https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 14:40:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-how-do-you-make-sure-you-and-so-get-enough-me-time#post-2298795 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:35:19 +0000 MrsSRS 2298795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So far we don't. I think I've been alone twice since DD was born. If you include running to the store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-how-do-you-make-sure-you-and-so-get-enough-me-time#post-2297819 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:51:14 +0000 HappyBaker 2297819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys, I guess scheduling is the way to go! The baby used to be so easy but now wants to be held ALL the time so getting dinner ready is tough, luckily his bedtime is super easy. Things definitely keep changing the older he gets! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-how-do-you-make-sure-you-and-so-get-enough-me-time#post-2297810 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:46:58 +0000 blackbird 2297810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We schedule it and make it work. I get Friday nights (i play in a softball league) and DH gets Sundays for football. </p> <p>We both need some time alone to not be frazzled, but we spend the time we can, together. I still meet friends for lunch sometimes and get to the gym when I can. 7:30-9pm is the golden time in our house :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-how-do-you-make-sure-you-and-so-get-enough-me-time#post-2297798 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:35:28 +0000 LuLu Mom 2297798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just continued to "schedule" it into our time. DH played softball and has basketball tickets this winter, I do a monthly girl's dinner night and like to do shopping alone every once in awhile. We've got the girls on a pretty consistent schedule so doing the routine alone isn't awful. (we do bath every other night, on opposite nights, so you only have to bathe one any way.) I think it helps our baby is very laid back (6 months old) and she goes down easily. The toddler on the other hand is more of a struggle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-how-do-you-make-sure-you-and-so-get-enough-me-time#post-2297795 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:32:29 +0000 mrsjyw 2297795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh was in a golf league that he continued to go to after I had ds2 in mid July. I try to go to the gym three times a week. We both enjoy "me time" after the boys are in bed around 8. But it's also a rushed feeling as I have to get to bed...</p> <p>We're planning our first date Night out for a couple weeks from now to see a movie, w my mom watching los. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-kids-how-do-you-make-sure-you-and-so-get-enough-me-time#post-2297774 Tue, 22 Sep 2015 07:03:44 +0000 HappyBaker 2297774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a 3 year old DD and an 8 month old DS, and ever since having the baby have been sort of struggling to make sure both my DH and I get enough "me" time. </p> <p>When we just had the toddler it didn't seem like a big deal to skip dinner / bedtime to hang out with friends or go to the gym. But now that there's two, doing dinner/bedtime alone is much harder and when we do make plans we both end up feeling guilty that the other one is home alone with them.</p> <p>How do you make sure you both get enough time for yourself without feeling guilty? I'm wondering if we should just start having a set "night off" for each of us every week so it's always fair and then we don't have to feel guilty about it. </p>