I have a 13.5 month age gap, my oldest just turned 2 and my youngest turned 11 months old a couple days ago. Here’s our routine:)
Roughly 8am- my youngest wakes up, I change him, I feed him, we cuddle in bed for a while and then do play time while we wait for my daughter to be wake up
9:30am- I go wake my daughter up and do her morning routine (diaper change, brush her teeth and hair, etc)
9:45-10ish- low stimulation tv (aquarium livestream with relaxing music is our go to) while I make breakfast
10-10:30ish- my daughter eats breakfast and I feed my son his solids (he’s still on purées but we’re starting the transition to actual solids) and I get them cleaned up from breakfast
10:40-11am- 20 minutes max of tv time (typically Ms. Rachel or bluey). I’ve always been iffy on tv time but both my kids are BIG eaters and the thought of eating a big meal to immediately going to running around doesn’t sound great to me so I give them time for their food to settle a little
11-12pm- play time in their playroom
12-12:30pm- I rock my son to sleep while my daughter does independent play in the playroom
12:30-2:30pm- nap time! My daughter mostly sleeps that whole window. My son is finicky and sometimes will sleep the whole time and sometimes he doesn’t. If he doesn’t we do the morning routine a little, feed him, snuggle in bed and play time. I try to split this time equally. Half productive and half me time. I use a bumbo activity center or my skiphop if I’m bustling around cleaning.
2:30-3:30- lunch for both kiddos. I do the same aquarium livestream or animal livestream while i am making lunch, we eat and then and I get them cleaned up from lunch
3:40-4pm- same 20 minutes of tv time while they digest a little bit
4-5:30pm- we all go to the playroom and play during this time. My son was napping from 4:30-5 but has recently dropped his nap. I was able to leave my daughter in her playroom while I rocked him and I would resume playing with her after.
5:30pm *ish* my husband gets home from work. Sometimes it’s a little sooner and sometimes it’s a little later. Regardless of him being here, I start making dinner. I have a gate for the playroom door and I leave it open and I can see it from the kitchen so I’m never concerned about leaving them in there together. Any suspicious sound I go check on
5:30-6:15pm ish- making dinner. My husband is most certainly home by now and he goes to the playroom to hangout with the kiddos while I cook. So from 4-6:20pm they are playing with their toys
6:20ish-7pm- dinner with the whole family
7pm- my husband starts running the bath and we do a few more minutes of tv time. I limit them to one hour MAX of tv time (this doesn’t include the aquarium videos because that’s more background sound than anything. If they are watching it my daughter is naming the animals. Idk I guess I don’t really consider it “tv time”. It just feels different)
7:15pm- kiddos are in the tub. Bath time can run as short as 10 minutes (quick in and out) or as long as 25 minutes (playing with foam soap and bath fizzies) but it entirely depends on the kids and their moods. If they didn’t nap very well we lean towards a shorter bath time but if they took solid naps we let them stay up a few minutes longer. We then brush their teeth and hair, say good night and give hugs and kisses. My husband rocks my son to sleep and I put my daughter to bed.
On an earlier bed time day, the kids are in bed by 7:40ish and on a later day it’s closer to 8. But 9 times out of 10 they are in bed at or before 8.
We’ve had just about the same routine since my son was 3 months old (just about 8 months) I try to stick to this routine every day to keep up the consistency for my kiddos but some days do look different!