https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 04:37:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050828 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 14:03:35 +0000 miramira 2050828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not yet, since DS won't stand to be held by anyone apart from me or his dad. Argh! He's only 4 months old though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050565 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:40:39 +0000 Greentea 2050565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not even a little bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050545 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:29:40 +0000 Meridian 2050545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thankfully both of our families are local, so yes! I'm partially SAH, as I'm self-employed and CAN work from home. But I do have an office space that I rent. About 3 weeks ago, I started going into the office for a few hours on Wednesdays when my MIL watches LO, and also on Fridays when my mom watches him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050259 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:46:52 +0000 Glitter 2050259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep every Wednesday he spends the day with MIL so I can catch up on stuff at home and one or twice a month SIL babysits so DH and I can go out. This Friday our friends are babysitting as well (an expectant couple). We also hire a nanny on days when I must work from home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050155 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 03:44:24 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2050155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Up until she was 19 mo, nope. Looking back, I would never do that again. Although we don't have family close-by that can babysit on a regular basis, and the daycares around here require children to be at least 1 yo, I would find a way to get help. Even a hour of quiet time a day is essential, heck 15 minutes is essential :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050129 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 01:35:00 +0000 erinpye 2050129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050123 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 00:59:45 +0000 lemondrop 2050123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take them to the Y for an hour 2-3 times a week so they can play in childcare and I can either work or workout for a bit. Heck, sometimes I find a quiet corner and take a nap. They don't care what you do as long as you are on premise.</p> <p>Otherwise I'll go run errands during naptime on my husband's days off to get a little ME time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2050009 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:04:14 +0000 Blueberry 2050009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS has little gym twice a week (but that's not really a break from him since I'm participating also). The only real "break" I have is during his nap but DH is home at 3pm Mon-Thurs.. He takes over when he's home so I can relax or continue with anything else I didn't get done that needs to </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2049710 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:35:51 +0000 jhd 2049710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pink: we totally do the car nap when needed! I need to keep a book in my car. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2049676 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:57:58 +0000 MamaChin 2049676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of, my 2 year old goes to daycare 3 morning a week from 9-12:30. This way I only have one kid and she naps from 10-11:30. That's when I workout, shower, cook lunch and prep dinner. Then they nap together from 2-4 so if I get all my household stuff done then I can sit on my ass and do nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2049672 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:50:08 +0000 Mrs. Pink 2049672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>not really? My 14 month old isn't the biggest fan of staying with Daddy, so I might be able to slip out on a Saturday or Sunday morning for a quick solo errand.... but I don't get many real breaks. </p> <p>My MIL came in on Friday and watched her for me for a few hours (she used to granny-nanny for us when I worked so my daughter is super comfortable being left with her still) and I was able to get a pedicure, eat lunch and visit a friend all by myself which was fabulous :)</p> <p>All in all though, a break for me is pretty much a half hour bubble bath every other day or two, depending on how late my husband gets home from work! And when we take "car naps" and I get starbucks and park the car in the parking lot of a local park and read my kindle while she sleeps in the carseat hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2045581 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:23:42 +0000 sarac 2045581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely. My mother in law takes her about 10 hours a week, and she's in preschool that much too. My husband and I switch off to give each other breaks to do fun things too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2045374 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:12:11 +0000 fancyfunction 2045374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - my MIL is 15 min away and my parents are an hour and each come by once a week for a few hours to watch her while I have some time to myself to go out. I feel very fortunate to have them so close and to want to come by so often and help out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2045040 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:38:46 +0000 MapleMoose 2045040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my mom babysits once a week. I used to work from home those days but now I'm on an extended maternity leave so I'll get a nice break. I'll have DD2 for awhile those days and my mom will get some one-on-one time with DD1. Eventually she'll take both kids once a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2045039 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:38:36 +0000 spaniellove 2045039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, and DH is starting to have 2-3 nights a week where he comes home at 9 or 10. The only time we've had anything close to getting out or away was when he was in the hospital and counted on the nurses to watch him and we went to the cafeteria. It's bad when you consider the nurses babysitting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2045029 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:31:43 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2045029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom does sometimes but it's not a regular thing. LO is usually with my mom if I have a pregnancy check up or something like that. she works and Im too independent/prideful to ask my mom to watch her just so I can do things uninterrupted. My MIL shares property with us but I don't think I'll ever let her watch LO until she is 3 or 4. I've never had anyone other than my parents or DH watch LO. I've looked at a MDO program recently (twice a week and pretty cheap) but I just don't