During the evening

I'm lucky in that my hubby gets home at 4:45ish, my toddler from the childminder at 5:30ish and usually both of then are hungry then so we all have dinner at 6 latest. I cook while the twins nap and just always cook something that isn't lots of faff.
I also don't pressure myself to bath them all every night because that wouldn't help them sleep at all, honestly bath times here are like military operations so twice a week max.

Don’t be disappointed in yourself. It’s tough & like above can be a military process. I used to get so stressed about it

I prep dinner in the day & cook easy meals that take under 20mins.
Partner is home at 5 which helps. He feeds & cleans the bottles. We aim to bath each night but sometimes not possible
I do wonder though when I’m back to work how I’ll juggle it as I’ll most likely won’t be home until 6:30pm

Our routine is like this - if it helps?

5pm - partner home & gives bottle
5:30 - I start dinner
6 - we eat & baby has solids (BLW not quite wanting much at dinner times yet)
7 - baby in bath
7:15 - baby dried and ready for bed by me - partner making bottle & tidying up
7:30 - 8 — baby fed & asleep - we rock to sleep.

I then go to bed around 9:30 as my baby is a rubbish sleeper at the moment and has started to wake up every hour 🥹

It will all fall into place don’t be hard on yourself. Xx

I put baby in the bouncer in the bathroom doorway with YouTube on my phone while I have a quick shower in the morning, there’s too much going on an evening to fit a shower in.
Evenings we make a quick meal, put her in the high chair and feed her some at the same time as we eat.
We do bathtime every 2-3 days, usually whenever we’ve got time in the last wake window.
And we take it in turns to get her to sleep, while one gets her to sleep the other cleans and tidies up so once she’s in bed we can relax for an hour before going up ourselves. Her bedtime is 8pm though so much more time than if it’s 10pm!

I've started doing breakfast and lunch rather than feeding my baby in the evening and we only do bath every other night and sometimes skip it. Usually means we can get him to bed by 7pm

I always have my veggies cut up and in containers in the fridge, ready to cook sometimes I even have the veg portioned individually for each meal but just having things prepared is easy, I then always cook while my son is at nursery and my little girl is napping. I try to do quick easy meals but sometimes like to change it up and cook other things that take alittle longer. Usually we eat before collecting my toddler at 530 so me and my hubby eat at 430/5pm then just have a snack alittle later.
Then we do baths my toddler has a bath every night and my little girl every other night and when they both need baths I do them both together. They are then both usually tired around 730-8pm they both sleep, sometimes takes longer for me to put my toddler down but my little girl is easier she has her milk and she is down for the night x

Thank you all so much for taking the time to explain how you navigate your evenings, it’s so helpful and I’ll definitely be implementing your ideas.

I honestly didn’t expect that anyone would bother responding as I thought people would think “7 months and she still hasn’t got it together”. Literally sat here with tears in my eyes (what an emotional rollercoaster) thanks again, hope you all have a great day xx

Trust me - none of us have it together!