I'm working toward becoming a SAHM, but I'm nervous about what it's going to look like. I realized that I'd like to have some idea of our weekly family schedule before I leave my job. Our older son will be in preschool until 2pm on weekdays, so it'll just be me with our 15-month-old. I'd like to plan out 1:1 time with my older son, with my husband, time to myself, etc. Otherwise, I worry I'll just be subsumed into my new role. How have you navigated this?

Just looking for some new ideas. I have a very active, very mobile, very high emotion and energy 12 month old. I use the phrase “all gas and no breaks” to describe him a lot lol. Anyways, sleep has been pretty poor lately. I woke up feeling exhausted and am just like “what are we going to do all day?”. Since having a mini me watching me all the time, I have become hyper aware of how much im on my phone. Pre-kid I would just lay on the couch and scroll and watch TV on a day like today. But I dont want him to see me scrolling my phone. I also try to really keep screen time minimal. He watches ms rachel and sesame street occasionally, but in short 10-15min allotments and only when really desperate. Usually, on a day like today, I will go get a coffee and maybe walk around somewhere. Getting out into a new environment really helps both of us. But I cant always go spend money. Im also exhausted and lacking motivation to get up and out of the house. For outdoor activities, its pretty hot out where we live still and if we go to a playground i use a lot of energy following him around while he runs wild lol