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I just say I'm going to do this, here's a bottle of milk, I'll be back in an hour or two. Good luck!

Well, ok, I usually say "I want to do this, can you watch the baby?" but he's not the type to say no to something like that.

I was going to suggest something similar to @Mrs. Train: - a mom's group or a gym/fitness class that has a gym? That might help during the day when DH isn't there to take over.

I don't know how this would work but what if you found a friend to babysit-share with? Like a nanny share kinda where you each agree to watch the others LO for an hour or two each week?

I have to schedule in time for myself or I just don't do it. How awful is that?

Every other Saturday ill run errands alone. Even if its window shopping, at least I get a few hours out of the house. I do it first thing in the morning.

My most favorite relaxing thing is to get my hair done. I go every 8-12 weeks for a cut/color & schedule it in the evenings.

DH is in charge of bath time, so I use that time to relax. Chloe loves playing in the tub, so bath time is a good 30 minutes. I read, watch TV, or veg on the couch. Sometimes ill go for a walk. It's a great, quick pick me up in the evening.

What time does your LO go to bed? Does he STTN? Now that Chloe sleeps through the night & goes to bed at 8pm, I find myself doing a lot more reading or watching movies on the iPad in bed. I didn't do this until very recently, though (last two months, maybe). I'm a workaholic & realized its ok to be selfish and want some time to myself, so I'm allowing myself to have it!

If I need some alone time, it happens either after LO has gone to bed for the night or on the weekends

Fortunately, DH comes home at a decent hour most nights (around 6:30) so I do get help when I'm trying to make dinner and if I want to do an occasional Mom's night out with friends for dinner, he can accommodate me with a little bit of advance notice.

My DH does bath time and bed time. It saves my sanity on a daily basis!

I don't get out of the house (alone) much unfortunately. I don't necessarily want to leave the house but I was starting to feel really overwhelmed about being with LO all the time so about a month ago, DH took over bath and bedtime. It made things so much better! It's not like i go anywhere (I'm too exhausted to leave the house in the evening), but I can clean up after dinner, go for a short walk, just surf the web mindlessly, etc. It's been great just getting that hour break for ME

I had to get a nanny/sitter once a week. She came for 4 hours, usually during the morning and would give my son breakfast and put him down for his morning nap.

He would also get a half hour decompression time when he came home, to get changed, wind down from the drive, then he would take over the bath duties at night.