Hellobee Boards Topic: WOHMs, what's your schedule like?

Hellobee Boards Topic: WOHMs, what's your schedule like? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:10:26 +0000 charlotte on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-768028 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:22:03 +0000 charlotte 768028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ there are already some great tips and schedules here so I won't add all of my details but I will say that we have a cleaning lady once a week and I couldn't do it without her. if staying home a year is an option then maybe going back and getting a little help with the cleaning would be too? I DEFINITELY think its worth it. besides that, we honestly eat a lot of cereal and rush around trying to do laundry while he is sleeping quite frequently. :) there are times when he is finally down and I still have a pile of laundry, dirty hair, a sink full of pump parts and bottles, etc.........and it is exhausting. but it wont be forever! 2PeasinaPod on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767946 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:58:59 +0000 2PeasinaPod 767946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My schedule varies from day to day. Mondays I work from home while my dad comes to watch LO on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Wednesdays and Fridays I take LO to a friend's house for in home care. Our schedule on those days are hectic. But this is generally what we've got: 5am - DH wakes up and gets ready for work 5:45am - DH leaves for work and I get up to get ready 6:30am - My dad will either arrive or I will wake LO up on the days we go to my BFF's so that he can eat breakfast. 7am - I leave for work or my BFF's - I have about an hour and 15 minute commute (tack on another 20 minutes if I'm going to BFF's for drop off) 4:00pm - DH either comes home to relieve my dad or picks LO up from my BFF's. 6:00pm - DH feeds LO dinner 6:30pm - I get home from work 7:30pm - LO goes up for a bath 8:15pm - 8:30pm Bedtime for LO. 10:30pm - Bedtime for us So I don't really get a whole lot of time with him. Especially if it's days that my dad comes down. I never see him in the mornings then as I'll let him sleep in a little longer. I'll usually try to get any cleaning done on weekends and laundry gets done after LO goes to bed. It's craziness, I'm not going to lie. If my weekends are taken up, then grocery shopping gets done after LO goes to bed as well. mamabolt on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767925 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:51:05 +0000 mamabolt 767925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It is hard as hell at first, especially if you have to deal with a significant commute. Once we hit the 6 mo point and LO was a little more able to self-entertain it got better because I could do things while she played or ate, and now at 10 months it's even better. Our "normal" day is like this: 6 am - I get up, shower, get ready, feed pets, eat breakfast, put together my stuff for the day 7 am - wake up LO, nurse her 7:15 - wake up DH, he get dressed and then takes over with LO and gets her dressed and to daycare. I leave for work as soon as he takes over. I work roughly 8:15-4:30. 5:30 - pick LO up from daycare 5:45 - arrive home, nurse, play with LO a bit 6:30 - LO gets dinner, while she is eating I am washing bottles and/or prepping dinner. 7 - bath, jammies, a little more playtime 7:30 - nurse before bed 8 at the latest - LO is in bed, I go back to kitchen to finish up any dishes/cooking/lunch packing that needs to be done. 8:30ish - DH gets home around this time and we usually sit down to eat then. We'll also watch a TV show. Both of us sometimes do some work in front of the TV, this is also when I will fold some laundry. 9:30 - head up to bed, try and be asleep by 10. Weekends - the majority of the cleaning other than routine maintenence stuff, meal planning and grocery shopping, almost all errands (occasionally I'll run somewhere after I pick up LO if it can't wait). NovBaby1112 on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767845 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:22:08 +0000 NovBaby1112 767845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back to work at 12 weeks, but only work PT in the office 2 and 1/2 days a week. On days I work, here is my schedule: between 4 and 5 am: LO usually wakes to nurse, I go back to bed for a little. 5:30/6am: I wake up and get ready, then DH gets up and gets ready. 6:30am: We get LO up, I nurse her, and we are out the door by 6:45am. 7:00am: Drop LO off at DH's aunts. 8:00am: Arrive at work. 4:00pm: Leave work and pick up LO. 5:00pm: Home. 5-6:30pm: Play and spend time with LO. 6:30pm: Start bedtime routine. 7:00pm: LO in bed. 7:30pm: Clean up, do laundry, dishes, etc, get stuff ready for next day and shower and dinner at some point. 