Over the weekend someone asked me if I'm a stickler for naps or if I'm more of a go-with-the-flow person and do I ever get bored being at home. And I guess I'm the stickler for naps. I love routine and I love schedules, and I believe adults and children function better with a fairly predictable day. So for those of you who might care, here is our daily schedule.....
6:40-7:00 Eli wakes up, get dressed
7:10 bottle
7:30 breakfast, read Bible (we've been through Proverbs, now we're going through the Gospels)
7:45 free playtime, check email
8:30 Eli helps Mommy get ready for the day
9:00 morning walk
9:45 pick up toys, vacuum
10:00 nap time, Mom does chores
11:00/11:30 Eli wakes up
11:30 bottle
12:00 lunch
12:30 errands/free play
1:30-1:50 "church time", listen to MP3 message from Revive Our Hearts, Eli plays with book and learns to sit in my lap
2:30/3:00 nap time, Kevin usually gets home sometime during this time
4:00/4:30 Eli wakes up
4:30 snack time
4:45 free play outside, watch learning video, go somewhere if we haven't been out yet
5:00 Mom starts dinner, Eli plays with Dad
5:30 bottle
6:00 dinner
7:10 bath time
7:20 in jammies
7:30 bed time
Tuesdays and Thursdays is our stroller exercise group, so we shift nap time up 30-45 minutes and lunch is a little later.
This is really the routine we keep most days. I can flex it when I need to do, but generally-speaking this is what we do! Of course, it will change as Eli gets older and especially when Baby 2 comes. And then we'll find a new routine that works for us! But with a schedule I never get bored because I know there are specific things we do throughout every day, and that's what makes it fun!
6:40-7:00 Eli wakes up, get dressed
7:10 bottle
7:30 breakfast, read Bible (we've been through Proverbs, now we're going through the Gospels)
7:45 free playtime, check email
8:30 Eli helps Mommy get ready for the day
9:00 morning walk
9:45 pick up toys, vacuum
10:00 nap time, Mom does chores
11:00/11:30 Eli wakes up
11:30 bottle
12:00 lunch
12:30 errands/free play
1:30-1:50 "church time", listen to MP3 message from Revive Our Hearts, Eli plays with book and learns to sit in my lap
2:30/3:00 nap time, Kevin usually gets home sometime during this time
4:00/4:30 Eli wakes up
4:30 snack time
4:45 free play outside, watch learning video, go somewhere if we haven't been out yet
5:00 Mom starts dinner, Eli plays with Dad
5:30 bottle
6:00 dinner
7:10 bath time
7:20 in jammies
7:30 bed time
Tuesdays and Thursdays is our stroller exercise group, so we shift nap time up 30-45 minutes and lunch is a little later.
This is really the routine we keep most days. I can flex it when I need to do, but generally-speaking this is what we do! Of course, it will change as Eli gets older and especially when Baby 2 comes. And then we'll find a new routine that works for us! But with a schedule I never get bored because I know there are specific things we do throughout every day, and that's what makes it fun!
Our schedule saves my sanity! We do toddlerwise with Claire/now preschoolwise and Babywise with Lily. Works SO GOOD! I like to see other people's schedules. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteJulie
Wow, that is incredible! I am very laid back with our schedule... until the kids started school there wasn't too much of one! Oh well, I think I'm not much of a planner, I never even know what we are having for supper until around noon that same day...
ReplyDeleteWhatever works is good with me :)
Bethany
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Thanks for posting your schedule, you inspired me to make up my own.
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Julie