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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you trade mornings/afternoons off for "me" time?  ie, each one of you gets a 3 hour break on a saturday or a sunday.  just going to starbucks to sit by yourself for a bit can be a big help.[/quote]

OP here. I could try this, but honestly I don't really want to go sit by myself at Starbucks. I'd rather have lunch with my wife, or - if I had any friends left - do something with one of them. But it's an idea....worth proposing. The tough thing is my wife interprets anything "Let's leave the kids with a babysitter" (or with each other) as somehow the same as "Fuck the kids! Abandon them! Tell them you don't love them!"... So wanting a life outside diapers = You are a shitty dad/mom... Thus, any mention of such activities is met with some resistance. 
Even dropping the kids off at her parents (who would LOVE it) is generally a great way to start a fight. Proposing an overnight is probably on par to suggesting we drop the kids at an orphanage in her head. [/quote]

Trade off poster here again.  What about signing up for a weekend morning soccer/swim/music class/nature class?  Musikids comes to mind, and I think that Glen Echo has morning classes.  That way one parent takes both kids (assuming the 8 month old is generally easy and will hang out in an ergo), and you trade off every other week who takes the kids.  I actually love it when I am in the house by myself, as it happens so rarely, I can putz around in my pajamas, surf the web, etc.  Even if you took the 3 year old by yourself to a morning soccer class, that would give you a break as you can just hang out for an hour while the kids are playing soccker and maybe even meet other parents.[/quote]

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