Thank you to everyone who read my previous Day in the Life of a Working Mum and encouraged me to do a weekend edition. Our Saturday and Sundays are always poles apart so today I present you...
Day in the Life – Saturday Edition
7am
The husband is already up by this time getting ready for work. I try my best to get as much lie in as possible but when it hits 7 – it’s practically impossible to keep Little A entertained whilst laying in bed so her Daddy then gets her dressed whilst I freshen up.
7:30-8am
Little A and I have our breakfast and the husband leaves for work.
8-9am
This is usually a mix up of watching breakfast telly, attempt to make the home tip top, hoovering and washing the dishes whilst at the same time keeping Little A entertained.
9am
I make Little A’s favourite peanut butter sandwiches for her lunch and pack them away as she will need them on our way home from playgroup.
Whilst I do last minute checks that the essentials are in the pram, Little A munches away on some fruit.
9:30am
We always try to leave home by this time as it’s a good half an hour walk to playgroup. I use to take the bus but no longer do as I feel this is a great time to get some exercise in.
Sometimes we end up leaving a little later dependent on last minute nappy changes or just spending the time chasing Little A and convincing her that she needs to wear her coat now!
10:10am
Totally depending on what time we left home, we usually reach the centre around this time. The session runs from 10am to 12pm and includes a play session with different kind of activities inside and outside, around 11am snacks are served which sometimes Little A will happily sit at the table with the rest of the children or sometimes she just isn’t bothered and prefers to carry on playing.
11:40am
All of the toys and activities start getting packed away ready for singing and story time.
12-12:10pm
I put Little A in the pram, give her water to sip and her lunchbox. She will have her lunch in the pram on our walk home.
I have made the mistake several times in the beginning by not giving her lunch on the go and by the time she would reach home, she’d either have fallen asleep or be too tired to eat.
Once she finishes eating, she always has a look around then slowly begins to doze off.
12:45pm
We reach home and Little A is well and truly fast asleep! I quietly open the door and unfasten Little A from the pram and in very slow motion style take off her jacket and shoes to scoop her up, praying she doesn’t wake up.
I hold her tightly against my chest as that helps to keep her calm and asleep. Then I transfer her into the cot (the only time she will sleep in it!) and hope she stays asleep!
1 to 2-2:30pm
If Little A’s nap is undisturbed (sometimes I may have to stay with her if she’s not well) then this is what you can call my ‘me time’.
The very first thing I do is have my lunch, or put it in the oven if it needs making. I then put the washing on and sit down to catch up on some telly whilst planning some blogposts (if I’m feeling the inspiration that is) – multi tasking is a must as a Mum!
2:30pm
Usually by this time, Little A calls out to me and I bring her to the lounge and give her a snack, this would either be some fruit or her favourite Organix goodies.
2:45pm-4pm
This is one of my favourite times of the day, Little A and I just sit on the floor and I follow her lead. Sometimes she just wants a cuddle and sometimes she wants to do an activity whether that’s reading, playing with her toys, role play or sensory activities such as colour matching and so on.
4pm
Milk time!
Little A has her cup of milk and I use this opportunity to start prepping for dinner.
Once she has finished her milk, I try to encourage independent play so I can get on with the cooking – sometimes this is a success and at other times a major flop but that’s just life, eh?
5:30-6pm
Dinner is served!
I then let her watch In The Night Garden as that is a must, helps to calm her down before bedtime.
6:30pm-ish
Time for a soak in the bath, Little A loves having a splash, before she didn’t like it but ever since we have added ball pit balls in the bath she loves it.
7pm
By this time she is all dried and in her pyjamas and sleeping bag, I then feed her and we have story time and I lay her down, praying she goes to sleep without any fuss.
If the husband comes home earlier then he does story time with her and get her ready for bed but he’s home anytime between 6 to 8pm so it varies each week!
7:30pm
All being well, Little A falls asleep by this time and I use the rest of the evening to either have my dinner if I couldn’t earlier on. Clean up and do a bit of blog work or watch tv.
But there are days I just stay in bed and be lazy!
9 to 10pm
Depending on how I feel, I switch off for the day and go to sleep!
Wow, it sounds like you have a busy Saturday! It's lovely that you have an afternoon playtime with Little A and you let her choose what she wants to do. That's such a special thing to do together. A ball pit in the bath sounds like great fun for little ones too. I don't blame you for staying in bed in the evenings, I imagine you would need a well deserved rest by then! Thanks for sharing your day Soffy, it was really interesting to read <3 xx
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