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@Mama Bird: I feel you! We've done okay-ish with alone time in the past (with one kid), but now we are failing to make alone time happen for me.
We have a 3 year old and a 9 month old. When my husband takes the 3 year old to the store, leaving me with "just" the baby, he acts like I need to throw him a thank-you party or something.
He gets alone time every day. Meanwhile, I can't even get a measly shower alone.
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I definitely use my lunch hours during work as my alone time. I’ll go eat somewhere and read a book or play on my phone. Of course dh asks me a couple times a week to meet him for lunch. I always feel guilty saying no, because I do enjoy spending time with him, but I also enjoy getting to spend an hour by myself as well.
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@josina: I haven't figured it out yet, other than an hour or 2 here & there when the ILs can take LO, and it's making me so very grumpy to not have "me time".
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I've realized how much I truly need alone time. I need quiet time to keep sane and with just us, just me during the days with DD, especially on sick days (and we've had a lot of that lately), it calls for blunt words: I need to be alone or I'll go insane
Last week they visited the ILs for a few hours -- it was glorious!
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So just this morning my husband was congratulating me on what a great day I could look forward to.
You can go shopping and relax, he said.
I was confused. He was planning to take just one child when meeting up his best friend (+ his child) today. Then he says, you can just take the baby with you, won’t that be great? You don’t have to think much.
Me: WTH....
Moms seriously need opportunities to turn the parent switch off for a little while. In our case, we have no family to lean on, so if he doesn’t cooperate, my only hope is to find a babysitter who I trust enough that I can turn off the parent switch while I’m gone (I find this difficult when I leave them with a babysitter). Anyone else find that difficult?
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We struggle with this as well. On the recommendation of many on these boards, we started doing the very weekend morning trade off. She sleeps in one day and I sleep in the other. Neither of us actually sleep that late, but we are free to stay in the bedroom with the door closed (and we have a knob cover on the outside so kiddo can't get in). Usually DW takes O out for a Starbucks run and they run some errands or just run around the grocery store. I take her to gymnastics on my morning. It's not enough, but it has helped a ton.
Last week they visited the ILs for a few hours -- it was glorious!
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