Scheduling is LIFE!
Being a stay at home mom/ work from home mom is a very
difficult job! I live with my work. My husband and I are care takers of up to
eight teens who needs to learn social skills. All of the teens come with
different issues, which means my kids may learn bad behaviors when a youth
doesn’t want to corporate and also learn good behaviors when the youth are
showing good social behaviors. Now with my kids being as young as they are, my
daughter 3 and son 5, it doesn’t take long for them to think they can behave in
a negative way and with all that’s going on with trying to teach others teens
new behaviors, my kids eventually lose all of their routine schedule. When we stayed back in MN my husband and I
worked full time jobs, which meant our kids were in childcare 8am-5pm every day
except for the weekends, in which they were always with me because my husband
was working a second job. Now with this new job the transition has been really
hard because I was accustomed to my kids being with me for about 4 hours a day
verses 24/7! So, when they are with me
all day, I’m like dang I wish you’ll will give me some space, because I just
want to be selfish and do my own thing. Rather that’s looking up some make-up tutorial’s
or hair tutorials, writing my music, writing my blog post, writing our book or working
on my first how to video. That’s not to say my kids have no priority in my
life, that’s just to say, I didn’t know how to have a piece of mind with them
being in the house all day with us because before they weren’t with me all day.
I had to learn how to be a stay at home mom. For some woman, it comes to them
so naturally! But for me it was more like, “I love being in your presence so
much more when you are gone for 10 hours’ verses being with me all day! My kids
like to challenge EVERY OUNCE of my soul! Every OUNCE! After reading a couple
of books and reading online articles about being a stay at home mom, I had
finally got enough info on what I needed to do to have a more peaceful
experience. So I made them a schedule and working hard to try to stick with it!
Even though they are both in different age groups for the most part a lot of
the things we did together was age appropriate for both of them and still fun.
Below is a schedule for my five-year-old.
8am: Wake up, get dressed, eat breakfast and brush teeth.
8:30- 10:30am: Independent Play or group play in their case
10:30am- 11:30am: Outside play if weather allows if not,
indoor play at like a mall play zone (Snack time)
11:40-12:10: Lunch and lunch clean up
12:15- 12:40pm: 5-year-old is at school (half day pre- k
12:40-3:30pm)
12:40- 1:40: (Independent play (painting nails, coloring, playing
dress up)
1:45- 3:30: Nick Jr.
shows or running errands for house hold needs (food, cleaning supplies, etc.)
3:30-4pm: Picking 5-year-old up
4pm-5pm: Homework time, during this time focusing on things
he needs for school and playing educational learning games like UNO, Connect
Four, Trouble, counting games, writing skills, matching and colors.
5pm-5:45: Independent play (indoor or outdoor)
5:45-6:30: Dinner and clean up
6:30-7:30: bath time and reading books
7:30-8pm: Cleaning up room or watching 30 min episode off
favorite Nick Jr show, if rooms clean
8pm: Bedtime
Now of course if your work a regular full time job your morning
routine may be earlier and or evening routine would start after your work day
is done. How you make your schedule is all up to you. I’ve learned with living
in both worlds that even though my kids may have been in childcare all day they
had a routine schedule after childcare, with some once in a while changes. I know
for me personally I would like my kids in school which is happening this
August! I’ve been judge by some stay at home moms for being excited for my kids
being in school, which I could care less because at the end of the day as long
as my home is healthy and happy I will do what works for my family. SO please
make a schedule that works for your family and enjoy all the moments you can
with your new schedule! I promise you, if you stay committed to your schedule
your child or children will adjust and things will run smoothly. Now grant it
if you have more than one child… there will still be arguments LOL!! I love
being a parent and it is one of the most difficult challenges I have encountered,
marriage being the first! Hopefully my experience is enough to encourage you to
try something new and to not quit!! At the end of the day it’s about EVERYONE
having their sanity!!!! Love you’ll and talk to you next week!!!! Below are
some parenting resources:
The book: Rhythms, Routines & Schedules How to Simplify
with kids By: Rachel Norman & Lauren Tamm
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