Mostly for SAHMs but WOHMs too when you're home all day with LO. I feel like I'm in a rut with T's daily routine. Play blocks, have a bottle, play more blocks, attempt to read books (he's not into it), nap...etc.
What do you do with your kids? Be as detailed as you want!
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
At that age I planned at least one, if not two, outings a day. I couldn't stand to be at home all day long! I still can't, but now he can play by himself for a bit and has more fun outside...so usually we have breakfast, and then he plays in his room for an hour while i clean up dishes and get dressed, and then we go out and do something until lunch/nap. Then when he wakes up we either do some kind of playing inside or go for a walk to the playground, or play in the back yard. Sometimes we have playground playdates in the afternoons.
Winter is hard though 
Last winter we spent a lot of time walking around target.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
@Mrs. Lion: Yes winter sucks! Unfortunately I start work when the weather gets warm and T goes back to daycare.
kiwi / 643 posts
My son is 17 months old and here's a breakdown of a typical day (I work part time night shift, but I'm technically still a SAHM):
7:00- wake up, eat Cheerios and cup of milk
7:30- cook breakfast and play with toys/free play
8:00- eat breakfast
8:30- clean up, brush teeth, get dressed and ready for the day
9:30- usually we go out for the day at this time - either a play date, story time at library, etc. He has a snack around this time, too.
11:00- some kind of art activity (finger painting, coloring, etc)
11:30- lunch and cup of milk
12:00 - read books
12:30 - 2:30 - nap
2:30/3:00 - snack
3:00 - 5:00 - normally at this time we would go for a walk or play outside, but it's so cold here lately. every Wednesday he has his gym class in the afternoon. On the other days we play around the house - play with toys, dance/listen to music, read books, and any other random activity - there are a lot of good ideas on Pinterest!
5:00 - cook dinner, usually I'll put on a show for DS but he doesn't watch for very long. He likes to "help" me cook.
5:30/6 - eat dinner, milk
6:00 - clean up, play more
6:30 - bath, brush teeth, pajamas, play and read books
7:30 - bed
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
She's 16 months and it's not the same every day but pretty damn close. I'm a lonely SAH parent lol
7: wake up. We cuddle and watch cartoons while she talks to me and eats 1/2 a banana. By 730 we have changed her diaper and are sitting down to breakfast.
Somewhere between 745 and 8: we finished eating. I sit on the floor and check all the things on my phone and read a few blogs while she plays.
815: we put away the dishes in the dishwasher and clean up from breakfast. Then we go to my bathroom to get me dressed, fix my hair and make the bed. We are usually done with this before 9 unless LO keeps asking for help with things or my hair is crazy or something.
9: get LO dressed, fix her hair, turn on some music and put on my make up. Make up can take awhile depending on how many times LO requests my attention and I have to stop. It usually averages out to about 20 minutes though.
920: this depends on the day. We will run a quick errand, read a book, when it's nice go outside/for a walk or I'll get a jump on starting whatever chores I have lined out for the day. Today we took a walk and played outside until lunch. Tomorrow we have story time and will leave by 1015. Monday we ran errands. Thursday she will be with my mom and Friday we have grocery shopping.
We are in between one nap and two so sometimes she's sleeping and we have lunch at 1 or 130 (so we probably had a snack around 1030) or she might be awake and we will eat between 1130 and 12 and then she will take a nap.
if she napped after lunch, it's 2 or 3 when she wakes up so we have a snack and play/finish chores/go outside. I rarely leave the house in the afternoon because after I get LO fed and changed and let her burn a little post nap energy it's an hour before I start cooking dinner.
If she napped before lunch she helps me with my chores and we read more or go outside and usually snack around 4.
if DH isn't home yet I've probably turned on some cartoons and am making sure I know what I'm cooking for dinner. Depending on what it is I usually start dinner around 5 or 530 and LO plays with all the cabinets and drawers while occasionally sitting down to watch tv. We eat dinner at 6. We're done by 630 and we play for another 15 to 30 minutes (depending on her mood) and then it's bath and bed time. And we do it all over again the next day! lol
pomelo / 5469 posts
I SAH with a 16 month old. Our day is pretty similar to the others...she wakes up around 8am (so by this point I am usually showered and dressed), we have breakfast, then get her ready for the day. It's usually around 9am by this point so she might watch TV for 20 minutes or most of the time she's just happy playing by herself with her toys. Several days a week we have an activity in the morning so we usually leave the house around 930 and are back at 11am for lunch. If we don't do an activity, we might take a walk for an hour or just hang around the house all morning and LO "helps" me with chores.
So lunch at 11, then she usually naps 12-2/230. Sometimes I'll wake her closer to 130 if we need to be somewhere. Most afternoons we are out from 230-5. We either run my errands, go grocery shopping, go for a walk, have a play date or go to a soft play.
