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What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

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johnsae
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What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Unfortunately for me it's a glass of wine or 3 Chat Icon Working out also does the trick, but the wine usually wins over working out. How are more Moms not total alcoholics? Seriously...not making a joke...the minute DD falls asleep I reach for the wine....a very unhealthy and expensive habit!! I can't believe more Moms aren't like me....or they are and just aren't talking about it???

Message edited 2/27/2008 6:09:36 PM.

Posted 2/27/08 6:09 PM
 
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cjik
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Not much, since the day usually ends around 9 or 10, but I usually watch TV or read.

Posted 2/27/08 6:09 PM
 

mommy2bella
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

I watch my Tivo'ed shows, read, etc. On Fridays or Saturdays I will have a few drinks...but not every day.

Bella goes to sleep at a decent hour (7:30pm) so I have plenty of time to relax usually (when she isn't teething her molars) didn't I see in a recent post that your DD goes to be at like 6pm?

Posted 2/27/08 6:18 PM
 

johnsae
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Posted by mommy2bella

I watch my Tivo'ed shows, read, etc. On Fridays or Saturdays I will have a few drinks...but not every day.

Bella goes to sleep at a decent hour (7:30pm) so I have plenty of time to relax usually (when she isn't teething her molars) didn't I see in a recent post that your DD goes to be at like 6pm?

yes, she does go to sleep around 6....(she's asleep right now)....I also read and do Sudoku and watch TV, but sometimes the glass of wine is too alluring for me to turn down. Just wondering if I'm the only one.

Posted 2/27/08 6:20 PM
 

cjik
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Well, I don't drink much at all because of a medical issue, but if I didn't have that, I would have a glass of wine many nights!Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 6:21 PM
 

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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

A couple of times a week (some weeks it's a few times), I make a martini or have a glass of wine. I also just surf the net and watch my soaps. I work in advertising, so there's always magazines. I usually take a bunch and read throughout the month.

I can't remember the last time I read a book, so I keep telling myself that I'm going to the bookstore.

Posted 2/27/08 6:37 PM
 

Matteos-mommy
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

I like to take a bubble bath. I'm still EBF so I don't drink very often.

Posted 2/27/08 6:48 PM
 

dm24angel
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

My husband walks in and its "WINE TIME"

Kidding..I usually wait till DS is asleep Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 6:49 PM
 

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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Veg out and watch whatever mindless reality show of the moment is on.Chat Icon Chat Icon

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Posted 2/27/08 6:57 PM
 

Diana1215
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Today is really the first day I feel like I have needed a glass of wine - and that is just what I'm going to have right now.

I was going to post the same thing after the exhausting bedtime routine we had tonight.

Let's just say getting peed on really solidified the glass of wine for me! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 7:15 PM
 

dm24angel
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Posted by Diana1215

Today is really the first day I feel like I have needed a glass of wine - and that is just what I'm going to have right now.

I was going to post the same thing after the exhausting bedtime routine we had tonight.

Let's just say getting peed on really solidified the glass of wine for me! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon



WOW...I think that deserves 3 glasses Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 7:16 PM
 

Dragonfly75
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

So funny, I just finished my "fed the baby, bathed the baby, put the baby to bed, now have a moment to myself" beer. I also find a little drink such a treat at the end of a long day.

Posted 2/27/08 7:20 PM
 

MrsProfessor
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Emma goes to bed at 7:00. Usually I goof off on the computer for a little while, and I often have a half hour or of work-related stuff to do. I really try to be in bed by 8:30 or so, so I can read for an hour. I get up at 5 so I try to get to bed early.

We had a few rough months with her and bedtime, so I am grateful that it's smoother (and EARLIER!) now. It makes such a difference.

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Posted 2/27/08 7:22 PM
 

Janice
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

I still BF, but once he is asleep, I do sometimes have a beer or a glass of wine.

I love cracking open a blue moon.

I don't have any family around though and leo works far away till the middle of the night, so I am a Type A worrier who needs a clear head to think in emergencies.

(that's what stops me from getting loaded.)

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BFing and this independent lifestyle.

Posted 2/27/08 7:25 PM
 

heidla
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Posted by johnsae

Unfortunately for me it's a glass of wine or 3 Chat Icon Working out also does the trick, but the wine usually wins over working out. How are more Moms not total alcoholics? Seriously...not making a joke...the minute DD falls asleep I reach for the wine....a very unhealthy and expensive habit!! I can't believe more Moms aren't like me....or they are and just aren't talking about it???



I fully admit that I too reach for a glass of wine when DS goes to sleep. I work out while DH gives DS dinner so I don't have to choose between wine or working out!!Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 7:27 PM
 

Ali1
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

depends...but usually a glass of wine (or 2) 1 or 2x a week after work and after the kids are in bed. Actually having one right now.

Other nights I read a book or magazines. Occassionally will watch TV.

I have been trying to get back into running at night, but after work, coming home feeding the kids, bathing them and playing with them the last thing i want to do is go out for a run....but i do love it once i do get out there.

I find the weekends to be easier to relax with. Being with the kids all day but also having DH there in case I want to do something really helps. It's the days I work and then come home I really want to relax when the boys go to bed.

Posted 2/27/08 7:29 PM
 

laurenM
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

After I put dd to sleep I NEED an hour of tv to relax before I go to sleep

Posted 2/27/08 7:31 PM
 

Lucky
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

I have dinner & my 4 oz. glass of red wine at 5:30 while DD has dinner. She goes to sleep around 7:00 or shortly thereafter. By 8:00, I am working out.

Posted 2/27/08 7:42 PM
 

ckone
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

There are many moms like yourself don't beat yourself up. One if my best friends is the same way - she looks forward to her end of day wine.

Posted 2/27/08 8:22 PM
 

monkeybride
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Mostly reading or surf the web. We don't ever drink at home. No reason really, we just aren't drinkers.

Posted 2/27/08 8:24 PM
 

dpli
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Read, watch TV, go online.

I don't drink much at home either. DH doesn't drink at all and I just can't tolerate it like I used to. I had 2 glasses of wine the other night after DS went to bed and I felt like a truck hit me the next morning. Even one or two glasses make me feel hungover in the morning now. Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 8:26 PM
 

ziamaria
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

i'll either watch tv or get online to wind down. Chat Icon

Posted 2/27/08 8:27 PM
 

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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

Luckily both my kids sleep from 6:30p-6:30a so we normally have sex but since he isn't home for a while instead I surf the net and catch up on the few boards I look at.

Posted 2/27/08 8:28 PM
 

lbelle821
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

typically i clean up the house, get things ready for the next day (bottles, clothes, etc). Actually most nights after the baby goes to sleep I work which keeps me very busy!

I don't think there is anything wrong with having some wine at night. Especially after a long day. If you think that maybe you want to cut back maybe try to come up with a project to do. I don't get a lot of spare time but when I do I like to write in his baby book, put his pictures in an album, go through my old yearbooks. Things like that. Of course all that does go well with a glass of wine in hand but maybe keeping your hands busy (instead of maybe just watching tv) might make the glass last a little longer so you cut it down. Is there anything else you like to do that doesn't feel like work (like exercise does)?

Message edited 2/27/2008 10:30:27 PM.

Posted 2/27/08 9:01 PM
 

MyChip-n-Dales
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Re: What do you do to relax at the end of a hard day?

welll i just posted on another page bute here we go!Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon
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