9:00pm: in bed and exhausted! :) ladyfingers on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767794 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:13:22 +0000 ladyfingers 767794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This is only our second week but I work full time Monday through Friday and we have him in a day care near my job (about 30 minutes from home). LO is 3 months. Our schedule is: -- 6:30: LO wakes and nurses, then I change him and put him down in the crib and put on his mobile, which he loves, and wake up DH who hangs out with him while I get ready. -- I get his bottles ready, pack up my pumping bag and everything else I need to get ready, and get myself ready. -- Between 7 and 7:30: Leave the house -- Between 7:30 and 8: Arrive at daycare. If it's closer to 7:30, I'll hang there with him for a little bit. -- Between 8 and 8:15: Arrive at work. -- 9:30: Pump -- 12:30: Pump -- 3:30: Pump (LO takes 3 bottles at daycare) -- 4:50: Leave work -- Between 5 and 5:15: Arrive at daycare to pick him up -- Between 5:45 and 6: Arrive home, nurse him, play for a little bit (10-15 minutes depending on how tired/fussy he is) then give him his bath, do a massage with lotion, dress him in PJs, read him a bedtime story and sing him a little song if he can tolerate it but usually by the time the story is done, he's too tired and starts crying. -- 7: Swaddle and put down to sleep. -- 7:15: LO is usually asleep by this time. Sometimes DH works nights, in those cases, I start dinner once LO goes down and it's a little more tiring of an evening because I have to clean up and do everything myself. When DH is home, though, he gives LO his bath while I stick the bottles and pump parts in a bowl of warm soapy water and quickly tidy up the house. I do the massage and read to him and then either DH puts him down and I start dinner, or vice versa. Then DH cleans up the kitchen, I wash and rinse all the bottles and pump stuff, and then I chill out on the couch for an hour or so. I take my shower at night and sometimes I pump around 9. I'm in bed by 10 at the latest. DS wakes up around 1-2 to nurse, then sometimes wakes again around 3-4 or other times sleeps through to 6/6:30. Then we do the whole thing over again. It sucks and I wish I had more time with him, but then again, he's so young he still naps and eats most of the day so I tell myself I'm not missing too much. And it's honestly a relief to go to work for 9 hours and have time to myself, be able to run errands at lunch, and do adult stuff. It makes me appreciate my time with him even more. As for chores and stuff at home, I just do what I can, DH helps with what he can, and we let the rest slide. We have our whole lives to vacuum ;) ETA I do laundry on the weekends. ETA again: DH and I have fallen into a pretty nice division of labor. He handles the pet stuff (walking, picking up, food, litter box, playing), waters the plants, and takes out the garbage. He also picks up and cleans up the kitchen/vacuums if he's home during the day and has time, and he goes grocery shopping for the week on Sundays or picks something up during the day/on his way home from work if we need it. I do the laundry, cleaning the bathrooms/rest of the house when I get around to it, feeding the baby (BF). We just naturally take turns with changing/watching LO so the other person can get stuff done. It all works out really nicely. LuLu Mom on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767779 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:09:13 +0000 LuLu Mom 767779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I do my best to balance everythign, but realize that I may not have the cleansest house at all times or that laundry just might have to wait until the weekend so I can enjoy LO while she's awake! 6:15: DH wakes up and feeds LO 6:30: I get showered & ready 7:00: DH leaves for work/LO watches me finish getting ready 7:15: we play as I pack things up for the day 7:30: leave for daycare 5:00: pick LO up from daycare 5:15: Play until DH gets home 5:45: DH home, he takes over play while I make dinner 6:15: Feed LO solids/eat dinner 6:30: play with LO/DH does dishes 7:00: bath/books/bottle/ 7:45: LO in be 8-8:30: pick up house/laundry/remaining dishes/ect. 10: bed for tired mom and dad! ValentineMommy on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767544 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:43:49 +0000 ValentineMommy 767544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started back when LO was 3 months old (last week). It's been hard! I work from home on Mondays and Fridays. I have him home with me, but if I need undivided attention for a conference call or something, my dad comes by. Tuesday and Thursday my dad watches him. Wednesday my mom watches him. My work schedule is this: 6am-3:30pm (but we have flex time, meaning I can come in anytime btwn 6-9, then work 9 hours). I work 9 hour shifts, so once every pay period (every two weeks), I have a day off. So, I have every other friday off. FLnative12 on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767528 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:39:05 +0000 FLnative12 767528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started back to work 12 weeks PP. For us the key is getting as much done as possible at night. Washing all the bottles, packing lunches for DH an I, packing the daycare bag. Also deciding what will be for dinner the next night and making sure its defrosted. On a typical day I get home with DS by 5:30. He goes to bed by 7:30 at the latest so we only have a couple hours together, and DH doesn't usually get home until 7ish. I try and plan so that I can play with DS for the bulk of that time. I usually cook dinner in that time frame too, but DS loves hanging out in the kitchen with me. Once he is fed, bathed and down for the night I do the bulk of my "chores". It's busy for sure, but we make it work :) butterbean on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767068 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:36:45 +0000 butterbean 767068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i went back to work full time at 3 months. luckily my job is