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date nights?

MorlaMorla
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mommies with kids~

when was the last time you and your hubby went on a date? 

do you have a regular date nights?

who watches your baby or babies?

we realized that we have been out only 5times by ourselves in past 8 1/2 months since DS was born... DHs been asking and asking me to find a sitter so we can go out... don't have any family members or friends near by to leave DS with... any recommendations? for sitters? also to ease my minds?

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  • jaymewilson12jaymewilson12

    Our last date night was Friday July 3rd.  We went to melting pot and had a fabulous time together.  My parents are close by though so we are lucky that we have that.  We probably get a date night once a month if H is home.  He's been gone a while for work.

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  • lindsay92620lindsay92620

    Our last date night was Saturday & it was great!  Hubby surprised me with tix to see No Doubt!  So so fun.  Luckily, my parents live close by & love to watch our DS.

    If I were in your shoes, I'd ask a friend to watch my LO.  What time does your LO go to bed?  Our DS is in bed by 7pm, so a babysitter has a whole lot of nothing to do past 7pm.

     

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  • weebabyweebaby
    we have a casual date night every tuesday night :) my mom watches DJ and we run errands and have dinner.  its nothing glamorous but it is nice.
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  • MorlaMorla
    he goes to bed by 8pm to 8:30pm... my parents live in LA so that's too far for little date nights... most of our friends are still single and partying... so we are looking :)
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  • JettakyJettaky

    We very rarely get a date night. My parents watch DS all day 5 days a week while we are at work so I don't like to ask them to babysit on the weekend or in the evenings. We will not allow DH's parents to babysit and we don't really have friends that can babysit either and I'm not sure I would feel comfortable leaving him with anyone other than my parents anyway.

    My parents are watching him this coming weekend because I have my high school reunion, but it is very rare that we ask.

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  • CalipsCalips

    We went out on Sat night but we maybe go out 1x a month. My little sister (16) babysat.  I only haved used family in the evenings (or our nanny we use 2x a week) since a lot of my family is nearby.  BUT, I must say I did not start using sitters regularly until my daughter was about 18 months.  That is when it seemed easier. 

     

    Michele

    Mom to Skylar Kayla and Beck Dylan

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  • KristelRobinKristelRobin

    We pretty much never have date nights.  I think they are important though, because we realized that we mostly see each other when we are tired and stressed out at the end of the day, and when we go out together, it's not relaxing because we have the baby with us, or are going to an "event," not just to have quiet time to reconnect.  I think you should try to make it happen.

     Last night, thanks to me seeing this post, I did ask if his parents could keep DD for an extra hour, hour and a half so we could grab a quick dinner.  So thanks for the inspiration.

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  • beachbrideinCalbeachbrideinCal
    I think our last date night was about 2 months ago?  We probably take one every 2-3 months -- so sad!  We also are here without either of our fams around.  We've done a few different things for date nights (or other things).  One is we've gotten together with friends of ours who also have a kid(s) and did an exchange. We watch theirs, and then they watch ours another night.  We've also had our neighbors watch DD.  We also belong to a small group through our church and we've had members or their kids (at least 13+ with parents around) watch DD for us, too.  We also now have access to a trusty sitter (17 y/o h.s. girl) who watches her for $8/hr.  We really need more date nights!  But with Baby #2 due in 21 days...not sure we're going to have too many more of those anytime real soon. 
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  • AsianPrncssKimAsianPrncssKim

    We have our first date night tomorrow. I'm only kinda excited and more nervous.  haha

    Almost all our family is out of state, so I am having one of my former students babysit LO.  I guess that's one perk of being a high school teacher, I know a lot of kids to ask.  Luckily, I totally puffy heart this student (now in college), and her mom.  I'm bringing LO over to her house so her mom will be there just in case. 

    Another couple friend of ours just had a baby too and we already made a pact to babysit for eachother so we could have date nights.  Since their LO is only 3 weeks old, I thought they should have some "settling in" time before we cashed in our date night agreement. 

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