https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 15:55:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677111 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:59:43 +0000 Smurfette 677111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Even before baby I needed it. I am going to sneak out tomorrow and get a manicure for some me time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677086 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:53:08 +0000 MamaMoose 677086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not particularly. If it were up to me I would be RIGHT next to my husband almost all the time. My mom says I have never liked to be alone. When I was younger I liked her to sit in my room with me while I did my homework. I didn't need her to talk or interact with me so she would usually read but I just liked having her there. Nowadays sometimes do run out alone to get my hair cut or run errands but I do it because those things need to get done, not because I want to be alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677065 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:48:29 +0000 autumnlove 677065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I count work, commuting and showers as me time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677049 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:42:33 +0000 LuLu Mom 677049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I need it. Even if it's a 30 minute bath I just need some time to relax. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677042 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:40:46 +0000 2PeasinaPod 677042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do...I have a long commute, and though some would consider that "me" time, I don't. It's nice to be able to unwind after work with that long commute, but I usually do work during that time. I feel as if I'm stretched pretty thinly these days and need some me time soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677021 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:36:46 +0000 littlebittyhouse 677021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eh, not really. I am a FT WOHM so I usually get out on my lunch break (30 minutes - lame) and will pop over to Target or the mall. Being at work is enough time away from LO for me.</p> <p>That said, I am dying for a manicure and a haircut! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-677007 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:29:04 +0000 MaisyMay 677007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Twice a week LO goes to daycare about 2 hours before I need to go to work. This is my me-time. I can get grocery shopping done, got a haircut last week, stuff like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676996 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:26:22 +0000 Weagle 676996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DigAPony: Same here! I don't think DH really gets that me time doesn't necessarily mean getting out of the house alone, and it doesn't mean doing some household chore without having to wrangle LO in the process. And it doesn't mean he gets to ask me a million questions during the occasional hour I do get to myself. Only child problems :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676888 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:43:21 +0000 MsLipGloss 676888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: @mrs. wagon: I feel the same about work . . . it's like it has morphed into *me* time, although it is still work! I think it feels that way because I am forced to focus on something other than LO for a while, and that by default (because it's my career), it feels like me time. I am, however, dying for a pedicure!</p> <p>@PrincessBaby: I do enjoy my showers in the morning after I have handed LO over to the nanny. It's funny how much more I have come to appreciate the *little* things, like time to shave my legs or run a pumice stone over my feet, or put my feet up for just a few minutes to enjoy a glass of wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676846 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:27:14 +0000 ShootingStar 676846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really need me time, maybe because I spent the last few months home alone being unemployed. We also don't have kids yet. But there are times when I like quiet time - we go hang out in our bedroom and read and it's nice being close but letting my brain wind down too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676837 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:20:46 +0000 sera_87 676837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm having me time right now ;) </p> <p>But yes. Both DH and I need some time alone (ideally) everyday. Doesn't always happen lately but we try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676742 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:02:22 +0000 PrincessBaby 676742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I need a few minutes at least to unwind from the day. ESP since I started work again. A hot bath, where I have time to actually SHAVE, and a cold glass of wine usually does the trick... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676739 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:00:11 +0000 blackbird 676739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, mostly my work out time is me time! But even if it's just 30 min to read a book quietly by myself, I need it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676516 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:10:38 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 676516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get plenty of me time because I get home from work a few hours before my DH does. At least one day a week I will skip errands and chores during that time and watch a show or read. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676468 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:48:04 +0000 StbHisMrs 676468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh yes, I never get it though. By the end of the day I am done, I'd love to be able to take a bath alone, or just time to sit in peace and quiet. After this weekend I want a weekend alone with no interruptions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676427 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:33:01 +0000 Running Elley 676427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need it. Mostly it's after DS and DH are asleep. Just laying in the silence is enough lol.<br /> ETA: The gym every morning is my me time too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-676402 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:22:07 +0000 Grace 676402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes. As a friend of mine calls it, I need my Quality Grace Alone Time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675787 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:12:33 +0000 Andrea 675787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I can sneak in a nap, that's mostly what I need for me time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675765 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:10:20 +0000 lilteacherbee 675765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I spend my days with 18 four year olds.... By 3pm, I just need some quiet time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675754 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:09:43 +0000 yin 675754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the beginning, yes. Now that my LO is almost 2 years old, I don't need the me time as much anymore. With him being more independent, it's easier for me to have time to myself, even if it is eating breakfast quietly next to him in the mornings. I would rather have family time with DH and LO than me time alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675718 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:05:26 +0000 Caly 675718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I absolutely need alone time. Whether that's actually doing something by myself or hanging out with friends, I have to have it. Luckily, DH is very understanding &amp; also enjoys his alone time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675590 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:50:52 +0000 Cole 675590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need me time but for me that often looks like a cup of tea and scrapbooking or reading rather than going somewhere. I just like having time to recharge when I can ignore everything and everyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675585 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:50:12 +0000 mrsjyw 675585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I enjoy it every few wks...but workbis my me time now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675576 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:49:14 +0000 Dandelion 675576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No...although I'm home all day with DS at school, so I get more than enough alone time. I need less me time, lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675574 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:48:58 +0000 Charm54 675574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes totally. After a weekend away of visiting someone else's home I need to get home and have some chill out solo time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675570 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:48:30 +0000 maybebaby 675570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! I like lots of it. DH is different--he is one of 5 and doesn't understand why you wouldn't always want to be around other people! I love him to bits, but I love my me time too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675567 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:48:12 +0000 DigAPony 675567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! My husband isn't like that at all and it's still a real struggle for him to understand that about me. I think for me it's partly a result of being an only child. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675553 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:46:39 +0000 prettylizy 675553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to indulge in mani's and pedi's but I don't like them because I'm away from everyone, I like them because I like feeling pretty! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675541 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:44:34 +0000 MrsH 675541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. Although sometimes it is nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-need-me-time#post-675530 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:43:13 +0000 yoursilverlining 675530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes ; we both are very independent and both need "me" time. </p>