What do you miss...

goosh24

from before you had a kid/s?  Besides sleep, since that's a given!  I really need a haircut but it never seems to happen.  I miss being able to go out on a whim and do errands or go out to dinner.  Jules is definitely not a sit still kind of kid so those things can be really difficult and stressful. 

I know that things will change as they get older and I'm not complaining, I wouldn't trade any of this.  Just wondered what everyone else missed.

June4bride2be

I miss having the time and cash to go to the casinos! We haven't been since R was born and we used to go at least 1x a month! I love slot machines! lol

Irisheyes1247

I really miss going out to Happy Hour or for a drink with my girlfriends. I used to go out a lot more. Actually, this is more a "before you were married" thing, but mostly because when I got married I moved to Rochester and don't have very many friends in town.

I miss buying clothes and shoes just for me, keeping up on my haircut and general appearance. I used to have more $ to spend on me back then

I miss not being able to come home and sit on the couch for a few hours and just veg out and catch up on the DVR if I want to. I love hanging out with DD, but now I feel like any free time I get, or time when she is sleeping, is spent doing things around the house, not really just relaxing.

meryltheresa

We lived in Baltimore right before we had L.  I miss on a random Tuesday night saying "hey let's go to Kislings and get some wings and a few beers."  DH and I actually just talked about this over the weekend.  We love L and are so excited for the little girl to come, but sometimes we miss those days.  More so me because DH still goes to happy hour at least once a month. 

ArcticFox

Sleep, and to eat a meal in peace.  I am so sick of scarfing down my food, getting up every 2minutes for something (napkin, sauce, wipe something, more of something), or standing while I eat.. or simply eating on the go (like in the car).

I also miss putting on some of my own music and reading a book.. bonus would be to not have to feel tired or rushed.. those days are SO over..

TinaL99

Getting a haircut, pedicure and eyebrow wax, all of which I'm in desperate need of.  Even if I go on a day when Stella is at day care, Audrey is such a fussy baby and hates her carseat, I wouldn't be relaxed about it at all.  Mama just needs an hour of pampering!

I miss being able to go out whenever we want.  Now I feel like we have to pick and choose which "events" (aka, random outings, friends b-days, etc.) we go to so we don't take advantage of getting a baby sitter too often. 

Not being attached to a pump.  Not so much now, but when I go back to work I will be pumping 4x/day.  Yuck.

octoberbridesrule

Morning sex. I am not as peppy in the evening.  

Mrs_Hark

my lunch hour. i used to be able to come home, make something for myself to eat and relax in front of the tv for 30-45 min.

now i go home, make the boy lunch and deal with my mom. i mean it is great that i work close enough to be able to visit with him during the day and i do enjoy it most days, but every once and a while my mom will leave with him to run out and do something before i have to go back and i might get 10 min of quiet (and tv) to myself and it's then that i miss my old lunches.

i'm half tempted to lie to my mom about a work meeting at lunch and take a later one by myself once a month just for a little me time

goosh24

Yep, I miss a lot of the things that you ladies brought up.  Someday we will all have to do a big GTG and have a nice, child free happy hour   How would that ever get scheduled around pregnancies though? Maybe we'll have to do a skype gtg

Tina-if anything you and I should do something kid-less sometime.  Maybe a pedicure!  And even better, if it happens after March, I can have a glass of wine!

Total sidenote, on the March board someone posted yesterday that they were getting their toenails painted the color that corresponded to what week of pregnancy she's in.  I about spit out my drink ...my last pedicure was the week before Jules was born!   

mrsoc

I think just being able to sit and have a conversation when at a party/function.  It is so hard now to be able to do that.  I also look forward to our date nights, so that I can eat a meal slowly and finish it .  I also used to love to just go to a bunch of errands, which now I usually only go to 1-2 places at a time, especially when I have both boys.  

NikCole

Going out for happy hour every Friday night and/or dinner out every Saturday. Long weekend trips every couple months. Spending money on "me" things... like dropping $100+ at Sephora and not even thinking twice about it or getting my hair cut/colored/highlighted. My living room looking like a Pottery Barn catalog and not Toys R Us. Wearing a 2 piece bathing suit. 

 

battybtags

Staying in bed as late as I want on the weekends.

Going out on a whim-errands, dinner, etc.

 Working out-I still work out 1-2x/week, but it's so hard to fit the gym in with work,etc. and lately our weekends are nutty so theres one of my days gone. 

Watching TV-we never realized how much we watched until we had DD and DVR everything-yeah, we're still watching episodes from LAST Oct-thats how far behind we are!

wendyj

Being able to go straight home from work and take a nap before making dinner

I second the morning sex. I like my sleep too much to have it before then. 

Going to the bathroom alone.

Being able to see a movie within the first few weeks of it opening instead of waiting for it to come out on DVD.

TinaL99

goosh24:

Tina-if anything you and I should do something kid-less sometime.  Maybe a pedicure!  And even better, if it happens after March, I can have a glass of wine!

Total sidenote, on the March board someone posted yesterday that they were getting their toenails painted the color that corresponded to what week of pregnancy she's in.  I about spit out my drink ...my last pedicure was the week before Jules was born!   

I'm in!  And WTF, a weekly pedicure?  Who has the time/money for that??

Irisheyes1247

TinaL99:

goosh24:

Tina-if anything you and I should do something kid-less sometime.  Maybe a pedicure!  And even better, if it happens after March, I can have a glass of wine!

Total sidenote, on the March board someone posted yesterday that they were getting their toenails painted the color that corresponded to what week of pregnancy she's in.  I about spit out my drink ...my last pedicure was the week before Jules was born!   

I'm in!  And WTF, a weekly pedicure?  Who has the time/money for that??

Dude I read this too. I was like, "Honestly? Who would even think to do that? And who has $$ for weekly pedicures?" and then a bunch of other girls were all like, "aww how cute, what a good idea, i should do that too." And then I thought to myself the dreaded mommy mantra - 'just you wait...'

Kristen61607

I miss sitting down to a good book uninterrupted.