https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:22:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196837 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:20:11 +0000 mrsjyw 1196837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is definitely me... DS goes down around 7. And I never get to bed until 11/12... I've tried going to bed earlier, but even then I stay up reading a book/tv/etc. ton turn off my wired brain! I get about 7-8 hours of sleep though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196827 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:18:00 +0000 bpcmarj 1196827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I do this, too or at least I used to when I was home. Lately, DH has been going to the gym at LOs bedtime, so once she is asleep I spend that hour or so until he gets back as my downtime. I watch a show and relax on the couch and then we do dinner and "us" time.</p> <p>I have no advice because I really feel like everyone does need their own time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196816 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:15:16 +0000 blackbird 1196816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stayed up til after midnight this weekend to read and I totally regretted it the next day! I find that sleep is the #1 factor to my mood, though, so I prioritize it as much as I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196722 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:37:35 +0000 rawrasaur 1196722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. I do this too and it is wearing me out. Luckily (or unluckily) LO is teething and waking me up a lot in the middle of the night so I have been going to bed earlier because I am completely exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196624 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:08:13 +0000 swurlygurl 1196624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I started going to bed 30 minutes earlier lately so we can each read and unwind, but together so we don't feel like we're completely ignoring each other... haha. Otherwise, I would DEFINITELY need some quiet down-time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196621 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:07:26 +0000 JoJoGirl 1196621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always the one going to bed early because I get up with LO in the morning (and would anyway for work). DH gets the alone time in the evenings after I go to bed so I don't have much option :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196615 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:05:36 +0000 Cherrybee 1196615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm terrible for this!! </p> <p>E goes down at 7pm and always gives us a good chunk of sleep at the start of the night - at least 5 hours, sometimes 6. Then, after her first wake up, she gives us 3 hour chunks. I know I should go to bed early and take advantage of that first stretch but night after night I enjoy hanging out with DH so much I end up going to bed at 11.30pm and am then woken up by DD an hour and a half later!!! </p> <p>That said, last night, I did go to bed early and I was woken by DH coming to bed and hour later and then, an hour and a half after that, by DD. I actually felt worse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196597 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:58:43 +0000 looch 1196597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This would not have worked for me, because my son slept his best hours the first 4 that he went down for the night, so I front loaded on sleep.</p> <p>I pretty much stopped watching TV when my son was born, I just couldn't keep up and I had no desire to add new stuff when the new seasons began. My fun time is reading, and I have only really picked it up again in the last year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196588 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:55:03 +0000 MamaBehr 1196588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't but I have a SAHM who does this. I have started to get up a little earlier (DH leaves super early) before the kids to get a little me time each morning. But, if DS decides to wake up early, it doesn't happen hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196367 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:53:52 +0000 erinpye 1196367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do that too! Just need that quiet time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196365 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:48:08 +0000 illumina 1196365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>S goes to sleep at 7, and I usually stay up another 3hrs to spend time with my Husband. I should be getting to sleep sooner as she usually wakes up for a feed anywhere from 1-3am but it's nice to get those few hours of calm together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196364 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:45:38 +0000 Kemma 1196364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I have the same problem and now my body clock has adjusted to the later bedtime so I don't think I could go to bed earlier if I wanted to! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sacrificing-sleep-so-i-can-have-some-down-time#post-1196363 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:12:41 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1196363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this.... </p> <p>Between my perfect little 14 month old and my sweet hubby's needs I often feel that I get no time for myself. My husband often wants me to hang out with him after I put our son to bed which makes perfect sense and I miss him too so I do that. When he finally goes to sleep I find myself in a pattern of staying up two hours or so later and reading a book, watching shows I like, catching up on my interneting, planning my day for tomorrow etc. this usually means I don't get much sleep. 7 hours if I am lucky. I find I need to unwind though. Who else does this? </p>