When you become a parent, your lifestyle changes dramatically and it can sometimes prove near impossible to find a free moment for yourself. Because you are so busy looking after your family and their needs it can be overwhelmingly difficult to set aside a few hours in the week for your enjoyment. Kids nowadays are very active, whether they are budding Little Harvard, Yale or Oxford students, or maybe they are soccer’s next star, as parents we find ourselves constantly on the road to look after their needs. If you have the time to drive the kids to school, football training and bring them to the doctors as well as everything else in the busy schedule, you can surely find some time for yourself. Here are a few tips to help you get more free time for yourself.
Kid Friendly Shopping
If you are a parent and a shopping fiend, you will appreciate stores that are child friendly. Its a good idea to seek out child friendly stores in your local area to help you secure a bit of ‘me time’ when you go shopping. One of our favorite child friendly shops is IKEA. Even if you are not looking for new kitchen furniture or bits and bobs for the house, it can still be fun to go there and just chill out. They have a supervised play centre where children can stay for up to 30 minutes. During this time you know your children are safe and you can tick a few things off your never ending to do list.
Team Babysitting
One great idea to get time for you is to team up with another mum and take turns babysitting. Maybe schedule to take turns twice a month each. Use this time to do something that you really want to do rather than doing more chores. Maybe, you want to go for a run, play some music, go out for lunch, the choice is yours!
Don’t Forget to Date
When a couple has children, sure they spend plenty of time together but it can be difficult to get time for just the two of you together. It’s essential that you manage to create time for each other. We suggest you allocate one evening during the week that you dedicate for a date night. Have it early enough that you can put the kids to bed, restaurants are not as busy during the week and even better it will be easier to get a babysitter.
Run Errand With Your Friends
Running day-to-day essential errands can be time consuming and robotic. If you and your friend or neighbour do it together, you can change it into something fun. Boring chores can have a whole new life when you do them with a friend.
Childcare
Do not forget that there are also other ways to get more free time, while leaving your kids in reliable hands such as in a babysitting or childcare facilities. They provide all the love and care that children need and what is great about them is that most of the time, the actual care providers are mothers themselves. So they will know exactly what your kid needs while providing them with care and love.
These are just a few simple suggestions to help you to get more free time for yourself. You work hard and you deserve it. If you have any more suggestions, please let us know!
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