https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:40:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061484 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:13:42 +0000 JerricaBenton 1061484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely! Now that LO is sleeping in her own room I read before bed! I really missed that! It feels good to get a little bit of alone time. I think it's worth the hour of sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061380 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:46:05 +0000 Dandelion 1061380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: I do the same thing...DH gets up at 4:30 am to leave for work around 5:00 am . He wakes me when he leaves, so I get up and have alone time until 6:45, when DS gets up for school. It's my favorite time of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061347 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:33:22 +0000 blackbird 1061347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did this while I was on maternity leave because I could nap...or DH would take the baby on the weekend mornings and I could sleep in. But now? I need sleep....so much sleep. If she would STTN consistently, I would probably stay up til 10 once in awhile, though! E still goes to sleep at 8, 830 most nights and 9 is my usual bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061268 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:51:59 +0000 JoJoGirl 1061268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to sleep more than I need alone time, but DH does this almost every night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061235 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:34:38 +0000 mrsjyw 1061235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do this on most nights. DS goes to bed at 7. And I almost always run errands or even just drive around by myself. If I stay home, I try to take a bath and read.</p> <p>I've tried going to bed earlier but usually it's 11pm/12am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061183 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:09:59 +0000 heffalump 1061183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wake up early every morning for some me time :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061178 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:06:36 +0000 Smurfette 1061178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, sleep wins out until R starts sleeping better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061142 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:29:40 +0000 loveisstrange 1061142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I do regularly.</p> <p>Ive struggled with insomnia for years, so Im used to running on little sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061137 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:14:04 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1061137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but I totally regret it all day at work the next day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061128 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 05:55:55 +0000 tlcbaby 1061128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Well I didn't do this in the beginning - only in the past four weeks or so (A is almost three months now). I used to go to sleep right when he did because I was so exhausted. He sleeps from 8pm - 7am with one or two wakeups now so my sleep is a little more predictable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061093 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:31:41 +0000 mrs.cookie 1061093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: whoa, slow down crazy mama!! Sometimes I branch out and wash my hair. Crazy. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061089 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:20:33 +0000 Foodnerd81 1061089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stay up for couple time- like well watch a show after baby is asleep even though I feel like I should go to bed shortly after her. But it's our only time as a couple so I do it. </p> <p>My "me" time is when she naps during the day. I do crazy things like take a shower and sometimes I even shave my legs. I know, I'm crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061047 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:45:04 +0000 Cherrybee 1061047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahh, so that's how you get me time?? But..... when do you get sleep time?? I don't wanna have to choose!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061039 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:38:28 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1061039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! I used to always regret it the next morning, but as she's gotten older, it's been better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061038 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:36:19 +0000 mrs.cookie 1061038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: it's the worst! My DH and I joke that its the one predictable part of her behaviour :) her nursery is the other end of the house so I don't think it's noise or light related. Weird! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061033 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:26:57 +0000 lemondrop 1061033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.cookie: Yes! seriously, how do they know?? My son has this "talent" too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1061029 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:18:39 +0000 mrs.cookie 1061029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, this!! But I do often regret it in the morning :) my LO also has a knack if waking/crying out *just* as I'm drifting off to sleep, no matter what time I go to bed! So I often put off going to bed hoping she will get it out of her system before I fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060935 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:53:22 +0000 HLK208 1060935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! I stay up until 11-12 most nights and I'm pretty sure it's because I never get alone time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060933 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:50:38 +0000 mrskc 1060933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to when I was on maternity leave and I could sleep in with DS. I have to be at work at 7 am and out the door by 6:20, so I need as much sleep as I can get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060930 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:47:13 +0000 MediaNaranja 1060930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. I like getting up early and having the calm, peaceful morning all to myself. I sit down with a cup of coffee and watch the horses on the adjoing property as the sun rises over the mountains :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060927 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:44:56 +0000 Purpledaisy 1060927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060905 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:23:20 +0000 skibobrown 1060905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. DH does this all the time, but I value my sleep way too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060900 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:15:06 +0000 californiadreams 1060900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Story of my life! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060893 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:08:47 +0000 erwoo 1060893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ALL THE TIME! I'm doing that right now. I should be washing bottles and looking for my alarm clock that my 17-month-old took down this morning...but here I am! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060889 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:03:40 +0000 MrsF 1060889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm working overnight tonight and I know DH will stay up way too late. He'll be exhausted tomorrow, but I can kind of relate to him wanting to savor the time without me or M there :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060884 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:00:11 +0000 SeptMomma12 1060884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but I get up early on weekends to get some "me" time. DH and LO both slept til 9am every day this weekend, but I got up by 7. It's the only peace and quiet I get all day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060869 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:48:39 +0000 coastmama 1060869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! I need some me time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060846 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:33:51 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1060846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, pretty often! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060835 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:28:42 +0000 lemondrop 1060835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it's when I usually get the most done, but since being pregnant again, I get next to nothing done because I'm so tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-ever-stay-up-late-just-to-have-some-time-alone#post-1060831 Mon, 02 Sep 2013 21:26:17 +0000 tlcbaby 1060831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@turkeylurkey: I even like offering to run errands for this same reason. :) </p>