know about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044953 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:57:12 +0000 JerricaBenton 2044953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't do sitters or MDO but I'm lucky in that dh is in and out throughout the day and can shuffle his schedule if I need to do something. I'd say I get out for a bit by myself once a week on average. Every few weeks I get to go to the grocery store on my own and that definitely feels luxurious lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044932 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:47:18 +0000 Mae 2044932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading some of these responses I think maybe I didn't understand that you consider DH watching LO a break. My DH does help out. He works full time and is in night school too so he's not around all that much but he does as much as he can. He gets up with LO every morning and lets me sleep an extra 30-60 min (depending on when he has to get to work). On weekends we trade kid-duty back and forth so we can shower, do projects (me) or homework (him), run errands, etc. He is also fine with my going out with friends sometimes-- although I think I've only done that maaaaybe 3 times in 8 months because it has been only recently that LO would take a bottle or sleep for him. And because we don't have a ton of nights together right now so I don't necessarily want to be gone when he's home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044919 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:35:29 +0000 erwoo 2044919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before we moved to Asia, hardly. And the only time is when my ILs were in town or we're at my SIL's house. So it's about a couple of times a year before. Now that we have live in help, we do go out on our own, but not as much b/c my husband travels a lot and sometimes has to leave for weeks at a time. However, during the day time, I do get out to do some yoga, take a class here and there, and have lunches with other SAHMs here who also have live in help or have older kids who are in school full-time. Sometimes I feel REALLY guilty though... like I'm not giving my second son the same amount of time I had with my oldest when he was this age. He's not taking as much classes as his big brother. I do take him out a couple of times a week for play dates or just to the playground for some one-on-one time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044909 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:25:09 +0000 artsyfartsy 2044909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Occasionally we have T's regular sitter watch him for the day if we have an appointment or something to do. We pay her for the day so even though the thing we need to do is only for a couple of hours we take the rest of the day off. Lol</p> <p>Tomorrow is one of those days. We have a few household things to take care of and its just easier to drop T off at the sitters for the day. I go back to work in a couple of months so I like to keep him used to staying with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044907 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:21:54 +0000 Bubbles 2044907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: haha I so know that feeling! I don't have any regular breaks - although the ILs only live down the road and love taking care of him. They both work full time though so it can be tricky. I recently was horrendously sick with norovirus and DH was working, so I had no choice but to send LO to the ILs for the day, and it was SO WEIRD having the house to myself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044898 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:15:41 +0000 pui 2044898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Short breaks... I've been out of the house for 2 hours once 2 months ago to eat dinner with my DH without LO. About once a week I get to take a 1 hour long hot tub at the IL's while they watch my DD. It's not much, but it's nice. DD is 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044894 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:07:23 +0000 BandDmommy 2044894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a sitter come for 3 hours Wednesday afternoon. I also have him attend mothers day out a few times a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044893 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:06:23 +0000 twodoghouse 2044893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at this point. My twins are almost 9 months and have separation anxiety pretty bad. My inlaws are 45 minutes away and have babysat a couple times while DH and I went out. It never goes well since they won't fall asleep or eat much for other people. Someday when they are older (2? 3?) I'd like to get them into preschool or mom's day out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044889 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:04:38 +0000 hilsy85 2044889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only if I have a Drs appt...you know your a SAHM when going to a Drs appt by yourself feels like a luxury! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044879 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:55:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 2044879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No but I think I should get a babysitter for a few hours a month or something. The only family nearby is my younger BIL who works as many hours as Dh or more. Sometimes I start going crazy though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044860 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 06:55:38 +0000 looch 2044860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a nanny for 4 hours a week when I was at home. I tried to convince my husband not to spend the money, but he insisted, for my mental health. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044851 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 06:29:15 +0000 FannyMae 2044851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the complete opposite, I use my mum and MIL to full capacity and never ever feel guilty about it :D My mum will look after DD at any point I need to drop her off, and MIL is a phone call away. Today my MIL had 4 of the other grandchildren so I popped over with mine too for playtime. Whats another one rugrat, they all take care of each other and the more the merrier! I ducked off to do groceries for 30 mins and when I came back it was as if I never left. I appreciate their help more than I can even say, they've never complained about timing or overdoing it. My MIL feels like she wants to enjoy babysitting kids now, because by the time they're teenagers they won't wanna hang around with granny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044850 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 06:25:21 +0000 ellewoods84 2044850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I wish though. Especially this morning after waking up all night and then deciding that 545 is an appropriate time to wake up and start her day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-get-a-break#post-2044840 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 05:21:04 +0000 Ree723 2044840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. </p>