In the morning she wakes anywhere between 7.30am and 8am. Matt will get her up and make her breakfast so I get a little bit longer in bed haha ;) I will then come down at 8.45ish depending on when Matt leaves for work and we will sit down and do some puzzles on the mornings we don't have anywhere to be. She always has her morning cup of milk at around half nine so she will have this on the way to wherever we are going if we need to be out. If she hasn't been at a playgroup or activity in the morning she will have a snack around 10.30am, if she's at a group or activity then she gets a snack when they hand them out there.
Lunch time is between 12pm-12.30pm and then as soon as she's finished she will go down for a nap for anywhere between an hour to 2 hours.
Then we will usually spend the afternoon in the house so she will have free play whilst I do any housework or we will go out and do shopping or go to the park. The afternoons are never too structured. She might have another snack anywhere between 3pm-4pm it just depends on her mood.
Dinner time is around 5pm or maybe a bit later if Matts running late at work. We like to sit at the table as a family for dinner so unless he's working late we always eat together.
Then she'll have a bath at around 6.30pm, afterwards it's pjs, story time and bedtime milk. She is still going to sleep on me downstairs and then we move her up to her bed half an hour after that.
That's pretty much it. It sounds so regimental when it's written down but honestly it's so relaxed it never feels like we get to a time and I'm like oh no quick it's lunch/dinner/bath time!
I like that we have some form of structure to the day and I must say now we do it's stopped a lot of meltdowns and second guessing why she is fussy.
Let me know what kind of day you're toddlers have! Do you have a routine or do you just wing it?
Jem
xo
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