https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 11:02:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909376 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 07:56:39 +0000 Dandelion 909376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Send him to gramma's! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909296 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 05:46:08 +0000 hummusgirl 909296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've lucked out with a mellow baby who doesn't care who puts him down, so we go out often. Usually one of us will stay home while the other goes out with friends but about twice a month we'll have our nanny stay late so we can go on a date or to friends' birthday parties. We also have a sweet deal going with our next door neighbors where we watch each other's babies for a couple hours which is FREE. If we stay out too late or drink a lot, we usually take turns the next day playing with LO so the other can catch up on sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909287 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 04:43:53 +0000 Andrea 909287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH doesn't socialize. Haha. I do, so he'll stay home with the kids while I go out. We'll have date night a few times a year when family is in town to stay home with the kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909244 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:00:56 +0000 sunny 909244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try to meet our friends who have kids during the day. We have found that brunch/dim sum/lunch works well for us. We also once had some friends without kids come over with take out and games. We hung out at our house and put our LO to bed at her usual bed time. That worked well too! </p> <p>We haven't done any date nights yet since we don't have family around and we haven't found a sitter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909225 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 23:44:35 +0000 BoogieBea 909225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess we do a mixture. I'll have play dates with those with kids. My husband meets up with his buddy to go running or cycling on the weekends. I meet up with a girlfriend for dinner once a month maybe. Otherwise, we'll just hang out as a family with another family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909212 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 23:38:33 +0000 808love 909212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Friends usually come over for dinner or we meet at the beach with kids. Also I sneak away once in a blue moon. DH doesn't really socialize. Poor guy! He gets a lot of interpersonal contact at work and loves solitude so he doesn't mind. I rely on the internet for social contact sometimes b/c I'm not really a phone person. I am super social so it's really hard for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909115 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:23:43 +0000 sarac 909115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mostly our friends have children, and we socialize together. My husband also has friends at work, and they go to lunch each day. He also does long distance bike racing with them, and does lots of training rides on the weekends. I'll go out to brunch with my girlfriends on the weekends, some time. We rarely socialize together, without our toddler. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909106 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:19:19 +0000 Weagle 909106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a lot of things with LO in tow. If it's not a baby friendly event, we get a babysitter, but that's rare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909105 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:19:08 +0000 travelgirl1 909105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't been out at all on a night since A's been born because her sleep is so unpredictable that we don't know if she'll wake up and if she does, she won't settle for anyone but me since I have the boobs. I hate to think of her crying and me being so far away from her so I just keep my socialising to things that include her. We don't have family here so no one to babysit in case we both wanted to go out but, even when we visit home next month, we won't take advantage of family babysitters because A doesn't know them so could easily not settle for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909094 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:13:51 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 909094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually try to schedule things for when the kids are both down, which is after 8 pm. The great thing is that my in-laws live with us, so as long as someone's home we are free to go out since the kids are down anyway. We're only gone a small window of time from 8:30-10/11 pm though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-and-your-so-balance-socializing-with-friends-with-parenthood#post-909079 Fri, 05 Jul 2013 22:03:43 +0000 mrbee 909079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When Bee does meet up with friends, she will put Olive down at her usual time (~7:30-8 or so) and then head out right away... then we will cross our fingers and hope that Olive doesn't wake up! I can almost never get Olive down in the evenings, so if Olive does wake up then I will text Bee and then walk Olive around and her room sing songs to her until Bee gets home (that's only happened once, and Bee was already on her way home at that point, thank goodness!).</p> <p>If I meet up with friends, it's a bit easier because Charlie loves it when Bee puts him down. So she can put both kids down and I can head out before Olive is even asleep. I really almost never go out though, but it's an awesome option to have.</p> <p>Going out together requires getting a babysitter, or family (usually Bee's mom). We've only gotten a babysitter a few times that I can remember. It's just so expensive!</p> <p>How do you and your SO balance socializing with friends with parenthood? </p>