https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 14:03:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080170 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:41:37 +0000 aMohror 1080170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES! My lo is 13 months old and the longest I have ever been away from her is 4 hours....Once. I am in desperate need of some down time! I'm a SAHM and it gets old feeding and cleaning up so many times in the day! I used to keep things in my house much cleaner but I've come to realize that's not going to happen. </p> <p>I think we are are there with ya! We all need some Mommy time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080163 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:38:19 +0000 luckypenny 1080163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ALL THE TIME! Don't feel bad mama :) I'm only able to survive knowing we have a vacation coming up next month lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080121 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:25:33 +0000 Cherrybee 1080121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumn865: I felt happy just writing it!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080112 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:23:01 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1080112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. I think you described a normal day for us... well, maybe 4x/week. I really love her, but I'm just exhausted...</p> <p>@mrbee: LOL! Sign me up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080109 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:22:40 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1080109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes yes. I wish it was today. I cannot handle any more vomit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080105 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:21:20 +0000 spinningry 1080105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup.. and it's even more frustrating because I feel like my husband has a day off everyday of his life when it comes to taking care of the little man. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1080096 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:20:13 +0000 autumn865 1080096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: That sounds heavenly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079996 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:03:27 +0000 MamaJ 1079996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes. And I'm sure I will feel like I need one at the end of this week. DH is out of town until Sunday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079938 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:54:07 +0000 Cherrybee 1079938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is scaring me! You said it would get better, you promised!! </p> <p>Yes, I really need a day off! And Im not talking a few hours off in the day, Im talking no night feeds, a full nights sleep, a lie in, an afternoon relaxing, a night out with my gorgeous husband and another decent nights sleep. No crying, no feeding, no winding, no rocking, no washing bottles, no laundry, no cleaning, no cooking, no dealing with the dogs, no MIL calling, nothing. Nada. And no guilt..... Hmm..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079876 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:43:51 +0000 Amelieisme 1079876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally. I'm a WOHM and I appreciate the breaks from LO! That sounds bad, but sometime they are HARD to deal with. My coworkers generally don't break down in a tantrum screaming because I did something like....close the refrigerator door. My toddler, however, is another story. Hats off to you SAHM's! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079874 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:42:44 +0000 Dandelion 1079874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I am in much need of a vacation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079867 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:40:17 +0000 Running Elley 1079867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes- I totally get that feeling. Hugs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079780 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:19:35 +0000 Smurfette 1079780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079777 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 14:18:32 +0000 mamimami 1079777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, all the time. Sometimes I hand them to my husband and then I just want to run out the door LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079686 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:52:50 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1079686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Today is one of those days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079679 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:50:51 +0000 irene 1079679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumn865: Wow that's a lot to handle. Kudos to you and you deserve a day off! And you are still breastfeeding! Double kudos!</p> <p>For me.......Right now I would like a day off - actually that's not enough, I'd take a week. I would like to chill and not work (and not worry or think about work or feel guilty about not working), and not having to take care of LO. And I mean I need a break even from the morning, dinner and bedtime routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079655 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:45:22 +0000 bushelandapeck 1079655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lovehoneybee: ugh...I've never actually stripped them but I do clean them twice as much each time now. Cold rinse, cold wash with detergent, hot wash with detergent, cold rinse and that seems to be working for now...I have thougth about giving it up when it was really bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079627 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:37:32 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Orvis18: It's making me crazy. I've stripped and disinfected the heck out of them (bleach, Dawn and GSE oil) twice in the last 6 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079609 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:33:08 +0000 bushelandapeck 1079609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I would love to have a day to myself...or even a morning when LO doesn't wake us up before the sun is even up. </p> <p>@lovehoneybee: I'm so sorry to hear about E's teething and the chronic yeast issues! We have had two of those rashes and I've been trying to determine if it's cloth diaper related somehow... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079597 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:30:01 +0000 DillonLion 1079597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. As much fun as it is waking up while it is dark out, getting everyone ready and out the door, working (and pumping) all day, coming home, dropping bags, and giving LO undivided attentionuntil bed time, pumping again, trying desperately to get to sleep before 11...as fun as that all is. I could use a day where I don't have to do anything (including pumping). </p> <p>I'm taking a personal holiday for myself once we are weaned and doing nothing all day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079538 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:10:49 +0000 mrbee 1079538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A week would be nice!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079521 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:07:33 +0000 MapleMoose 1079521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby hasn't arrive yet but at 9 months pregnant in a random heat wave I could sure use a day off from work to just relax in the AC at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079491 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:00:03 +0000 lovehoneybee 1079491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh god yes. E has 3 molars coming in, and a yeast infection resurgence (third in two months!). DH has been working crazy overtime because his building is currently understaffed, so he's almost never home when E is awake. E has just been a crying, clinging, cranky terror who doesn't want to sleep anymore. The past two weeks he's been up 4, 5, 6 times a night. Last night it was for a 2-hour stretch. I even tried to bring him to our bed to co-sleep because he just wouldn't let go of me (but he just wanted to climb off the bed and go back to his room). </p> <p>I'm just so tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-feel-like-you-just-need-a-day-off#post-1079479 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:57:17 +0000 autumn865 1079479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My one year old was an absolute terror at the grocery store. Despite being strapped into the cart she repeatedly wiggled around and stood up in the seat, leaning over the back, grabbing at the food. I tried to wrangle her down until giving up and carrying her. In the middle of the trip she begins to cry and wildly gesture she wants to nurse. We leave our cart full of melting food at customer service and try to nurse in the bathroom where she proceeds to pop off every ten seconds to look around. After about 10 minutes I say enough is enough only to lead to more crying. I got home exasperated only to have to feed her lunch, bring in and put away groceries, feed myself and clean up her mess. Mama is tired!</p> <p>I dont mean to complain but do you ever just feel like you wish you could just have a day off? </p>