I was invited by Nice to do the Mommystuff weekly questions. Why not? I think this would be fun!

Do you have routines for your kids? Care to share? Does it really help?
Yes. I do.
I will not post the time ‘coz I’m a bit flexible in this area.

• Upon waking up, I’ll greet her “Good morning!” and will give her milk.
• After milk, I’ll give her a bath (but since my operation, yaya was the one giving her baths).
• It’s her playtime before lunchtime. So if I’m working, her play area is our computer area upstairs.
• Lunch.
• Time for me to go to the office. Or if I’m working from home that day, she’ll continue playing upstairs. But if I’m really busy, she’ll stay with yaya in our room.
• Then it’s time for her to play in the garden. I go down with her to take my break. This was how she learned “Feeee” (for fish) and “Oweh” (for flower).
• She takes a nap late. Around 6pm. (Because we wake up late)
• Dinner.
• Spongebath.
• Playtime around our room (gosh!) till 12midnight or 1am.

The ones that are in bold font are the only ones I get to “participate” in all the time whether I’m working from home or I go to the office.

Yes, i believe routines are helpful. Routines, in my opinion, are foundation of trust for kids. She trusts that when she wakes up, her parent will be there to greet her and give her milk. She trusts that she won’t be alone and won’t be hungry. That it’s ok to play downstairs ‘coz mommy is just upstairs. Or it’s ok that daddy and mommy leave the house ‘coz they will come back later that night.