Post by countthestars on Feb 18, 2014 14:56:37 GMT -5
I drink a lot less. We go out for drinks far less often and I don't drink much at home because it makes me too sleepy and even less excited than usual about getting up MOTN. Once DD starts to sleep better this may change.
Post by turtlegirl on Feb 18, 2014 14:57:22 GMT -5
Overall, I would say no.
It seems like if I have more than 1 glass of wine then I don't sleep well and feel like crap the next morning. Not worth it with kids.
Also, DH is in school 3 nights a week and I feel weird drinking (even just a glass or wine or a beer) alone after the kids are asleep.
In the summer time when DH is not in school and we BBQ more, eat outside, play outside after dinner more, etc then both DH and I are more likely to have a glass or two of wine or have a beer or two after work.
I don't think it's changed, but I think I drink "a lot" compared to some here, at least based on polls that have asked that. I have a drink (usually a beer) pretty much every day.
Last night, E was a holy toddler terror before bed, so I had two small pours of prosecco after he went to bed. Earlier, I had had a beer.
Yes, I think. We don't go out as much, so we're more likely to drink at home. I don't know why though, considering I'm a pretty terrible drinker now and pass out after or during my first glass.
I drink more frequently, as in a glass of wine a night, but less overall; there are no more weekend 4 hour dinners with a bottle of wine, a couple cocktails, and an after dinner drink.
samesies. I actually enjoy this glass-or-two-no-hangover style more than the crazy Thurs-Sun drinkfests that were my early & mid twenties.
I get drunk a lot less often - we used to live in the city so no DD issues so going out was always a good time, ha - but I probably drink more often. I'll have a glass of wine or beer, sometimes two, most nights after DS goes to bed (depending on when I go to bed. If I go to bed at 9 or 930, I'll only have one, if I stay up later, i'll have a second.) Whereas I used to drink less frequently but would drink more in one night.
Post by ginkgoleaf on Feb 18, 2014 15:36:21 GMT -5
Less. We almost never go to a bar anymore and I hardly ever drink anymore since I feel like I have to be responsible all the time in case something terrible happened and I had to drive DS somewhere. When I do drink, it takes much less to get me tipsy than before. Depending, it's only 1-2 drinks and I'm feeling pretty good.
I drink a lot less. Pre-baby I had a glass of wine or mixed drink every night. Now if I'm not to tired I may have a half a beer or glass of wine. But if I drink to much I'm a beast to wake up if DD wakes up overnight.
See, my ideal night is one strong drink (a glass of port or imperial ale). I get drunk... for 45 min or an hour, and then I'm sober by bedtime and sleep just fine.
See, my ideal night is one strong drink (a glass of port or imperial ale). I get drunk... for 45 min or an hour, and then I'm sober by bedtime and sleep just fine.
I haven't had a hangover in like a decade.
Yeah, I'm having a hard time relating to the hangover comments. Like, I drink (a lot, apparently) but not enough to cause a hangover. Drinking != drunk, in my mind.
No. I still haven't had a drink since I got pregnant. I want to drink, but my doctor scared me by saying if I drink then I can't feed him until the next day.
What!? Your doctor lied to you.
You can probably add me to the more frequent/less overall crowd. I drink more in the summer than the winter, but still not a lot. That said, I've definitely been having (large) glasses of wine a couple nights a week now, when in the past I only drank if there was some sort of social gathering.
No. I still haven't had a drink since I got pregnant. I want to drink, but my doctor scared me by saying if I drink then I can't feed him until the next day.
I have a "I survived another day at home and didn't kill anyone" drink almost nightly when dh calls to say he's on the way home. I also sometimes have "I survived bedtime" and occasionally "I stayed up past 9" celebratory drinks, too.
So more than before I had kids. I also really don't like being drunk, so that hasn't been a huge change volume per night wise.
I'm in the more frequently but in smaller quantities camp. I consume roughly the same amount of wine per week but it's spread over the course of five to seven days as opposed to one or two.
I drink a lot less. We go out for drinks far less often and I don't drink much at home because it makes me too sleepy and even less excited than usual about getting up MOTN. Once DD starts to sleep better this may change.
Exactly these reasons. I'm a cranky bear when woken up after drinking.