SAH Sunday: Me Time

[Bluedaisy]

So, I know none of us have much me time or free time.  So how and when doyou get your me time (after baby is in bed, while LO is napping or do you have designated me time when SO watches the LOs?).  


AAANNNDDD... how do you spend those precious minutes?

[Bluedaisy]

For me I take a few minutes during naps if the house stuff is done and then at night after he's gone to sleep and the house and tidied. Also DH sometimes gives me time if I want it for something specific.

I love to read, colour, or craft.

[periwinkledaydreams]

Desperately lacking. Ive consistently ended up at the grocery store, which is technically still a chore. Or I just go to bed. I need a haircut like nobodies business, and have absolutely no idea how someone would find the time to do crafty things but I would love to do them again!

Eta that I have a shit ton of NBR and not home/house related stuff going on right now, that eats up all my would-be possibly time.

[thecatsmeow]

This newly semi-consistent napping has been a godsend for my mental health! I will usually get a lot done during them, but still try to just sit down and take 15-20 minutes to read the paper with the kitty on my lap. After bedtime and after tidying up I might get to exercise, read, color, or shutterfly... or just go to sleep.

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[tiffbot]

After they go to bed H and I go hang out in the basement either watching Netflix together or he works from home for a bit and I just chill out. Throughout the day I'll have a few minutes here and there to check in here in an attempt to shut my brain down for a couple minutes haha. Usually during their afternoon naps is the easiest time to have some quiet time.

[wegrowsheep]

T's doing 2-3 naps a day for an hour to an hour and a half. So there's that, but the big kids are awake then and I devote it to them most of the time. And housecleaning.

Once the kids are ALL in bed, I clean, knit, tcf, read, sexy time, etc...

[purple]

I think I do pretty well for time without the baby. My mum comes round three or four times a week and either takes her for a walk or plays with her at home. I always use that time for chores or food prep. The closest I have to me time during the week is nap gaol. If I'm not napping myself I read books or TCF, or internet generally. That's when I get a lot of L's second hand clothes and cloth nappies from the Facebook pages!

L hasn't been very good at going to sleep recently, but when she does have a good evening H and I play a short board game or ST. Both is the ultimate luxury and rarely happens!

At weekends H is keen on taking the baby to give me actual free time, but it doesn't always work. For the last couple of weekends I've been working on the tax return for my business.

I do have one evening a fortnight when I go to church for music practice for about an hour and a half, and the same week I leave for church an hour before H and L and stay in church for the whole service. The alternate week I take her to crèche and he stays in for the whole service.

I really can't imagine having time to colour, let alone craft, and I'd love to. But this is a seas of life and it won't always be like this!

[txngrl31]

During V's three naps, I eat, workout, clean house, surf the net, or catch up on a Bravo show.

After V goes to bed, I cook/ clean dishes, finish any house chore I didn't get to, watch tv and enjoy a glass of wine,

[pghtruelove]

I play with the dog or nap. I feel bad because I used to take Rox to the dog park for hours and we would play all the time and I've been seriously lacking. So I play with her any chance I get.

[mirage86]

I grab a few minutes here and there when E is occupied with a toy, but mostly I have to wait until he is in bed for the night. DH will take him briefly if I need to do something specific like shave, or if a store run would be done more quickly sans baby. Lately I've also been unable to fall asleep until around 1:30am or so, which means I get a lot more time alone in the evening, I guess.
Free time is usually spent on here, misc games, Netflix after E is asleep, and misc little things like organizing photos or making lists for myself.

[silv3rlining]

On the off chance I get actual "me" time to myself meaning no kids need me and my husband doesn't need me I usually just waste the time so to speak. Occasionally my "me" time is cleaning. I've also taken to going grocery shopping after the kids are in bed. But we have a Wegman's I go to so I will sometimes get sushi and sit down and eat first. I also can sneak some tub soaks when the kids are sleeping when DH is home (but he usually joins me)