What do you do to get a few minutes to yourself without the kids?

Hi, I also have 2 kids and one on the way. I just want to let you know that I know exactly what you mean! lol. I am also a stay at home mom and my kids are just 3 and 4, or she will be 3 april 1 anyway :) Really I just give them nap time. My kids have always been the type that even if you keep them up till 1:00 am they will still be up by 7-8:00 so there is a lot of long days and hardly any time to myself. When I lay thedown for a nap they usually sleep for about 2 hours and I use that time to make phone calls, figure bills and catch up on house work so when they get up we can just sit and play learning games, learn abc-123's or just sit back and watch some cartoons. When my husband gets off work though he will take care of them while I cook and after I get the mess cleaned up he takes care of them so I can just relax and soak in a hot bath. I usually get about 2 more hours total, after he gets home, to do what I want. We both lay them down for bed and say our goodnights. Then me an my husband have our time together no matter if its watching a movie or whatever and he goes to bed. I lay in bed like I am now and try to take my mind off of what I have to do tomorrow so that I can relax and sleep peacefully.

Usually when the kids are taking a nap I will do some laundry and clean the kitchen from lunch and prep everything for dinner. While they eat dinner I usually watch the news clean the living room. When they go to bed I sweep and mop the floor for the night. Once that's done I take me a nice hot bubble bath or if I'm extremely tired a nice hot shower.

Late night when everyone is sleeping or when I walk my pups. When I go for walks with my pups it is so relaxing. Just to get to walk & admire nature, especially when it is warm & pretty outside. Then when we got our only snow this year, when we went outside I loved it!!!! It was so awesome!!!! My pups loved to play in the snow.

I am also a stay at home mom, so i understand the feeling. When i get a few minutes to myself, i clean if i have the energy or i take a nice shower. Sometimes if i am exhausted, i just lay on the couch & watch some tv. It's so nice not to hear yelling for even a few minutes.

Hi! I also went through that stage, when my daughter was barely 2 years old and my son almost 4 years old. What I did was to give them something I know they'd love to do like coloring, watching TV or give them something to eat (non-choking food of course). Before going to the restroom, I talk to them that Mom will just go to the restroom for a while to remove "something unpleasant" that they won't want to smell and jokingly offer them, they might want to join me inside but has to suffer the consequence of joining me like they will smell that something unpleasant, then surely, they'll laugh then off I go. It would be different if the elder is the one not allowing you to leave her/him even for just a little while.