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It was nearly 11 years ago that my husband and I made the decision for me to be a stay-at-home mom to our son.<\/p>\n

Our situation was a bit unique in that my husband owns his own business\u2026 and I had been working for him for a little over a year before we got pregnant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So staying home with our son actually meant bringing him to the office or taking some work home to keep me busy while he napped.<\/p>\n

Keep me busy?<\/em><\/p>\n

That seems funny now.<\/p>\n

Was I ever really that naive?<\/em><\/p>\n

I guess I was.<\/p>\n

I mean, our son was a great baby.<\/p>\n

And so I followed no stay at home mom schedule!<\/p>\n

He was content playing by himself for an hour\u2026 or just staring out the window at the trees and birds.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed sitting in his stroller outside while I sipped coffee and read magazines.<\/p>\n

We went for walks to the market.<\/p>\n

He slept normal for a baby too\u2026 waking up just once each night for his feeding.<\/p>\n

Yes, he was chill.<\/p>\n

I could write my articles while he catnapped and \u201ccooed\u201d happily in his bassinet.<\/p>\n

In fact, you\u2019d hardly even know he was there\u2026 for the four months.<\/p>\n

Then he started to become very aware.<\/p>\n

Aware of himself. Aware of me. Aware of his environment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

He began standing in a walker.<\/p>\n

Then crawling.<\/p>\n

And he was walking and talking before he was 1 year old\u2026 at which point I was already pregnant again. This time with a daughter.<\/p>\n

I was on the move and having to keep an eye on him constantly.<\/p>\n

Thankfully he napped once or twice during the day\u2026 but that didn\u2019t mean I suddenly earned free time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Getting work done was not in the cards for me, as that time was quickly usurped by laundry that was waiting to be done. Or meals that needed to be prepped<\/a>. Dusting or vacuuming. Putting my feet up for 10 minutes because my sciatica was flaring up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I quickly realized that I needed the aforementioned stay at home mom schedule. And I needed it bad!<\/p>\n

Not just to keep things in order, but for my sanity.<\/p>\n

So if that meant penciling in a nap for myself or prenatal yoga<\/a> class online\u2026 so be it.<\/p>\n

Now, more than a decade later, my husband and I are the proud (and very tired) parents of four amazing kids ages 6-10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While my stay at home mom schedule has changed over the years, it has been a lifesaver\u2026 and one I wish someone had shared with me when my parenting journey first began.<\/p>\n

And with that, I will provide you with 7 steps to structure your day. Hopefully some, or all, of them will work for you. Feel free to tweak them here and there to your specific situation, but in general they will prove to be a good starting point for creating your rockstar stay at home mom schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1. Get a Healthy Dose of Vitamin Zzzz\u2019s<\/h2>\n

Getting enough sleep is crucial in staying healthy and alert\u2026 not to mention you\u2019ll be in a more pleasant mood if you\u2019re not overtired.<\/p>\n

Same goes for your kids.<\/p>\n

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