Mothers of toddlers, what do you do to pamper yourself?

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i'm a mother of 3 yearold and an 8 month old. many times i feel a little guilty for even wanting to get away, because i love them so much, but i've learned a burned-out mom isn't a great person to be around. if i don't regularly take some time out to replenish my serenity and get centered, my whole family feels it.

after my girls are in bed, i take a quick shower or a long bath, depends on my mood, then i go into my room and i journal for about tem min. i dont always get to journal, but i love it when i'm able to get to it. journaling is a very powerful, yet simple tool to regain some sanity after a long day.

every two weeks, i go to get my nails done. sometimes i do take my 3 year old. its a great way to just spend time with just me and her. i know that she gets a little jealous of all the attention the baby gets. so while i get to pamper myself, i also spend quality time with her too.

i dont know if this is considered pampering my self, but i do think it's pampering my relationship with my husband. we wake up an xtra 30 min. earlier mon-fri to drink a cup of coffee together and read a meditation book to start the day with a positive thought.

every month, we drop the girls off with my mom or a friend, and my husband and i go eat somewhere really expensive and romantic. i love it.

my thought is this, i love the life i have and i work really hard to be where i'm at. i enjoy my family a whole lot better and they enjoy me, when i'm not running on empty. a car can't run without fuel, oil, and a lot of routine maintenence, why should we expext us to?

good luck and the best of wishes...

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It's very hard. I try, once in a while to take a bath by myself (though usually my hubby "forgets" he's watching her and she ends up in the tub with me). I get my hair cut at a salon I can't afford, but they offer you tea, and massages, and I look fantastic when I leave. Just going to the grocery store alone is a big deal, but then I feel weird without her. Who do I talk to? I should do a little more for myself, but someday I'll have the time. (HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!)

I go shopping, read, take a long bath with my head in the water so I can't hear them banging on the door, make my husband babysit while I go with afriend to have lattes and chat. These things don't happen often enough for me, but my husband thinks they happen too much. Go figure! after I put my son down to bed, I take a hot bubble bath...doesn't sound that big, but after chasing a toddler around all day it feels great to just relax like that. Once a week I make my husband or his grandma take him and just take the day for me...whether it's something little like getting my nails done or a haircut, or meet up with friends to spend a day at the mall. After my first son was born I learned it was important to take time for me. So I take one day out of the week to do what I really enjoy doing without the kids.

About twice a month I treat myself and my daughter to veggie pizza. It's delicious and I crave it on hard days.

I don't get a lot of chances to really pamper myself since my hubby travels for work, leaving me as the primary caregiver for days/weeks at a time. I'm a SAHM and I take my daughter 2-3 days a month to a sitter so I can clean, run errands, etc. without her. It's a guilty pleasure.

The simplest things seem like pampering, I got 2 kids and taking a shower undistrubed feels like heaven to me. manicure, pedicure and then I go to my favorite resturant of the week and order dessert and enjoy not having to share.

good luck on that one i wish i could pamper my self but that never happens

Go to a SPA.

Send them to their grandma! and i'd do the simplest things like taking a nice undisturbed bath, lie in bed while no one jumps on you, and finish reading up previous days newspapers while sipping nice cup of coffee. About once a week, I will take a nap when my toddler is napping. That extra sleep makes me feel wonderful. Then about every other month I leave her with her father and go get the works - pedicure, haircut, and massage if we can afford it. If not, then I go to a coffee shop and sit and relax and drink coffee while reading a book or newspaper. I rarely get to just sip my coffee anymore.

at our gym we have a daycare (great move) i check him in, and then i go to the hot tub/sauna/steam room to relax for while..

I send my boys once a week to their grandma's house for a few hours, and just do things with my husband. Whether it's going to a movie we both wanna see, go out to dinner, or drinks (if we drink we leave them with grandma overnight). I get time for myself when the kids are napping, but would never have time with just my husband if it weren't for these days. When I take time for me, I like to read a book while taking a really long bubble bath. Or by trying the home spa treatments you read about in magazines. We really can't afford for me to blow money at a spa, or get my nails done like everyone else is saying, so I found this as my way to pamper myself. Besides, since it doesn't cost much you do it on a regular basis!!

Nothing really, don't have time for it, if I can get dressed and go a day without having some kind of food or stain on my cloths I feel pampered...lol...

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