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

Unfortunately for me it's a glass of wine or 3 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.

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

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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?

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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!

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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.

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

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My husband walks in and its "WINE TIME"

Kidding..I usually wait till DS is asleep

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

Message edited 2/27/2008 6:57:28 PM.

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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.

Message edited 2/27/2008 7:23:17 PM.

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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.)



BFing and this independent lifestyle.

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Posted by johnsae

Unfortunately for me it's a glass of wine or 3 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???

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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)?

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