Time for me!!!!!

i only get time to myself after midnight when everyone else is asleep.

My only time for myself is half an hour in the shower after both kids are in bed and my husband is busy looking at cars online. If I step out of the shower he starts bombarding me with questions so I take long showers to just relax away from everyone else. Except for the few times that he decides to bug me in the shower.

I'm lucky to have a pretty content baby.... content when he's in my arms, anyway! He's just started crawling, so I've stepped up my "carpet patrol", making sure there's nothing dangerous for him on the floor, or within arms reach.  Hubs works 13 hour days, and when he comes home all he wants to do is eat dinner, play on the computer and go to bed... which leaves me with Ronnie. Don't get me wrong, I love my boy, but every now and then I need to relax too!! I haven't painted my nails in.... 5 months, and usually only get a chance to put makeup on in the car. We've got a Johnny Jump-up that I put Ronnie in when I'm in the shower, but I don't really count that as "time for me". To me, taking a shower is a necessity, not a luxury.

I am a 26-yr old SAHM to 2 girls, ages 5 and 2. I also watch my cousin's little boy during the day, who is also 2. Honestly, I think I'm pretty lucky because I consciously decide, every day, how my day is going to go. Don't get me wrong, there are those days, but all in all, our household is pretty relaxed. I'm super-organized though, which really helps. My husband works full time and also goes to school in the evenings (he graduated next year) so he comes home from work at 3:30 and leaves for class at 5. That is the worst time of day because the kids are whiny for supper, and we have to eat very early because we have to have it all cleaned up by 5 when he leaves. Anyways, where I'm going with this is, I usually take some time to relax and hang out with my 5-yr old when the other two are napping after lunch, and our kids also go to bed really well. It's usually around 8, although with summer it's sometimes later. After they go to bed, I relax! I sometimes have a glass of wine, chat with the Husband when he comes home from class. I also fold laundry (strangely enough, it's relaxing for me!) and watch TV. The weekends we try to plan something fun for the kids, or just grill and hang out in our backyard with the neighbors.

Both  my kids go to school but I really don't consider that time to myself because I still have to clean up and I occasionally have a kid or two. Just recently I started keeping my brother's daughter. See he works overnight. He gets off at 3. He fets maybe three hours of sleep then he has to wakeup and take his wife to work and his son to school. If he keeps his daughter at home he has to take care of her. Which leaves him with fully awake 2 year old because she has already had her 8 hours of sleep. So I decided I would help him out and keep her while he gets some sleep.

what is time to yourself? never head of it. i am 20 years old and have a 18 month old and i babysit 2 kids, a 2 year old and 4year old from 6am to almost 5pm. i get NO time to myself. except when i sleep but what fun is that. no time to myself at all. i feel that i am starting to seriously go crazy.

I chose a few hours but, that is if I don't want to take a nap when my 2 y/o is. But, she is pretty good she is indepandant and likes to play on her own in her little cottage thing with her baby. So, unless she is hungry thirsty or has to go  potty I don't hear from her much.

I only get time to myself when I go to the gym but when I get back exhausted and sweaty I am back on mommy duty bathing and putting to sleep. It never ends!!

I said 10 minutes but usually none at all.  My SO teaches and coaches football so most nights he isn't home until 8:30 or later.  Plus Saturday games and Sunday meeting uggh.  I have 2 kids under 4 and also babysit for a one year old and occasionaly a few extra kids as well.  Most of the time I don't even pee in peace (tmi sorry)... they bang on the door until I come out.

I don't really get any time as well, I'm 27 and have 3 kids- 7 y/o girl, 5 y/o girl and a VERY active almost 2 y/o (in Nov) boy! Having 3 is so very hard- I would even consider my husband to be a kids a well, I literally do EVERYTHING in my home. And yes, I know that's what a SAHM does, but I always envisioned the husband doing more that go to work and then come home and do really nothing, but sit in his lazy boy being a "lazy boy"? lol Oh, and I have the stress of my f.i.l, he's fully disabled and we pretty much take care of him and his kids when they come to visit. He has 7 total, my husband being the oldest, but 4 of them are still @ home age. One of his boys, an 11 y/o, lives with us. My f.i.l lies to us, he takes total advantage of us, takes things w/o asking, says he never has money, (which he get $1,200 a mon) but has almost no responsibility monthly, except $300 for the new van that WE GOT HIM! He has a prescription drug problem...... he broke his back @ 23 yrs old and has been on meds ever since.I know he did not ask for it, but he's not a good person anymore.... He's had 4 back surgeries total. My husband is looking to head in the same direction, as in the whole back problem- he has  degeneritive disc disease, BUT refuses to become the "person" his dad has become. I have time to myself at maybe midnite or 1 in the morning....? My son is in our room- although it is a HUGE room, he wakes up with irritation or uncomfortableness- we're seeing 3 specialists for diff reasons- that's a WHOLE different story. But I'm up almost every night w/ him then I'm up @ 7 again and am literally running till midnite or 1 am again. :( I feel myself loosing it, slowly slipping away. I've started a vice that I can't quit. I started from being SO miserably unhappy.... now I don't know what to do or how to live anymore......

So..... yeah, that's me. :)