Since I've been on maternity leave, exactly once for about 20 minutes. H took DS for a drive in the car to settle him down.
Beginning next week, I'm back to work so every Monday is a WFH day. DS will be in daycare. Also, I travel for work once every other week or so I will be alone in my other home, a hotel room - long, uninterrupted showers, whatever takeout I want for dinner, and no MOTN duties. Sorry, H
Post by thebreakfastclub on Mar 10, 2015 15:44:34 GMT -5
H and I each do stuff alone probably every other week. Sometimes we go out alone, other times we are home alone. It's not been hard, since we only have one kid. Since he was always FF, it was easy to leave whenever I wanted.
Not super often, but it happens. DH will occasionally take the girls to the gym kid zone while he works out, so I'll get like 1.5 hrs on a weekend morning. Or in the fall, sometimes he takes them to our friends' house to play with the other kids while the dads watch football.
I also get 2 hrs to myself while the girls are in preschool twice a week, so if I go home instead of gym/shopping, I have solo house time. Did that today, actually.
Post by shellbear09 on Mar 10, 2015 17:28:17 GMT -5
My H will take DD out on the weekend sometimes either to the store or to visit grandma. It is a nice break. I will also have an occassional day off alone .
I'm only home alone for a few hours on Sunday afternoons. My H is working and my parents watch C so I can work on school stuff (I'm a teacher).
The first time my H took C to my parents when I was on maternity leave was weird. We were doing a practice run for when I went back to work (my mom watches C), so they left at 6:30am. I sobbed at first, because I missed my baby but then it was kind of nice to clean without any interruptions.
My mom takes DD on Tuesday & Thursday afternoons from 2:30-5:30 and it is AMAZING. I can get so much done - either shopping/errands, dinner prep, or just being lazy around the house. I don't think I could tolerate SAH if it weren't for that break.
Post by Ashley&Scott on Mar 10, 2015 18:52:14 GMT -5
I'm home alone right now. DH & M are at the park. I've made dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, sorted the mail & done some laundry. Now I'm just relaxing waiting for them to get home.
Before today it's been a few weeks since I was home alone. I see it happening more often now that's it's getting nice out. We'll take turns staying home to cook & going to the park.
Post by wanderlustmom on Mar 10, 2015 19:09:22 GMT -5
Before the kids went to K, maybe once or twice a month, DH would take the kids a few hours without me and I loved it. And preschool gave me some time, but some of that was in the office.
Now with school full time for them and my part time private practice--I get a few hours in the house alone daily. Today I prepped dinner, ran two hours and did a barre class. And I saw four clients.
Summer though is back to limited me time unless neighbors swap play dates
Only once since DD was born 5 months ago - MLK day, I had the day off work and took DD to daycare. I WFH half the day and then cleaned, so nothing fun, but it was still a nice change of pace.
Nope! That's not alone, you were still responsible for E. I'm that kind of alone all the time. It's not nearly the same.
I haven't been home alone then, lol. But, to be fair, DH is the PCG in our family right now, so I give HIM a lot of alone time.
Yes and I totally get that but you should try to arrange it one day. It was heavenly! Can he take her to his parents for a few hours without you? They're local, aren't they?
I haven't been home alone then, lol. But, to be fair, DH is the PCG in our family right now, so I give HIM a lot of alone time.
Yes and I totally get that but you should try to arrange it one day. It was heavenly! Can he take her to his parents for a few hours without you? They're local, aren't they?
They are…to be fair, I get time OUT of the house without either of them being around…but if I were here and she were gone - honestly, I would feel compelled to clean. When I had to clean before the GTG last weekend I was appalled at how gross our house was and I didn't even get through most of what I had planned. Maybe I should take some of our tax return and pay for cleaning ladies to deep clean it, lol.