Laides whose H's go OOT often for work....

[cookiesandwine]

How do you survive? It's like Sadie knows that I'm alone and it's a competition to see how fast she can break my spirit. Tips for me?

[mightybee]

I mention it to my neighbors so that they invite me over for dinner or to have their kids play with D. Can your family or H's family help out at all?

I give myself a reward to look forward to for when they are both sleeping for the night. Lately it is wine and Parenthood.

If I plan enough ahead, I'll get some stuff he hasn't played with in a while (shaving cream for the bath tub or new art supply stuff) and let him go to town.

Each second that passes brings you closer to sanity.

[cookiesandwine]

Haha yes my neighbors are my parents so we'll probably eat dinner there twice this week. That's a good idea with the new things - I still have a couple Christmas items held back I could pull out.

[mightybee]

Good luck this week! I hope it you are left with as much of your spirit intact as possible.

[bantyrooster]

Try and go somewhere once a day. It really breaks it up. Even if its just walking around target.

[justbeth]

Ugh, DH travels a lot and I hate it! Longest weeks ever. I usually have her in bed early, eat dinner and drink wine alone while watching all the girly TV I want. Then I go to bed early so I can have the patience for the next day.

[somethingcleverer]

When shane was little it was pretty much me and him all the time. I tried to go out as much as possible. We would go for walks, or drive over to grandmas or my sisters house. I used to like doing art projects. Even if it's messy I feel that cleaning up is easier than a tantrum!

[roo1582]

I usually try to take her out if possible. If the weather is nice, I'll take her to the park or else the mall play area so she can get some energy out. I also try to find some new projects for her to do, like painting, gluing, etc. And I also do the reward thing for myself like mightybee mentioned

[summergirl1211]

My H isn't out of town much, but back when I was handling things by myself for awhile I found these things helped: making meals that had a lot of leftovers (so reduced time for cooking), help from family/friends (even just having someone come over to help keep an eye on Riley), long bath activities with paint or shaving cream, and early bed. Like others said, I would reward myself with a treat after she went to bed- wine, special dessert, etc.

It's not easy, that's for sure. I hope the time goes by quickly and Sadie takes it easy on you!

[cookiesandwine]

Thanks ladies. He just left this morning and thankfully Sadie stayed asleep while I was getting ready. I have a preschool orientation (WAAAHHHHHHH!!) meeting after work tonight so my parents are feeling her dinner. We have leftovers for dinner for Wednesday and I'm considering asking MIL to go to eat Thursday!

[nesenotes]

Mike doesnt go OOT but he comes home well after bedtime often so I do everything by myself....

I keep her busy. As busy as humanly possible. We take a lot of walks, she "helps" which is very annoying, I make her clean by giving her a rag and just letting her pretend clean, and do movies, long baths, so on and so forth. I know walks is hard pregnant. Being pregnant really put a kink in keeping her busy because I was tired so we went to a lot of indoor places like CFA or the jump house. And as soon as everyone is in bed its wine and Bravo for me!

[mightybee]

How's it going cookiesandwine? Surviving?

[cookiesandwine]

Still alive! Thanks for thinking of me! Dare I say she's been almost cooperative in the mornings and I haven't been late for work yet. Bath and bed are iffy, and thankfully Umizoomi was on tonight while I made dinner.