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@kiddosc: I do let him know. It probably just matters more to me. I also let MIL know. She will even say "daddy packed the bag today!". I tell her it's her fault and that she obviously screwed up in raising him. We have a great relationship and can joke like that.
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Sorry if I'm touchy in any of my responses. Got held up late at work being told I suck at my job, so once again I'm failing in all areas. It's just not my day.
I promise I appreciate all the insights and suggestions, and I like hearing all your routines. And for the record my DH is awesome.
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@cmomma17: sorry you're having a rough day
Our routine:
4:30ish: DH picks up LO from daycare (or his mom's house). I get off work and head to my carpool.
5:00: DH and LO get home
5:45/6:00: I get home and work on getting dinner ready (sometimes DH starts something but he usually has his hands full)
6:15/6:30: We all eat dinner
7:00: We start bedtime routine for LO (we do a bath every-other night and then pjs and a story/quite play)
7:00-7:30: I nurse LO to sleep while we watch a tv show
8:30: We work out (we've been doing a p90x dvd each night
9:45: Dash around and clean up if we're not too wiped out, also try to get LO's bag ready for daycare the next day.
10:30: get ready and go to bed or in my case waste time on my phone for a little while then fall asleep.Our mornings are kind of a mad dash and we would be better off prepping more the night before - oh well.
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@cmomma17: my dishwasher is pretty small, but i am an oragami master in those cases. Just when you think I can't fit in anything else, voila, 4 square feet of space!
I am exxagerating, of course, but you get my point, lol.
After reading your responses, I'd probably just send my kid to whoever is watching him in pajamas. Leave some clothes there, it's at your family's homes, right?
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I'm a total procrastinator, so although I have all these good intentions of doing everything the night before, a lot of times I don't. Here's our schedule:
4:30-5:00 pm- Pick up LO from daycare
5:00 pm--feed LO a bottle and put her down for a short nap (she's exhausted after daycare).
5:30-- wash pump parts and daycare bottles while LO sleeps, try to get dinner started
6:00 wake up LO and play a little
6:30 feed solids
7:00 DH arrives home and plays with LO for a few minutes
7:15-7:30-- one of us gives LO a bath (usually him)
7:45--ones of us does last bottle and bed time for LO (we take turns)
8:00 pm dinner for DH and me-DH fills the night time and next day's day care bottles 95% of the time before he goes to bed. That's because I'm an EPer and I'm typically pumping while he does that.
SO 9:00 pm: I pump, DH makes bottles while we watch tv
10 pm bedIn the mornings, he packs solids for LO and dresses her and does daycare drop off. I lay out her clothes in the morning. He's in charge of her stuff because I have to pump in the mornings, wash my pump parts, pack all my dairy-soy-free food and snacks.
However--I am *not* a control freak and lots of times something is "wrong" with what LO is wearing to daycare or what kind of solids he took for her. For example, he often sees what I laid out and decides he doesn't like the pants (he's obsessed with clothes not being tight, so if it's skinny jeans he won't put it on her) and then he "freestyles" and it usually doesn't match at all. Or he packs the same thing for her lunch every single day when I feel like she should be getting a bigger variety.
But..at the end of the day, I have my hands full with my EPing and I have no desire to take on more responsibilities, so I just let him do his thing. And the daycare teachers know he does morning stuff, so if she's wearing something weird, it's not my fault. =)
Morning schedule:
5:30 am; I wake up and shower
6:00 am I start pumping, DH wakes up. I pack my lunch and do my hair while pumping. DH "dream feeds" LO a bottle
6:30-6:45: race around getting dressed and pump parts together and leave for work.
6:45- Dh showers and dresses
7:00 am- DH wakes up LO and plays with her
7:25- DH feeds LO solids breakfast
7:45 DH dresses LO
8:00 am--DH drops LO at daycare and walks to the bus -
4:00 leave work
4:15 get home w/ LO and DH
4:15-4:20 unpack, let the dog out, shoes off, etc
4:20-5:00 playtime with LO
5:00 give LO his medicine
5:00-5:15/30 (roughly) feed LO dinner, solids
5:15-5:30 bathtime, every other day
5:30-5:45, lotion, diaper, jammies
5:45 give LO his bottle
6:00 put LO to bed
If he's WIIIDE open around bottle time I let him swing for about a half hour so he will go to bed at 6:30 then.6:15-7:00 cook dinner
7:00 eat dinner with DH
7:30 shower
8:00 our shows come on, so TV or a movie
9:30ish I make a bottle for the morning/ straighten up the kitchen
10:00 bedI get a bottle ready and grab him some new clothes in the morning because we wake up way before it's time to go to work.
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sorry you had a bad day at work. i had one earlier this week and was crushed about it for several day afterwards. be gentle on yourself! it is tough being a working mom.
here is our schedule (we have a nanny that works 8-6):
arrive home at 5:30-5:45 and change to comfy clothes
6pm LO gets home
6-6:30pm play, get dinner for LO ready
6:30-7 dinner for LO
7-7:30 play
7:30 bath and PJs
7:45 bedtime stories
8pm LO in the crib
8-9pm DH and I eat dinner together
9-10pm clean up kitchen and veg out/putter around
10pm shower (saves time in the morning)
10:30pm bedtime for us -
DD is 26 months and our routine has been pretty similar for the past year or more - it's a mad dash after work!
6 - DH and I get off work. I go straight to my parents to grab the car and pick DD up, then we meet DH at a nearby subway station to pick him up
715 - Home and we drop everything to enjoy our little bit of play time with DD.
730 - Bath, brush teeth and PJs, then she gets 5 minutes of play time
8 - Bedtime! We read books together then tuck her in.
815 - DD is asleep and I begin prepping dinner for us.My parents are serious life savers here as they watch DD from 8am to 620pm when I get there to pick her up. My mom feeds her dinner at 6 which saves us from a hungry toddler and cuts down on our routine at home, which also ensures DD gets in bed early enough for a good nights sleep. We get up at 615am so it is important that DD is asleep by 815 to get 10 hours plus a 2 hour nap during the day.
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