flexible with work hours so i work from 6:30-4pm. my inlaws are helping take care of our LO and until he starts daycare (in June), my husband and I will have to start adjusting our schedules. Right now, i leave the house around 6am and he feeds our son in the morning before he leaves for work. I get home around 4:30pm and hang out with our son. My husband and I tag-team when it comes to dinner :) We usually do our laundry on the weekends since we want to maximize our time with our son during the week since we start his bedtime around 7pm :) When i'm nursing him at night, my husband will usually wash the dishes, my breastpump parts, etc. i also agree with @kaykay, you'll appreciate the time you do/can get with your precious child :) don't worry...it'll work out...just gotta be patient and flexible during this transitional time :) mrsjyw on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767057 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:28:43 +0000 mrsjyw 767057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back to work at 12 weeks. I work in the office 3x a week usually M-W. My commute is around 40 min in the AM and an hour in the PM. We are extremely lucky to have my mom watch DS at our home. Sometimes she comes over the night before the wk starts and makes my AMs so easy. First thing in the AM is nursing LO (lately he's been waking up at 5am so we stay in bed until 7am). I get ready for work and my mom or DH plays with him. Leave for work and get in around 830/9am. I pump at 1030am, 130pm, 430pm most days. I try to leave latest by 5pm and get home around 6pm. Bathtime is at 630pm. Nurse, read, etc. DS is down by 7/730pm. DH and I eat dinner, clean up, workout, watch tv/movie/sports game, I shower at night, etc. and I'm usually asleep around midnight. Thurs/Fris depending on my workload, it's DS and me alone or sometimes if I'm super busy, my mom comes over to watch him while I work. And DH usually has Thurs off a few times a month too. If it weren't for my mom's help (she cleans, cooks, and does laundry when she's bored or DS is sleeping) and our flexible at home work schedules-- we wouldn't be able to have the work/life balance that we gratefully have today. Mrsbells on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-767038 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:15:30 +0000 Mrsbells 767038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back to work at 12 weeks post partum I would leave home by about 7.35 drop her off at her daycare and start work at 8.15am and then pick her up around 5.15pm, get home just before 6pm, pump, nurse, give her a bath and put her to bed Now that she is a year old its different since I dont pump anymore edelweiss on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766957 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:22:20 +0000 edelweiss 766957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i went back to work at 12 weeks. we both have long commutes, so i hear you on worrying whether it's enough time with LO. i've only been back for a few weeks, and although it's a tight schedule, it works. of course i would love more time with LO, but it makes the weekends super sweet and we really appreciate and try to make the most out of the time we do spend with LO. here's our schedule: 5:00am i wake up, feed dogs, eat breakfast, put bottles (which i made the night before) in diaper bag 5:15am DH wakes up and has breakfast 5:30am wake up LO, feed him; DH takes dogs for a walk 5:45am i finish getting ready for work, hang out with LO for a few minutes 6:00am i leave for work 6:30am DH leaves with LO for daycare drop off and work 3:30pm i leave to pick up LO 5:00pm arrive at home; walk dogs; start bedtime routine (bath, bottle, bedtime story, lullaby, crib) 5:45-6:00pm put LO to bed; afterwards i feed dogs 6:00pm DH is home by now, we eat dinner. i wash bottles. 7:00pm if i'm feeling ambitious, i might work out. or i'll just take a shower. before going to bed, i'll pour the bottles and put out my work outfit for the next day 8:30-9:00pm i go to bed at some point DH takes out dogs again before he goes to bed, usually around 10 or 11 looch on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766940 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:06:16 +0000 looch 766940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My schedule is insane but I have a huge amount of help from my parents at the moment. 5:30 am: I wake up and get ready 5:45 am: Husband wakes up, starts getting ready 6:00 am: my son wakes up and usually has his milk and we play a bit 6:15 am: one of us gets LO dressed, I lay out his clothes the night before, pack bags 6:30 drop LO off at my parents house, they give him breakfast, pack his lunch and day care bag 7:00 am: either in the satellite office location or on the train to the home office 2 days a week 12:00: my dad picks up my son from daycare, they have their afternoon nap together 4:00pm: beginning the commute home, either 20 mintues by car or 2 hours by public transport 2 days a week 6:00: dinner, we eat as a family, my mom cooks and I clean up 7:15: Bath time for my son, jammies, nebulizer treatment for his asthma, nighttime milk 7:30: I shower while my husband does the nebulizer/milk above 8:00pm: read one book, then lights out Glamorous, I know. I try to do laundry during the week, but I do at least 4 loads on the weekends. We're now at the age where we have things to do and birthday parties, which take priority over having a clean house. When we move in June, I am seriously considering a cleaning