We try and get home for 5 so I can make dinner. LO plays by herself. We eat at 6 when DH finishes work. She has bathtime at 630 (which DH does) and is in bed by 7-715.
T is a little younger right? It's only been in the last month that my LO has been able to entertain herself for long periods of time. Before that, we used to have to try and be out of the house as much as possible because like you say, it gets pretty boring reading and playing with blocks all day!
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
@illumina: Yes he's just 11 months! There's is very little to do in my area that's indoors so it's frustrating. I've been wanting to do the Babygarten class at the library. Unfortunately it starts right at his first nap. Ugh!
pomelo / 5469 posts
@Danizaur: that's tough. Things got much better once LO dropped to 1 nap...which is when we could start doing activities. Do you have any pet stores near you? We used to take LO there often as it's kind of like a free mini zoo and aquarium lol!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Is there anyway you can organize a play group or something? Looking back, I wish I had done something like that, even if it was a meet up at a park. At this age, the interaction is for you, just as much as it is for the kids.
kiwi / 643 posts
@Danizaur: I found 10 months to around 15 months to be a tough age! DS definitely entertains himself a bit more than he did during that age.
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
@looch: I should. It's been tough because unfortunately all of my close mommy friends work during the week and I'm kind of shy about making plans with people I'm not really comfortable with!
@NurseDMB: Yeah it is. They're too big to hang out in the swing or exersaucer but too little to do much independent play. Especially T. He's so limited physically right now and gets frustrated staying in one spot and can't explore.
nectarine / 2521 posts
@Danizaur: I hate winter, because at least during summertime I could go outside and read while my LO crawled around and he LOVES being outside. We both have the winter blues right now! My LO is 13 months, and this is our daily schedule:
6:30 a.m. - Wakeup, 4 oz. bottle and cuddles on the couch while I watch the news.
7:00 a.m. - Breakfast
7:30 - 8:30 - Playtime. He does independent play for a good 15-20 minutes while I clean up breakfast and have a cup of coffee, and then I go into his playroom and we read and play with toys together.
8:45 a.m - Naptime
10:00 a.m. - Wakeup, snack time
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. - I will either go to the gym with him for about an hour, or go for a run if it isn't terrible weather outside. Then he crawls around and gets into everything while I make lunch and we eat at noon.
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Play time. Mostly I take him upstairs and he destroys his room while I put away laundry or pick up.
1:00 - 2:30/3:00 p.m. - Naptime
3:00p.m. - Snacktime
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. - If I haven't left the house, I do it now! He is such a fussy butt in the afternoons I HAVE to get out or I will go crazy. We go to Target, or whatever store I can make up any excuse to go to to get out.
5:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Dinner prep & dinner. I stick him in his high chair and feed him bits of what I'm making or Puffs while I get everything ready.
6:00 p.m. - 8 oz bottle
6:30 p.m. - Upstairs for bath & bed
7:00 p.m. - Bedtime!
Repeat again and again...
As a good friend of mine calls it, "parenting groundhog days." 
pomelo / 5628 posts
@Danizaur: Home Goods is also really fun because there is so much to look at, clocks, animals (home decor), you name it.
apricot / 456 posts
LO will be a year old next week.
8:00 Wake up, changer her diaper, give her a straw cup.
8:20 Read books.
8:40 Give her a boiled egg, jar of baby food, or some yogurt.
9:00 Wonder if the clock is broken because it feels like it's been hours. I'm not a morning person.
9:02 Do some dishes and prep for tonight's dinner. She plays independently.
9:40 Read some more books.
10:00 Nap. Thank God.
12:00 Change diaper, give her a straw cup.
12:15 Read books.
12:30 Lunch. Usually something like half a grilled cheese and half a fruit cup.
1:00 Daily outing. We go to the library, pet store, grocery store, and/or mall.
1:40 We're usually back around now, and I put her in the pack and play for independent play time.
2:00 Nap.
4:00 Change diaper and give her a straw cup.
4:15 Snack. Yogurt or toast with jam or half a fruit cup.
4:30 Read books.
4:45 Independent play time while I do laundry and start on dinner.
5:15 We play peekaboo, patty cake, etc.
5:30 Alternate between picking her up and showing her what I'm cooking for dinner, etc. and putting her down in her PNP while I do stuff.
6:00 Dinner. She just eats part of what we're eating for dinner.
7:00 Bath. I leave her in the tub as long as possible.
7:30 I put her in the her jumper.
8:00 Evening bottle.
8:20 Read books.
8:30 Change diaper, put her to bed.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I'm a WOHM but on the weekends our schedule looks like this for a 2 year old:
7:45- up for the day
8: breakfast and teeth brushing. Followed by playing: usually kitchen or dress up
9: change clothes for the day and watch a little TV
10: snack time
11:30: lunch
12:30-2:30- we start nap, she is usually down for maybe an hour
2:30: snack
3:00: go for an outing somewhere, Target, park, zoo, ect.
