Help! Finding time to play

Im a ftm and dad is a ftd too, and we were heavy gamers up until baby girl arrived (weve been together six years and played games almost daily for almost that entire time). We are both desperately wanting to find a middle ground because we know gaming all night every night with a 3 month old is unrealistic, but we want to find a sense of normalsy again. How are other gamer families finding time to play? Oh and I forgot to mention baby girl has fomo like a mf, and she hates naps because of it 😭

Is this something that will just take time? Like will it get easier as she gets older? Or what can we do?

Any tips and tricks are greatly appreciated for how to find time to play while still being an attentive parent!

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when my son was younger, around 3/4 months, i would have him nap in his carrier on me and game then. he would sleep for a good 2 hour chunk and i would get some time to have some downtime.

at nighttime it should be easier, even if you guys game for 2 hours rather than the whole night. but as they get older it is easier - my son is 9 months now and sleeps from 7pm-12pm before needing a feed so me and my bf play during that time

As a WFH mom of 2 kids and my husband is a disabled veteran, we usually have to alternate game times. It is a bit easier as they get older, but it's hard to game when motherhood makes you crash out early in the evening, so I have to typically make time during my kids nap times

It gets easier once they have longer naps and sleep through the night. But some babies only take short naps, and some won’t sleep well through the night for a long time.

Just keep your expectations open, babies are all so different!

My little girl would take one big nap during the day at 6 months, and she started sleeping longer through the night around 9 months. But it took me a good 1-3 hours to get her to sleep at night.

Once they get a bit older, sometimes you can play a game while they do some independent play. It all depends if they even want independent play or if they’re a velcro baby. 😂

My 2yr old likes to occasionally watch me play games. And she is good to do some independent play. Right now she does not want to nap at all which is a big struggle, but usually she goes to bed early now.

If you play on a tv it’s not so bad, but any sort of game on a phone or portable console just makes them want to grab it.

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