service. SleepyMonkey on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766910 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:15:27 +0000 SleepyMonkey 766910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i went back to work full time when LO was 4 months. i leave around 7:45 and come home around 5:45-6pm. she wakes up at 6:30 so we nurse...then she lays in our bed while i get ready or plays with her dad. i am extremely lucky that my mom comes to take care of her during the day. when i get home, we nurse and play for an hour then we start getting her ready for bed. she's in her crib by 7:30-8pm and after that, i eat and wash the bottles/pump parts, etc. so we only have like 2-3 hours together, but like @KayKay, its made me appreciate the time with her so much more than when i was on mat leave. KayKay on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766901 Wed, 08 May 2013 05:45:07 +0000 KayKay 766901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back when LO was 3 months old. I found that having only smaller amounts of time with her (1-2 hours in the morning and after work) made me appreciate that so much more and really take advantage of it and enjoy her, instead of, say, checking hellobee while she played :) The added prep/clean-up was hard, and it didn't really get a lot easier, just different as she grew. When I stopped my daytime pumping at 11 months, I didn't have to clean and prep that bag of stuff. We just weaned her off daytime breastmilk, but I find that instead of washing bottles/cups/pump, I have more meal prep to do the night before (usually prep her breakfast and dinner) to make the next day run more smoothly. I usually drop LO off at daycare a little after 8, work 8:30-4:30 and am back home with her around 5. She eats around 6 and is in bed around 7. petunia354 on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766878 Wed, 08 May 2013 02:56:18 +0000 petunia354 766878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back when O was 14 weeks old. I work 7 hours 5 days a week. I've found that I have just become more efficient with my chores so that I can still have plenty of time with him. Honestly, it wasn't that big of an adjustment. You are lucky to only have to work 4 days, I am jealous! I wake up at 5 and make breakfast/lunch, get myself ready, feed & change Owen then drop him at my moms around 7:30. I work from 8-3 and pick him him up and get home around 3:50. We snuggle for a bit, he eats and then I wash bottles and make dinner for when DH comes home around 5:45. The rest of the night is spent taking turns cuddling him wg While the pthwr person cleans up the house until around 7:30 when we start bedtime routine. autumnlove on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766697 Tue, 07 May 2013 21:37:43 +0000 autumnlove 766697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back when LO was 13 weeks old. I left the house at 4:45 am, commuted 55 miles and started work at 6am. DH took LO to daycare in the mornings and I would pick her up. I left work at 3 but with traffic I wouldn't get to daycare until 5 or 5:30. Picked up LO, played with her for a bit, made dinner, put her down for the night. Most chores besides dinner and dishes got ignored until the weekends. We also prepared LO's daycare stuff the night before...cloth diapers, bottles and wet bag. Good luck! beachbee on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766680 Tue, 07 May 2013 21:28:46 +0000 beachbee 766680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went back to work when LO was 2 1/2 months old. It was hard. Very hard. We had just started to get into a rhythm and all of a sudden the routine changed. I am very lucky to have in-home care so I didn't have an added commute of dropping LO off at daycare. But even without dropping her off, I'm still away for 9+ hours M-F. It has been a few months and we are finally starting to get settled into our new routine. Our evenings are busy, but I make a point to have fun time and save all the chores until after LO is in bed. I get home about 5 and DH gets home around 7. It doesn't leave much extra time but we fit it in. LO doesn't usually go down until 9-9:30 because we want to have that quality time and luckily she hasn't had any problems with the late schedule. Of course then I end up with at least an hour of work to do after she's finally asleep (wash bottles, pack her lunch for next day, empty & re-pack diaper bag, clean pump parts and pack pump bag, and maybe shower somewhere in there!). It's hectic but I wouldn't have it any other way. I wanted to stay home but it just wasn't in the cards so we've scheduled our nights to maximize fun time and cuddle time with LO. It gets easier with time and you'll get into a rhythm that works for your family. Good luck!! lomom on "WOHMs, what's your schedule like?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-whats-your-schedule-like-1#post-766317 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:32:33 +0000 lomom 766317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DH and I are trying to decide if I should stay home for a year. I don't know how we'd do everything we are doing now if I went back. I feel like I'd never have time to just snuggle with LO. If I go back, LO will be 13 weeks old and ill be working 4 days a week, 7 hours a day. He'll be in daycare during that time. I'm just worried that I'm going to work all day, come home and have so many chores to take care of, that LO won't get all the attention he needs. What is your schedule like? How do juggle everything?