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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question to the MB's: how many of you take a break for one hour or less while you spend all day with your kids? This is including time you take to text, talk on the phone, check your email, or do anything not kid related.

I'm sure if you thought about it, you take nap time and some to recharge your body, take care of your own needs (bathroom, eating, etc), and to not think for a moment. Being with children all day is physically and mentally draining. [/quote]

MB here who only has a PT nanny.

During DC's morning nap, I maybe check my e-mail for 5 min, then race to quickly unload the dishwasher, get any morning dishes cleaned up, then hop into the shower.  So I guess the morning nap includes at least 20 minutes of "me" time.

During DC's afternoon nap it varies.  On a day when DC has slept well at night I will spend all of it but another 5 or so minutes doing chores - our nanny doesn't do any housecleaning (some days she doesn't even get DC's bottles in the dishwasher...) - and we have no other hired help so on days I'm home I am doing the stay-at-home-mom routine.

Break time really occurs after DC is in bed for the day.  It's after DH and I have cleaned up from making dinner, lunches are packed, toys are put away for the night, and the next day is prepped for.  Then I get some time to e-mail friends, read a book, etc.

So dang yes my nanny, who only cleans up after her daily activities with DC, gets way more break time in a day than I do.[/quote]

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