I planned to take some time to do some things all by myself today. The morning got filled up with errands and projects around the house, now I am getting a mani pedi and meanwhile have been reading hellobee (fun, but parenting related), researching how to transition to cow milk, and listening to The Longest Shortest Time podcast. What is my problem?!?
Any advice on how to be more me centric during me time?
persimmon / 1385 posts
Sorry, no advice. I'm terrible at me time too. I'm doing it right now 
On a side note, any consensus on the cows milk transition. I've been wondering how to go about this too. I'm sick of buying formula...
clementine / 812 posts
My me time for the week was running to a Mom sale while DH had DD this AM...I had a delightful time, but think I should disconnect from all things kid-related sometime 
pomelo / 5607 posts
Agree with @blackbird. Getting away from home/kid stuff entirely is probably better, but a mani/pedi is always nice, and I've enjoyed reading HB since before I was pregnant, so it barely counts. 
pear / 1657 posts
@blackbird: @Torchwood: I did have a nice time, but I feel like I should work harder to turn off the mom worries and guilt when I have time to myself. Especially if I'm only out for an hour!
pear / 1657 posts
@BadgerMom: I am still at a loss for the WCM transition. I spoke to the ped last week and she was no help. I asked her about starting WCM and she bascially said "we do that at a year" then I told her that I plan to be done pumping at a year and if I should transition him gradually. She gave me the same answer. Not feeling thrilled with her, I think she is a little old fashioned when it comes to feeding. So, I am looking around for other reccomendations and will decide on my own what is right. I just haven't figured out what that is yet
papaya / 10343 posts
@blackbird: agree.
I think if you're worrying about if your "me time" is "me" enough you're overthinking it. One thing I do is make an effort to not do things I feel I HAVE to do when I have a little time off (i.e. the dishes in the dishwasher can wait) but beyond that... who cares. If you enjoy googling parenting stuff, thats fine. If you don't, thats also fine. I think finding some sort of hobby is probably a good idea if you're feeling overwhelmed with mom-dom... but also I think that the infant/toddler years are short (in the long run) and being a bit consumed for that time isn't the worst thing in the world if that is your inclination.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I'm the same way. DH told me to take a Sat morning off to do whatever, and I said dude, I NEED the Sat morning to clean the house, do laundry and do a billion chores and run a million errands that I never have time for!
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