It is 10:00pm and I should totally be in bed, but DH and baby are asleep and I stayed up to watch a movie so I could have a little me time. Baby could wake up in the next two to four hours to eat, but I just never get to be alone so fingers crossed he sleeps for a while!
Do you ever stay up when you know you should sleep just to enjoy some time alone?
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@tlcbaby: I totally am right now. I will regret it in the morning!,
nectarine / 2750 posts
@locavore_mama: That is what coffee is for!
P.S. I am watching Primal Fear! I used to love that movie.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
Yep. We are staying up to watch some Walking Dead even though I should be sleeping in preparation for my first day back at work...
Oh well 
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
Yes, I always need some alone time at the end of the night before I sleep!
kiwi / 541 posts
Yep all the time. I also go get pedicures just so I can leave and relax a bit
nectarine / 2750 posts
@turkeylurkey: I even like offering to run errands for this same reason.
bananas / 9118 posts
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.
pear / 1849 posts
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!
honeydew / 7283 posts
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
pomegranate / 3053 posts
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!
pomegranate / 3388 posts
Not really. DH does this all the time, but I value my sleep way too much.
pomegranate / 3244 posts
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
bananas / 9357 posts
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.
pineapple / 12234 posts
Yes!! I stay up until 11-12 most nights and I'm pretty sure it's because I never get alone time!
apricot / 335 posts
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.
bananas / 9118 posts
@mrs.cookie: Yes! seriously, how do they know?? My son has this "talent" too.
apricot / 335 posts
@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!
bananas / 9227 posts
All the time! I used to always regret it the next morning, but as she's gotten older, it's been better.
papaya / 10570 posts
Ahh, so that's how you get me time?? But..... when do you get sleep time?? I don't wanna have to choose!!!!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
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.
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.
apricot / 335 posts
@Foodnerd81: whoa, slow down crazy mama!! Sometimes I branch out and wash my hair. Crazy. 
nectarine / 2750 posts
@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.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
Yes, but I totally regret it all day at work the next day.
pineapple / 12526 posts
Yes! I do regularly.
Ive struggled with insomnia for years, so Im used to running on little sleep.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
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.
I've tried going to bed earlier but usually it's 11pm/12am.
cantaloupe / 6206 posts
I need to sleep more than I need alone time, but DH does this almost every night!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
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.
watermelon / 14206 posts
@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.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
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!
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