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Totally drink when it's just M and me. I don't drink a lot anymore, though. I'm talking about a beer or a glass or two of wine.

No, not usually (well now not at all). I don't really have a good reason why. In theory I wouldn't mind drinking in front of my children (and might when they're older), but now, when I'm alone, it's just not something I'm comfortable with.

ETA: I think it's because I usually don't drink a lot (maybe a glass or two), and when I do, I want to be able to relax and really enjoy it, preferably with a trashy show on the TV, and that's just really hard to do with my rambunctious toddler. It's more about *how* I like to drink then the alcohol itself.

I usually drink socially so this doesn't usually happen but I have no problem with it. I Have occasionally.

LO is not here yet, but I don't envision me having any problem with having a glass of wine while he is awake and I am alone with him. I don't drink much in general, so it wouldn't happen much, but if it did, I'd have no qualms about it. I think my dad would have a beer a night, when he was home alone, in charge of me. Never a big deal. As long as it is like one drink, and you know your limits, I don't see how it could be a big deal.

I have no issue having a glass of wine while alone with LO. It doesn't impair me in anyway. And I don't see why LO being awake would be any different than LO being asleep. My kid going to sleep doesn't give me a pass to drink more because I still feel like I need to always be able to handle any emergency that might come up.

Just as a general note, I really disagree with people who say they would never drink in front of their children (unless they don't drink at all anyway). I think it's important for kids to see their parents drink alcohol responsibly as opposed to making to some taboo issue that mommy and daddy do behind closed doors.

My husband gets home from work before I do and our weekends are mostly spent together. He was out last Saturday and I had a glass of wine but I enjoyed it so much more because my son was in bed. Not for safety but because I really can't relax chasing him around!! I was looking forward to my glass of wine and girl shows after bedtime.

I have no issue with a (one) drink: beer or wine, when my DD is awake! DH works 24 hour shifts usually so sometimes I'll have a drink with dinner when it's just me and DD (not as much now since I'm pregnant, ha!). I'm definitely not impaired. I actually feel worse the few times I have had more to drink and been tipsy (when someone else is home or DD is somewhere else completely) and those few times since DD was born make me feel terrible, so usually I stick to 1 or 2 drinks max as it is.

When my DH is home, we will totally have a drink or two
during the evening (while we are cooking dinner, during dinner) when the kids are awake. If we are outside all day, there's been days that we've both had mutiple drinks by bedtime (but spread out over a long period of time, obviously). No shame in drinking margaritas in the kiddie pool while the girls splash around! We are both responsible and would never become intoxicated or get to the point we couldn't care for our children.

However, if my DH is not home and I'm alone, I don't have a drink until the girls are down.

ETA: Obviously this is all when I'm not pregnant. lol.

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My toddler points to my glass and says "wine!" occasionally, so I guess that answers your question?

But seriously, I do not have a problem having a glass of wine or beer while she is awake, even if I'm on my own. I won't get to the point that I couldn't drive in an emergency of course. And generally, it's more relaxing to have a drink after she's in bed so I can relax, but some days I really want it just to make it to bedtime.

My friend and I sometimes have "happy hour play date" too- hang out at one of our houses and have a glass of wine while the kids play.

(All of this applied to before I got pregnant again).

Ya, occasionally!

I do. I have a glass of wine after work while I'm cooking dinner whether DH is home or not.

I'll have a glass of wine while cooking dinner and before my husband gets home. I doubt I've ever had more than 2 glasses even when he is home. I don't think both parents should ever both be inebriated with children in their care, though.

It just doesn't even cross my mind to ever have a drink if I'm by myself but I don't see a problem with it. DH and I will sometimes both have a beer or glass of wine with dinner. So although never when I'm alone it's just that I won't drink by myself.

I'm not a drinker, so I answered for my husband. He always has a beer or two with dinner, and sometimes on a weekend afternoon. He would do that even if I wasn't around and he was just with our daughter, and he's well versed in his limits. I wouldn't worry about it for a second. I would do the same if I drank.

I grew up with a parent who was scarred from her own alcoholic parents, and wasn't able to model healthy drinking for me. I'm glad that we're able to demonstrate healthy and positive alcohol consumption for our kids. My husband is really into homebrewing, and our daughter loves to participate in that too.

I rarely drink anymore because I always feel like crap the next day, but I would and have drank while home alone with DD. Max I drink is a glass of wine - not nearly enough to impair me in any way.