Weekend vacay with hubby😅

How soon after baby did you mamas take a mini just mommy and daddy vacation?

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My sister in law waited until their baby was about 3 months. Mine is four months and we still haven't. I don't feel comfortable letting anyone watch him until he 1. Sleeps through the night, 2. I am ready to stop breast feeding, and 3. Really when I feel we would both be comfortable. Probably the earlier we would do it is 6 months for a trip that's no more than an hour away for one night in my opinion

Never and my kids are 4 and 18 months :(

Hahahahahahahaha this is a joke right? Ummm after my daughter was born hubs deployed so she was 15 months before he got back and we spent a weekend alone. She’s 4.5 and my son will be a bit over 2 when he gets back from this next deployment so we will probably take a weekend away to reconnect but aside from that, probably never.

My little one is 11mths and we haven’t left her overnight yet. We don’t have any family we’re comfortable with so we’ve only ever been out to dinner alone after she was down for the night. If my mom were still alive, I’d have left her overnight for sure probably around 3mths, like I did with my oldest.

2 months after my first son was born hubby and I went to Jamaica for 4 days. I pumped once in the morning and once at night for a month in order to save enough milk for him. Now with two little ones our only vacation is a trip to the supermarket together. 😊

My son was 4 months old when we left him overnight with my mom for the first time. It was a 2 night trip 45 min away from her house. We left him again with her for 1 night when he was 6 months old and stayed one night 45 min away. At 8 months old we left him for a night with her and stayed in a hotel in the same town. At 10 months old we left him with her for 2 nights and stayed about 2 hours away...that was definitely bit anxiety provoking.
My mom lives out of state and she is the only person who can (is willing to) watch him over night as he still feeds (formula fed) every 2-3 hours at night so we always try to get away for at least a night whenever she visits us or we visit her. We probably won't take a longer vacation until he starts sleeping more through the night.

Oh girl after being pregnant for 9-10months and then becoming a mom you deserve a vacation. I took a vacation after I had my son but I brought him along and had family help. But he was a great baby. But if you feel your ready to leave your baby no matter what anyone says you know what’s best. You deserve some time. Have fun!

When our baby was 2 months we went away for a 2 day vacation and left her with my mom and dad. Don't hesitate to take the time you need. Pregnancy and birth and taking care of a newborn isnt easy. You deserve that break!

Girl go on that vacay! In a week my little guy will be 6 weeks and it’s also my bday. Me and the hubs plan on going out so our guy is going to stay the night at my parents! Can’t wait for a night with my hubby alone! Love my little baby boy but mom and dad need a night out! Enjoy that vacay and do not listen to anyone who judges your parenting. You do what’s best for you!

We still have yet to take a vacay!

My kids are 5 (almost 6) and 2 and I still haven’t.. I’m a crazy mom and don’t want anyone watching my kids but me!!!

I long to take a vacay but I don’t see it happening anytime soon 😕

2 year old and we still haven’t... we bring her on our vacations. Next month we’re taking my mom so she can be with my daughter while we spend alone time.

My daughter is 15 months and we still have not spent a night away lol

Lol. Haven’t yet & baby is almost 2 years

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Love my husband. Love my kids. But…

I’m 32 weeks pregnant with twins. I take care of my 4 yo, 2 yo, and 1 yo. I barely have energy to stand anymore. I cuddle and watch movies with my kids all day at this point. My husband is less pushy in this pregnancy in wanting to be touched or love up on me. But I feel more like a tool these days more than ever. He gets frustrated (not to a crazy degree) but I can tell he huffs because he’s probably sexually frustrated from me not wanting to be touched on. (my boobs are super sensitive atm) I love having the babies part, but the pregnancy also now has me feeling like a baby making machine. And a tool with big boobs made for touches and my husbands pleasure. Ofc I love my husband and kids, but with my hormones all wack, it really doesn’t feel the same when you’re not turned on. It’s so hard for me to get turned on. I’m uncomfortable all the time in my own body. Babies moving in there all the time. My children cuddle me all day but get rowdy at the end of the day, so I end up getting touched out and I can get irritable when my husband tries to touch me affectionately. He doesn’t have the tact necessary for me right now, when I wish he wanted to go in for a normal comforting hug I’m let down more often than not, there is almost always a boob groping involved as well. I tried to just let him touch me last night so he could get it out of his system, but he could tell I felt tense. Wish my boobs weren’t such an uncomfortable place for me to be touched. Idk why I’m making this post. Probably just to vent. Wish men were equally as emotionally intelligent as women. Wish I didn’t feel like I still owe him something because he’s picking up a lot of the house load and yet I still need to ask him to do more before these twins arrive. He’s tired every day when he comes home, so he takes a shower sometimes works out, and helps get the kids to bed. So it’s a struggle getting him to help any further than that. Weekends are my only time to get to him. But it’s a struggle to find time on weekends too. I know if he wanted to he would. But there’s just no drive.

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Going back to work!

Already thinking about this! Told my boss I was pregnant this week at 10 weeks, he was so happy for me. He’s recently became a first time Dad and was showing me pictures of his baby. I told him my plans about going back after 6 months and he looked at me like I was mad, am I!? I absolutely love my job and cannot imagine giving it up, I manage a team and am petrified my position won’t be there if I had a year off. My husband gets 6 months full pay so the plan would be for him to have the last 6 months off and I also made it clear to my boss that I would like to go part time. That way we can hopefully parent together 4/7 days rather than just the weekend! I am such an overthinking! 🤣 but this is what I’m struggling with the most, I’ve worked full time since I was 17 (12 years ago) and the max time I’ve had off in one go is 2 weeks when I got married. I’m sooo excited to be a Mum and we decided now was the right time, which it 100% is! But I feel so on edge about not working! I’m sure once I’m on maternity leave I won’t even think about work! Has anyone else felt the same?

What are we giving our soon-to-be 3yo for their birthdays?

We have the magnetiles, we have the kinetic sand and play doh, we have the play kitchen…

Literally, is there anything left in the world to buy this spoilt kid? 😅

Baby groups?

Hello there!!
I hope you enjoying the 5month babies 🫠 the cuteness outweighs everything over here.
We live in the area of Croydon & need to start going to baby groups ( I NEED it more than him though) but I am a little bit clueless. Any recommendations?
We are happy to travel a bit too.
Thanks ☺️