of bottoms, etc. Each drawer holds ready to grab top/bottom/accessory Smurfette on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912190 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:36:56 +0000 Smurfette 912190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mine really depends on when R wakes up. This was this morning 530: I wake up, shower and wash hair, get ready. 6:25: Throw everything in the car. I make lunch and bottles the right before. I 6:30: Wake up R, change diaper, get dressed, nurse. 6:55:Throw my shirt on and we are out the door 7:20: Drop her off: 7:40: Get to work I was late this morning. I also eat breakfast at work every morning. Tomorrow I can sleep a little later since I don't have to wash and blow dry my hair. As for finding time to work out, still trying to find it :sad: looch on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912161 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:24:15 +0000 looch 912161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My morning routine is basic, it's the prework that is what makes the difference for me. I prep my outfits for the week in advance, and set them up in a separate closet, down to the underwear, shoes, accessories. I can pick and choose during the week, but I don't have to worry that I picked a skirt and don't have hose (or whatever). I also do this for my son, 5 outfits in a group for the week. I pack his day care bag at night. I also write out the day care checks a month in advance and just put the current one in his pack on monday morning. I don't do laundry during the week, it just creates more ironing for me, and I do the dry cleaning drop off on Saturdays. I also prep meals on Sunday for the week. Our weeks are the same, so we know we eat at my parents home on Tuesday, for example. I do slow cooker meals from the freezer 2 nights a week, the other 2 nights are leftovers. Hope that helps! DillonLion on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912142 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 09:14:59 +0000 DillonLion 912142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6:45: Wake up, wake up LO, nurse LO 7:15-8: Shower, get ready, get bags ready, let dog out, etc. 8: Leave for daycare/work (DH and I drive together) (Eat breakfast either on the way to work or at work) I'm just not a good fit for morning workouts. And waking up an extra 30 minutes early to pump is really not interesting to me...and I don't want to exercise with full breasts. So, until I'm done breastfeeding, I've decided not to stress out about working out. Managing a breastfeeding infant, a house, a husband, and a full time job is enough for me right now. Once we are done nursing I will reconsider adding in a more regimented workout schedule. These days my exercise includes family walks, occasional yoga classes and 5ks, and rough housing with my kid :) Adira on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912090 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:50:33 +0000 Adira 912090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @edelweiss: haha, well it seems so unfair that he gets to sleep an extra hour and a half while I'm up for the day! But it's not like he can take over nursing or pumping for me so... edelweiss on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912086 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:48:38 +0000 edelweiss 912086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Adira: i like the "finally" when you mentioned DH waking up... our morning routine (LO is 5.5 months old): 5:00am: i wake up, brush teeth, wash face, etc. (i take showers at night), feed dogs, get breakfast out, pack pump parts (which DH ideally has washed the night before) 5:15am: nurse LO. DH wakes up and walks dogs. 5:30am: we eat breakfast (LO sits in high chair and plays with non-messy finger food, liked steamed broccoli and carrots) 5:45am: i put on makeup, get dressed, DH takes shower 6:05am: i leave for work 6:30 or 6:45am: DH leaves for daycare drop-off and work i don't work out these days, although i could in the evenings after LO goes to bed. i just don't! blackbird on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912073 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:42:38 +0000 blackbird 912073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Today was my first day back at work with daycare! I pack lunch (and breakfast), my gym bag, and her bottles and stuff the night before so i can just grab and go in the morning. I'm not pumping or nursing, but I had a Freestyle so i was planning on sticking it in my bathrobe and pumping while i drank coffee/did my makeup, etc 5:15am: Up. Do makeup/hair/drink coffee/do dishes/etc. 5:30am: DH leaves for work 6:15am: Wake baby up. Feed, change, dress 6:55am: Out the door 7:00am: Drop off 7:30-3:30pm: Work 4:00-5:00pm: Gym 5:30pm: Home This morning she got craaazy and woke up at 5am, so she played with her mobile in her crib from 5-615 while i cleaned the house, got ready, watched tv, etc. But usually she sleeps til about 6:30am. I go to bed at 9, so getting up between 5/530 isn't a big deal. My husband does daycare pick up at 3pm Adira on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-912047 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 08:18:30 +0000 Adira 912047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Here's our morning schedule: 5:00 a.m. - Wake up, nurse Xander, put back to bed 5:30 - Hop in the shower 6:00 - Makeup, hair, get dressed 6:10 - Pump!! 6:30 - Hubs finally wakes up, starts getting ready for the day 6:40 - Wash pump parts, pack pump, pack lunch, get bottles ready if we didn't do it the night before 6:50 - Leave for work! 7:00 - Hubs wakes up Xander, changes his diaper, and brings him to daycare 7:30 - Hubs leaves for work ETA: Wanted to add that Hubs has breakfast at home and I usually get breakfast on my way to work. HappyJax on "WOHM Morning Schedule" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohm-morning-schedule#post-911985 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 07:42:12 +0000 HappyJax 911985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I will be heading back to work in a few weeks. I am trying to think about our morning routine. Do you mind sharing your morning schedule? Do you and your SO share some responsibilities for getting LO ready? Any tips on how to make things run as smoothly as possible? I also want to start working out again a few days a week and I am having the hardest time figuring out how I can even make that work - morning or night unless I get up at 5 am. I want to miss as little time as I can with LO so I guess I could work out at night after he goes to bed and after we have dinner... I'm getting stressed out just thinking about going back to work already and managing to fit everything in... I'm sure it will all fall into place but I'm getting nervous