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Most nights LO goes down okay and sleeps fine so I get from 8:30 or so (by the time I've put her down and cleaned up) until I go to bed... which is usually around 11. So I guess like 2.5 hours with DH 4-5 nights/week and an hour of that by myself 2-3 nights/week (he gets home at 9:30 from school 2-3 nights/week).

Then during the day I usually get like 2-3 hours on an average day by myself. I wouldn't say it is totally down time because thats often when I shower, eat, clean, do laundry/dishes/bottles, prep dinner, job hunt, etc. But probably like an hour on an average day at least I veg out and watch tv alone which is nice

Also weekends if we aren't really doing anything I could always leave LO with DH for a few hours if I really wanted to go do something. I rarely do, but I have the option.

Until recently I felt like I got almost no time (LO didn't sleep well at night, I had to hold her for all naps, and she would only eat for me so that meant I couldn't ever leave her for more than an hour... ever). But right now the stars have aligned and I feel like I really get a good amount of time "off."

About 30 minutes at night before bed. Seriously. My older kid doesn't nap except a few times a week. Baby rarely naps when the older does nap. Baby wakes multiple times a night so I go to bed after cleaning up and pumping. Lucky to get in 30 mins of tv before bed.

I do get a little more time on the days the older goes to preschool. I run errands but if the baby naps at home I might have a few hours to myself. Might is the key word.

Hardly any! I WOH so by the time I get LO home, fed, bathed and into bed, the house de-trashed, dinner cooked, eaten and cleaned up after, we have about an hour to relax before bed. Weekends are a flurry of chores, while trying to keep E entertained.

I had some me time this week and again this weekend and I feel so much better for it.

I have a good amount. M naps for 2 hr and while I spend some of that time working, I try to let myself relax and watch tv. She goes to bed at 7 and we're generally free the rest of the night, some nights more than others if we have work to do.

This is why my I try so hard to keep my twins on the same schedule! Typically get 1.5-2 hours during the day, and I use it to rest and watch tv. Occasionally I try to clean, but that leaves me feeling totally burned out by the end of the day! Usually I get another 30 minutes with DH after dinner, and if I'm lucky, 15-20minutes in the morning before they wake up. On the weekend, DH and I take turns giving each other breaks. I feel lucky!

Very little during the week--LO wakes up at 5 am-ish and she and I leave for work/daycare together at 6:40am, then she comes home with me. I guess after she goes to bed, I get about an hour, but that's when I usually eat my own dinner and clean up dinner so even less than that.

On weekends, I wouldn't say I get a ton of true "me time", but I'm pregnant and I definitely try to take a nap on weekends. DH has LO while I nap--he doesn't ever take her anywhere, so she sometimes comes into my room and interrupts my nap, but at least I get some napping time!

Around 2 hours/night during the week and around 4 hours/day on the weekend.

Probably from about 8:30-9:30/10pm, depending on how ambitious I feel (dishes, laundry, cleaning), and whether I go to bed early. I could certainly use more downtime, but there really aren't enough hours in the day!!
Sunday nights are wonderful. DH is working, LO goes to bed at 7, and I have as long as I want to just hang out.

Pre DD2- I would have about 45 minutes to an hour during her nap to eat lunch and watch a show before doing chores, dinner prep etc. bedtime was 7:30 so I would have 7:30 to 10:30 to spend with DH usually showering or watching a show or two.
After DD2- zero although now she's 6 weeks and I'm cleared for running im hoping my mom could come over a day or so or leave the LOs with DH for an hour or so to go running.

On weekdays I get 7:30-10 on the days I don't do bedtime. On the nights I do bedtime, I get some down time while DH does the bath and then I spend about 15-20 minutes on putting DS to bed and then I have 8-10 free. On the weekend DS usually naps for a couple hours each day.

If I need additional time on the weekend, then I can tell DH. We do date nights every so often too.

An hour or two. Her night sleep is crap and naps are rocky since taking her out of the swing. Factor in trying to get both girls to nap at the same time?!?

@Cherrybee: Same! It's exhausting.

I actually worked from home on Friday and it was so nice!

Not nearly enough...

I work full time outside the home with an hour commute, and my husband works graveyards so there's nobody here when we're home.

I get up at 5:30, leave the house by 7:30, and get home from work around 6 most days. I rush to make dinner, and do bedtime by 7:45, and then do chores until about 20 minutes before I go to bed. So, between the 20 minutes, and sometimes not doing errands on my lunch break, it probably works out to a half hour a day. My mom says I need to consider my commute my "me" time, and that change of perspective will help.... but I find that even more depressing.

Not much....some days none at all, unless you consider the two days I work. DS naps for about 1.5hrs each day but it's rare that I can get DD to nap at the same time. At night, they are usually both asleep by 8:30pm and I go to bed by 9pm because DD is still frequently waking at night. DH will take DS (2.5) on the weekend but I still have DD since she is EBF. We try to go out for date night at least once a month though, and I definitely need it!