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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question is, how much time do you expect to have for yourself on the weekends so that you feel somewhat refreshed by Sunday night rather than absolutely depleted? [/quote]

Well, I only have 1 kid (5), but I’m an introvert and he’s a raging extrovert so I never get to Monday without feeling relief that it’s time for school.

DH and I both WAH, and kid is home more now in K than he was in preschool + not getting out much bc of COVID.

I NEED at least 3 hours every weekend where I can be alone in my house. That plus:

*DS is old enough to entertain himself while I rest / nap for an hour or two. I turn on a movie and zone out. 
*DH and I switch off waking up / sleeping in.
*We’ll trade off who takes kid out for activities.

And believe it or not, with an only, I can get a break by inviting other kids over to keep my kid busy. I don’t mind hosting play dates where the parents stay, but I LOVE when my kid & I get to know friends well enough that we can take turns dropping off and getting down time.

We don’t have family super close and almost never get a babysitter, but maybe once a quarter or so, kid will do a sleepover at Grandpa’s. That’s a golden 24 hours. Hoping it turns into a week every summer soon.

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