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How do you balance life with two children and hubby?

I have a 20mos old and a 4mos old. I can't seem to find the balance in my life nor time. I mean how do you balace it all out? Housework, cooking, playtime with the bubs, quit time with hubby....? Whats your routine?

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1. I do my house work while the kids are sleeping (22 months and 9 months). Hubby spends time with them while I am cooking and one of us will bath them while the other cleans the kitchen, then we will both put them to bed which is when we get our own time :)
2. I have a 7 y/o and a 2 m/o. I am both extremely lucky and unlucky to have a partner that is away for weeks at a time and then home for weeks at a time - when he is home we look after the kids and house equally. One of us makes dinner, the other does some housework. One of us looks after the baby, the other helps out the 7 y/o with her homework. We spend quality time together whenever we can, and with a two month old it isn't easy, but we manage. When my partner is away I learn to adapt and manage. Just find a rough routine that works for you. I definitely do not recommend having a hard and fast schedule (that'd be almost impossible w/ a 4 m/o) but set aside time to spend with your children and hubby. Best of luck =).
3. First you have to accept you may not get it all done in one day. Evaluate everything you do while your doing it and try to find an easier time saving way. If you are spending 10 minutes picking up toys, get rid of some toys, have 2 tupperwares, put one away and rotate the toys every month. Now it takes 1 minute to pick up toys. The same with laundry why fold 20 shirts for the kids, cut that # in half you save on money and time. The less stuff you have the less you have to clean. Use a crock pot for meals. Spend one day cooking and freezing so your meals are ready for the next week. Before or after dinner take a family walk or bike ride, even 30 minutes is perfect bonding time. The hubby time can be tricky, even if you can just shower together. There are nights we don't sleep until 1 am and 6 am comes way too fast, but always worth it and nothing coffee can't fix.
4. im a "hubby" and guess what, we have a teenage son and in those younger yrs we quickly discovered it was far better for the mood of the entire family when we realized that a house is a home, and it ain't all gonna get done... there wil be toys on the floor, and food on the carpet (not filthy..LOL) , and life was good. i really hope you guys get the same joy my family has had. funny thing, after we figured that out, when things needed to get done, we all seemed to rather enjoy doing it...it was kinda fun.... idk, but good luck...and you only get this window once...enjoy it, REALLY enjoy it...