Being home alone

[bananapancakes]

I've been going crazy with all the sickness in the house lately so H offered to take L for a walk in the stroller since they are both feeling better. It's actually decently mild right now and they were gone for 1 1/2 hours! It was the first time since L was born that I was alone in the house! I tidied up, had lunch by myself, and had a long, leisurely shower. I feel so refreshed! They even brought me back a donut. We need to do this more often!

How often are you alone in the house? When was the last time?
Who usually takes the kid(s)? Where do they go? What do they do?

[Deleted]

It happens semi regularly. My older two play with friends on a regular basis and DH or my mom take the youngest sometimes. It's amazing!

[madringal]

I am rarely alone in my house. If I am it is on the days tht DH and I both work late, and he picks up the kids from my inlaws. I get home about 30 minutes before them, and have just enough time to change my clothes and make dinner. So, I don't get to enjoy it.

[aspentosh]

DD goes to preschool for two hours on Tu and Thu. I love her and my family, but it's a glorious two hours where I can do whatever I want. It's usually cleaning or errands or workouts or something not so fun, but I have the option to do something stupid, so it's nice

Glad you got some time to yourself!

[kershnic]

A few weeks ago DW took the babies out to a social thing without me for a few hours. It was the first time in many months that I had been alone at home. I agree - magical!

[SJ]

I love being home alone now.

[glitzy07]

My H is awesome about taking C and SS outside to play, or to go visit his parents, in order to give me some alone time. Sometimes, like this weekend, I end up deep cleaning. Sometimes I end up napping or vegging on the couch.

[jenn248]

Very rarely in the winter, more often in the warmer months (DH will take DD to the playground on his own for an hour or so on the weekends sometimes). DH did take DD to a playdate with some friends on Saturday, so I got a nice break then (I ran errands and went out to lunch by myself; it was great).

I would say it's rare that either of us have much time alone at home; usually one of us (DH more than me) will go out with friends while the other stays home with DD.

[magpie]

I usually spend 15-45 minutes alone in the house daily, Mon-Fri. I get off work at 3pm either come home and spend a little time tidying/meal prepping before picking DD up from daycare or I go for a run/go to the gym before picking DD up. I feel very grateful to have that slice of time to myself every day. Sometimes, I feel like I should rush to pick DD up right after 3pm, but honestly, she's often still napping then and if she is awake, she's usually having a blast with her friends.

[kitty63]

Almost never and I miss it soooo much. DH is all about taking the kids so I can go do my own thing but I don't think he gets that sometimes doing NOTHING is the best.

[qcinoct]

I am very rarely home alone. It usually happens if I cut out of work early/take a sick day. DH very, very rarely takes both boys out of the house on the w/e, and no one else takes them anywhere (no local g'parents or other family that would do this)

[Deleted]

I'm very rarely home alone. DH will occasionally (maybe once a month) take DS with him to Home Depot if I ask. But they're home in an hour, DH is speedy at everything. I think the last time I was home alone was a few days before Christmas, when I made DH take DS out so I could wrap everyone's presents.

[bowies]

I was alone in the house most of last week since I was home sick. I starfished in bed. I occasionally work from home too.

H and I will usually run errands together on the weekend, but occasionally he will take DS out by himself.

[zarapipe]

Dh took both girls so I could do an online test for my clasS. First time since the baby was born.

[Deleted]

I think I've spent 20 minutes in my house totally alone - no H, no DD, no mom or MIL - since DD was born.

[turtlegirl]

Fairly often. I would say at least once every week or two.

Yesterday I worked from home while my mom had the kids are her house. I usually am in the office on Mondays, but we had an oven repair person coming over, so I WFH. I actually got a decent amount of real work done, but was able to do a few loads of laundry and run the robot vacuum and tidy a few things up as well. And have whatever I wanted on TV in the background most of the day.

Usually it's a WFH situation. But every once in a while DH will take the kids out on the weekends for errands, the park, walking the dog, etc.

[kdubs923]

It never happens.

I think the last time was sometime in the fall? DH took DS to see our niece's tennis match.

I do 99% of daycare drop off & pick ups, so DS is normally with me. And DH works an odd schedule so it's often just DS and I at the house.

[chickens987]

Once a week or so when I telecommute it's glorious.

[wavepool]

Three times in the last 23 months. Once when I was sick, two other times when he was at my parents' house. I don't think H has ever taken him anywhere alone when I've been around.
That said, my H is all about me getting out of the house--will tell me places I could go, encourage me to go downstairs and hang out (while they're upstairs), practically set up a dinner date with my friends, schedule nights out for the two of us with a sitter--but never ever actually leaves. He does not understand that I would like to be in the house alone and that them being upstairs does not count!
He's alone in the house often because I take O lots of places because I like to. Especially if it's just O and I, we're likely to be gone the entire day, but H just likes to stay home with him.

[Deleted]

Maybe once or twice a month I will ask H to take the girls to a park or another outing so I can have a little alone time on a weekend day.

[babyrn]

Rarely. Maybe once a month. I work overnights and every third weekend. Sometimes on those Saturdays if DH doesn't have to work too he will take DD to my parents' house for the day so I can sleep uninterrupted.

[cinco]

Tuesday mornings I get a couple hours while DD is in school. I usually go out for a run, then take a leisurely shower followed by coffee. It is delightful! I babysit for a neighbor several mornings a week, but I won't give up my Tuesdays.

[mandapanda18]

I am alone once every couple of weeks. Not for long mind you, but it works. I get to watch 1/2 and hour of uninterrupted tv, or clean without saying "no touching" a million times.

[lmb5109]

I work from home so I am usually alone in the house 8 hours a day while DD is at daycare. 

[meltoine]

Theoretically every Monday now that DS2 is in MDO.

In reality, yesterday was only the second time they've both gone in between illness and snow days, and then H came home way early so I got like an hour.

[dcn]

I looooove being home alone! I have Friday's off and send Ds to daycare 1-2 times a month those days so I can get stuff done or just relax. One Friday I watched like six hours of Friday Night Lights and did laundry. It was amazing.

Otherwise it is rare. Dh took Ds to see the Iditarod teams run on Saturday. I was home alone for about an hour before I went to book club.

[jeaniebueller]

Rarely. On occasion if I happen to come home early before picking up DD or DS.

[rootbeerfloat]

H picks up the kids while I come straight home, so I'm alone for 30-45 minutes or so each week day. Longer stretches are fairly rare.

[arebee]

The day before Valentine's Day H took DD with him to go run some errands and pick up lunch for us. I think that's the only time I have been home alone since she was born (10 months).

[bananapancakes]

And I just got home from grocery shopping by myself. It was glorious!