5:30: dinner
7: Bath/PJs
8:15: start of bedtime routine with books/resting
8:30: try to get her to sleep, but normally she falls asleep around 9 these days.
nectarine / 2636 posts
My days are SO boring because we are a 1 car family and my husband takes it M-Th to work. UGH. So basically we hang around the house all day and go out for a walk to the playground if it's warm enough. She's 11.5 months and not walking so we can't do too much other than the swings because she wants to put all the leaves and rocks in her mouth. I am really starting to get crazy being at home 100% of the time.
My DH works from home on Fridays so I can go to MOPS and run errands. I'ts not enough!
ETA: Iguess I should say what I'd do if I DID have a car... Library story time, visit other SAHM friends, Target, indoor playground places, the mall, visit family members...
papaya / 10343 posts
8mo
630(ish): she wakes up and dh gets up with her. He gives her her medicine and her first bottle and they play in the living room. We have 4 boxes of small toys and we only pull out one per day so she isn't seeing the same small toys daily. So he pulls one of those out and they just hang out for a bit (and DH handles all the pet tasks)
7:30(ish) I get up and throw on clothes and take over while DH gets ready for work. We keep playing in the living room. Right now she just learned how to crawl so I spend a lot of time just crawling after her while she tries to get into everything she shouldn't.
8:30(ish) she is ready for a nap so I put her down. Then I hop in the shower and then I eat my breakfast.
Between 10 and 11 she wakes up. If it is closer to 10 I try (and fail generally) to feed her solids. Then we move her box of toys down to our lower level living room (main living area) and play (or if it is closer to 11 we just play).
Around 11 she gets another bottle. Then she usually goes in her jumper for 20 minutes. Then we play on the floor some more. More crawling around after her trying to keep her from killing herself. If she didn't get solids before her bottle, I try with her around 12. Also this time (between 1st and 2nd nap) is usually when I run errands with her if we have any to run.
Between 1230 and 130 she usually is ready for another nap so I put her down for another nap. I take a shower if I didn't do that in the morning for some reason and eat lunch.
Between 130 and 3 she wakes up from her second nap. If it is earlier we usually head downstairs to play some more. If we've been home all day I usually pull out some of her bigger toys at this point. She has a learning table and a little shopping cart thing, plus stuffed animals and some blocks. Also if she wakes up early I (try and generally fail to) feed her solids again.
Between 3-3:30 she gets her 3rd bottle. Then she goes back in her jumper for 20 minutes. Then we play some more. I try to give her some solids if she woke up late. I also offer a straw cup of water around 4 usually.
Between 430 and 5 she wants to go down for her second nap. She used to go down fine and sleep until 6 or 630 but the last week or so she just rolls around even though she is clearly tired. So I give her half an hour to fall asleep then I give up and rock her to sleep. I let her sleep until 630 then wake her up. DH usually gets home around 6 and starts making our dinner.
630 I get her up and DH has dinner done (unless it is one of the nights he is working late or has class, then I usually just eat cheese and crackers or something) and we put her in the jumper so we can eat. We let her jump for 20 min then pull her out and all hang out on the floor until 730.
730 bedtime routine. Bath (e/o night), change into pjs, bottle, books, song, bed.
Not too much variety here!
honeydew / 7235 posts
I WOH but when I am home I try to plan one thing out of the house. Library, local gym, museum or indoor play center in winter... I try to get him into making something; play doh, paints, etc but he gets bored in minutes. Water play is always a hit. In sink or tub! LO is 2.
pomegranate / 3580 posts
I WFH (part time) but I feel like a SAHM since we have in-home childcare (grandmas!) plus a few days a week where it's just us. DD is almost 10 months.
6:30 - DH has been gone since 5:30. DD and I wake up, nurse and cuddle on the couch while I watch the news. Change diaper.
7:00 - DD plays on he floor while I play with her and/or check stuff on my phone.
7:15 - I make my breakfast and get hers ready.
7:30 - Eat breakfast
8:00-8:45 - More floor play
If I'm solo for the day:
8:45 - Bring her to her room to do a quick nursimg session, book and bounce her to sleep.
9:00 - Nap
If I have someone coming to watch her:
Play until 9:00 when grandma shows up and then she goes down for a nap around 9:30.
11:00 - Wake, nurse, play/crawl around and get into everything
12:00 - Snack for her, lunch for me
12:30 - Play/read with grandma or if we're solo sometimes we go out at this time.
2:00 - Nap
3:00 - Wake, nurse, go out of we didn't earlier. There isn't much to do in our small town, but I always try to go to the store or park when it's nicer.
4:00 - Back home and we play on the floor and read, go in the bouncer, etc.
5:00 - Feed her and sometimes if our meal isn't too involved I'll make it while feeding her. Still trying to figure out how to do this part of the day with our schedule!
5:30 - DH is home and they have some daddy daughter time.
6:15 - Nurse, bath, books
6:45 - Bed!
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