Just curious about other children's daily routines. What time they wake up & their feeding, nap and bed times? I'm a stay at home mom & I just wanted to see how my daughter's schedule differs from others.
2007-01-17 05:34:19 · 11 answers · asked by Darcy 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
We're up at 6:30 am and have breakfast right away. After breakfast we get dressed for the day, and either go out to play or start some sort of art project together. We take care of errands and grocery shopping in the morning as early as possible before the mood gets ugly due to being tired or hungry.
If my son whines about having to do errands I always say,"after the bank we'll do something you want to do" That might mean be good and you'll get a lollipop, but I never say what the reward is. He just has to be good and trust it's worth it! Sometimes we have snacks between breakfast and lunch other days we don't. But I always have goldfish or welch's fruit snacks with me when we go out and about.
After 11:30am or noon lunch we have a quick nap then it's back to playtime, books, reading, Lego's and then we make dinner. After dinner we play with daddy, take a bubble bath, read 2 books of his choosing then go to bed around 8pm. He sleeps anywhere from 8 to 12 hours depending on growth spurts and the days activities.
Every kid is different. Some days they want to be out running around at the playground for hours. Other days they want to stay home to finger paint and help wash the dog. If my son is getting sick or in a growth phase he'll eat and sleep in totally different ways. You just have to roll with it.
2007-01-17 05:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by wwhrd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son stopped napping all together when he was 2 -- probably because he was around older kids most of the time and they didn't have to nap. He was up at 6:00 a.m. and to bed at 6:00 p.m. -- which was a pain in the you-know-what but that was the way he was. You can ask 40 different people about their kids and you'll get a different answer for each "kid" because they are all so different, even when raised by the same parents!!! What you have to do is just watch your daughter for the signs that she's sleepy, hungry, etc. Grumpiness can be a sign for sleepiness and hunger so you're going to have some fun until you figure her out. And then just when you think you've got her figured out, she'll go and change right before your eyes and you're back to square one. Have fun -- gotta love these kids -- they're so smart and have minds of their own. Enjoy her while she's young, they grow up so fast these days!!
2007-01-17 05:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by Dozyjozy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is three now, but she has the same routine she did when she was two. She gets up at 7am, has breakfast, has lunch around 11am. Nap time at noon, sleeps until about 2 has a snack when she gets up. Dinner at 6, bath and to bed by 8pm. I'm a stay at home Mom too.
2007-01-17 05:39:26 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter gets up around 9 , has breakfast at 10 plays, or we go for a walk to the park, eats lunch at around 12:30, then we colour or i read her stories, whatever she wants to do, She doesn't want to nap anymore, so she has a snack around 2:30 or 3, then dinner at 5:30 when dad gets home and around 7 she has a bath and we read stories and she goes to bed around 9.
2007-01-17 05:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Stuck in the middle of nowhere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my daughter is now almost 4 but at the age of 2 i was with her during the day and worked at night while she was sleeping. She had somewhat of a daily routine. She went to bed between 8:30 - 9:30...woke up around 8:00am...ate breakfast about 9:00am (she is never hungry right when she wakes up) ..at that time we lived in maui so i would take her the pool or beach or park..for a few hours...till around noon...then get her some lunch..watch tv for about 30minutes...and put her down for a nap around 1pm..she slept till about 3:00 - 3:30...then i'de get her up and we would play..or do craft stuff..or whatever she wanted to do....ate dinner around 6:00pm...then she would play while i got ready for work...i'de give her a bath..get her in her pj's...then gramma would take over till bedtime.
Hope this helps
2007-01-17 05:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by kora_tori 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son is almost 2 (1 month away) and I have a 4 year oild
6:30- kids wake up
7:00-breakfast
7;30-get dressed
8:00- go for a walk or to the indoor park
10:00- back home for cleaning & 1st nap
12:00 -wakes from nap have lunch
12:30-kids play
1:30_ art time
2:00-4:00 -free time (no tv)
5:30- dinner
6:30- shower or bath
7:00 stroy time
7:30-light out
2007-01-17 05:40:18 · answer #6 · answered by notAminiVANmama 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My grandson is 2 and a half and his sister is 1 and a half and they get up about 8 am and take nap about 11:30 until about 2PM - they eat breakfast around 8AM and then they play until nap time - they get a glass of juice and then nap time - they eat lunch when they get up sometimes and then others they eat lunch before they take nap - depending on how long it takes them to eat breakfast. When they get up from their nap they either have lunch or a lite snack - then we or their mother works with them on their colors and numbers. Then we fix supper and they eat and play until bath time and bedtime is around 8PM for the 18 months and 8:30PM for the 2 1/2 year old!@~
2007-01-17 05:48:02 · answer #7 · answered by nswblue 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i wasn't a stay home mom when my children were pretty like your two year old, but I suppose it won't be different than mine. Since my eldest is only a yr. older from her sister, they both have the same interest. I brought them to the nursery every morning where they enjoy school activities, like singing, playing, building blocks, listening to stories, etc...by afternoon say 2:15, I picked them up prepare dinner, feed them and let them play with their toys, while i do the household chores, then play with them for a while or simply watch cartoons; then prepare them to sleep at 7:00. They usually wake up at 6. There are varieties on week ends. Sometimes I bring them to parks to play with other children or visit friends and relatives.
2007-01-17 05:54:00 · answer #8 · answered by angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wakeup 8am-830am
breakfast- 9am ish
tears up the housetil snack at 10:30 ish
then he tears up the housesome more
lunch at 12:30 ish then nap time
He sleeps for about 2 hours then he wakes up and his sibblings are home and they tear up the house!
Snack time at about 3:30ish
Daddy gets home at adout 5:00 and then it is daddy time.
Dinner at 7:00ish
sibbligs go to bed at 9:00 Pm
And he goes down after they are down
Good luck! and enjoy mommyhood it is great! dont strees to hard on a schedual till they are is school. Then you will need to be structured around school.
2007-01-17 05:50:43 · answer #9 · answered by Megz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a work at home mom. I tend to get up between seven and eight, my son gets up around nine. Breakfast at ten, quick bath and play time until twelve thirty, lunch, quiet time one to two (he rarely naps then, but sometimes does). Play time & snack two to four, or run errands if we need to. Sometimes a quick nap at four, if he didn't nap earlier. dinner with daddy around five, play time until seven or six if he hasn't had a nap yet, nap if needed, bath at eight, quiet time/in bed at nine, usually asleep by eleven (he's a bit of a night owl).
We don't stick to a strict schedule, but that's about our day.
2007-01-17 05:40:55 · answer #10 · answered by Christal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