9 Tips to Perfect Your Daily Routine for Moms
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Creating a Daily Schedule for Moms (That Will Help You Get Through the Day…With a sense of PURPOSE)
If you’re scouring the Internet to find the best daily routine for moms, you’re not alone! Unfortunately, I can’t share the perfect stay at home mom schedule with you (because there isn’t one).
If only it were that simple! BUT… I can give you some tips for perfecting YOUR daily routine. Because I know what it’s like to feel as if you’re just barely managing to get through each day.
When you have a new baby, it’s nearly impossible to feel productive, and that’s okay! But as your baby grows older, you might start craving a little more structure in your day.
And that’s what we’re here to talk about today.
Tips to Perfect Your Daily Routine for Moms
Try these nine tricks for perfecting your daily stay-at-home routine.
1. Establish a morning routine.
In this article, I go more in-depth into creating a morning routine for moms — that actually works for YOU.
When you get up in the morning and follow a routine, no matter how simple, that sets the tone for the rest of your day.
And if you can stay off social media until you’ve completed your morning routine? Well, try it out and see what happens! (Hint: You’ll have a much more productive start to your day.)
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2. Fuel yourself in the morning.
When I “fill my own cup” in the morning — or anytime during the day — I find myself in a much better position to take care of my kids.
You can do whatever it is that fuels YOU:
- Enjoying quiet time with your tea or coffee
- Writing in a gratitude journal
- Reading the Bible or praying
- Doing yoga or meditation
- Taking a hot shower before the kids are up
Get up a few minutes before the kids if you can. Even five to ten minutes is enough to help fuel yourself for the day.
Trust me on this one! Fueling yourself is an essential item in the perfect daily routine for moms.
3. Start on laundry right away.
If you really want to feel accomplished in the morning, put your machines to work for you!
There’s nothing better than the sound of the washing machine or dryer running while you work on other tasks.
Some people like to run the dishwasher first thing in the morning; you might even consider throwing dinner into the crock pot or running the robot vacuum right away.
Put your machines to work first thing in the morning, and see how much you can accomplish before noon!
4. Take baby steps toward new habits.
The very best way to incorporate healthy habits into your daily routine is to take baby steps.
This means you might start by drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning before your first cup of coffee.
Once it becomes a habit, then add in a daily walk until that becomes a habit, too.
I don’t know about you, but I find that going from “nothing” to “all” is unrealistic and can quickly lead to burnout. So start small, and slowly incorporate healthy changes into your daily mom routine!
5. Plan your meals ahead of time.
Meal planning is a MUST when it comes to perfecting the daily routine for moms. Planning out your meals can take a lot of the pressure off your shoulders at dinnertime.
You can make it as simple or as extravagant as you’d like.
But before heading to the grocery store, make sure to at least plan out dinners for the next week or two so you know what to buy once you get there.
Click here to learn more about creating a meal plan (and actually sticking with it).
6. Write a plan.
If you really want to be productive, you need to write everything down, whether with pen and paper or on a Google calendar.
A simple outline will work, otherwise try “time blocking” for maximum productivity. In other words, divide your day into blocks of time, and each block is dedicated to one task.
7. Allow flexibility.
Even if you choose the time blocking method, it’s always a good idea to be flexible. (Especially when you have little kids!)
Give yourself a bit of a cushion to allow for the interruptions.
Things won’t always go as planned, and not every day will be the same. But that’s the beauty of life, isn’t it?!
8. Make over your evenings.
Make life easier for your morning self by coming up with a solid evening routine.
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9. Get to sleep!
Finally, if you want to pull off a successful daily routine, you need some sleep, mama.
I know we don’t always get enough, or good quality, sleep as parents of little ones. (I know it all too well!)
I wrote a post about getting a better night’s sleep as a new mom, but you might find a few nuggets of useful info there even if your babies are now toddlers, preschoolers, and beyond.
Helpful Resources in Creating Daily Routines for Moms
In case you skimmed it, here’s a recap of the articles and resources I linked to aid in creating a better daily routine for moms:
- 5 Days to a Better Morning Challenge
- Creating a morning routine for moms
- Makeover your evening routine e-course
- Creating a meal plan (and actually sticking with it)
- Getting a better night’s sleep as a new mom
- 10 Tips for finding purpose as a stay at home mom
What’s your favorite tip for perfecting the daily routine for moms?
I love it. Allowing for flexibility is so important for not getting obsessive and frustrated when your plan doesn’t work out!
I think allowing for flexibility is one of the hardest parts of coming up with a daily routine…at least, it is in my case!
It’s funny how naturally we come up with some of these tips ourselves to make our day run smoother and better. But I definitely need to work on the allow for flexibility part…. such great tips and reminders to get the most out of our day. We can’t give our best if we aren’t feeling our best right?
Yes, so true!
I love that you explain to allow flexibility…I knew this concept but when I started time blocking I didn’t realize how rigid I was being…it’s all about walking that line of order and chaos 😃
The nice thing about time blocking is that it’s not necessarily about spending the entire block of time doing that one task, and then stopping and moving on to the next task when your time is up. Instead, you might want to look at it as working on a task until it’s done, taking breaks as needed, and THEN moving on to the next thing. 🙂
Thank you soo much for these tips!
You’re welcome!