Just wondering if any of you get “me time”with our toddlers being a little bit older now, if you do how often?

At least once a week

Once every 6 months? To a year?

Once a day during nap time. I also take a nap lol

@Michelle have you not been able to even watch a movie without your baby? Not even after their bedtime no? That counts as me time as well technically.

Serval times a week usually I have a nanny in home 3 days per week / & I usually get out the house every morning to workout daily and their dad looks after them, I get out pretty early they’re usually all still sleeping during the time that I leave for my hike

Not really since im a single mom of 2 under 2 😅

@Jadie how long does your baby nap for? Mine naps consistently anywhere between 30mins to an hour, once in a blue moon she will stretch to 1hr30mins - 2hrs which would be a dream come true if she could do this everyday but an hour is not even enough for a whole movie so during her nap I either prep dinner or I shower, can’t do both lol she’s usually up by the time I’ve finished either one but yeah it gets so hard to incorporate me time everyday with a low sleep needs child. Would absolutely love to have me time everyday but just not realistic for me unfortunately.

@Donna love that for you!

i get me time during her nap, my bf and i usually spend the evenings together or doing what we want after she goes to sleep, i go to yoga on the weekends or early mornings

Usually it's after my LO is in bed. If I wanted to go out I'll just plan an evening and make sure hubby takes over. But I'm still at the stage where she's in bed for the night, and I watch whatever I want or take a long shower im really happy with that. I'd rather be able to sleep in my own bed and have energy the next day lol but hubby is more than happy to help me plan a few days away if I wanted it

When I needed me time, I took it.

After my son goes to bed that’s my me time. But during the day, I just have to ask my husband for help. He works weekend nights. We always work together on what we want/need to get done during the week.

2-3* a week. I have a bachata and salsa dance class on Tuesdays, a salsa social on Friday nights at the club, and some weeks I’ll see a gf on Sat nights if she didn’t wanna come dancing w me on the Friday, some girls meet me there some girls wanna go somewhere else, me and Hubby take turns to see our friends on the Sat night, sometimes it’s a group meet and once a month we do a date night or a double date night.

Every 2 weeks my mother in law comes over to visit so I have 2 weekends out of the month to get shit done and relax and play some video games

no rest for this momma! I’ve learn to go out with friends at a place that has a playground or just hanging out at our toddler proofed house. I make little time for myself when my toddler is independent playing but it often is interrupted and doesn’t fill that need. I end up staying up late for me time and my kid wakes up early, lol I’m dreaming of the years ahead where it’s not quite this way. be grateful for everything you have though, truly

NEVER!!

My 'me' time away from my toddler is when he is at nursery 2 days a week. But I still have my 10 month old to tend too - but we all know the different kinds of neediness if you have multiple kids 😂

Every day when my partner finishes work I go upstairs and do my own thing for an hour or two if I want. Then 2 guaranteed evenings out a month, but usually ends up being 3-4

i don’t even care about it anymore🙃😅. i take 2 hour everything shower once a week when my husband is home. and after im done he have to have a long nap coz he gets tired around our toddler 😂

I get time after she goes to bed but I have the monitor on in case I'm needed. Other than that I have just started planning stuff more often away from my daughter (she's 2.5). My parents also have her for a sleepover every couple of months

I get a few hours after he's gone down for the night - if he's down by 8/9 pm and if I'm not too tired or have to work.

I started going to a gym with creche so I workout 3 times a week while leaving him there. Then my partner stays with him for a few hours on his days off plus once a month every Saturday evening I get to go out. Other than that I take me time when he naps at noon

I said once a month but it’s usually once every 2-3 months , I had my son all the time when he was a baby I didn’t trust anyone to take care of him like I did now that he’s 4 and tells me all the chisme it’s more chill just took a weekend to Atlanta and he didn’t cry when I left because he knows by now that mom will always come back

i go for a bath about twice a week while my husband looks after the kids. i also go to play tennis every other weekend for an hour!

I've started going and laying down for nap time while the toddler and dad play like four times a week. I know thats not what you mean but I kind of reset the clock on that one so thats the closest I get to me time.

When they are in bed

I try and plan to have something booked at least once a month, I love going to the theatre so me and my mum have always got a matinee booked at least every couple of months. Then we also make time to go to a health spa and have a massage/facial probably every other month. My husband takes them on his days off if I need an hour or two and this time I fill with reading, watching something etc. just purely relaxing 😂 gym, walks etc. I do whilst they are at nursery 2 mornings a week. As well as housework, shopping and general upkeep of the house I try and get done whilst they’re away from home at nursery or out with their dad so that when they are at home with me we can do stuff just for them 😊

I never had any me time until i put my son into preschool unfortunately. He is now back home as we have a 2 month old so really 0 me time 😂😢

Generally once a month is the minimum goal. I’d say probably twice or three times a month is realistic for a few hours of time without baby where I get to hang out with friends

Never

Before having our second child (she is bf) I was able to go out when I liked. My husband is perfectly capable. I went to pilates every week, and at least one social event each week. It's trickier as I'm breastfeeding now, but I'm hopeful it will get back to that when she's a bit older.

My son is 18mo now, goes down at 8pm so I get me time 8-10pm. Other than that not really.

@Amy my kids don’t nap that long lol