me time

of course not, all mother need there alone time it keeps us from pulling our hair out. lol! I always do it while they are taking their nap.

hi Wesiati You need not feel any guilty. your daughters are after all your own flesh and blood. Is not it? That means, It is also a me time only. Tomorrow, by means of your effort, if your daughters grow into a beautiful young ladies, and make some thing big and laudable by the entire world, is it not a happy moment for you? it doen't mean that you have to dedicate yourself entirely for them, but you also try to spare some time for yourself like reading magazines, napping, chatting with your friends, taking a stroll, if time permits. etc.

I don't think so at all!! Theiy Mommy needs to be happy and healthy so you need to take care of yourself!! I know it is hard as a mother myself but I try to take time to myself after the kids are in bed, usually I'm too exhausted to really enjoy it but I do try!! I like to relax in the bathtub and read some nights, but the last time I did that my son came in the bathroom and wanted to feel how hot Mommy's water was and he knocked my magazine in the water!! I wasn't very happy but oh well!

As long as the girls are safe and in the company of a responsible person that you trust, like a babysitter, relative, good friend, than you should feel comfortable getting away every once in awhile. Take a few hours to shop alone, get a manicure, go to lunch with a friend, or just take a walk alone in a beautiful setting like a park or museum or art gallery. You don't need to spend money to feel special. Think of things you liked to do before you had children and go do them again. We're all guilty of neglecting ourselves once we have kids because most of us do put them first in all matters. Everyone needs their "me time" especially moms who spend most of their time with the kids. When you return to the girls you will feel refreshed and ready to care for them again.

A little time for yourself does not means that your are neglecting your children. As long as you take care of them, make sure they're fine, give them your full attention when their at home, being with them physically, emotonally & mentally, & other motherly duties is already enough. I am also a mother of an 8 year old boy, before i was working fulltime until recently i was laid off. Before i went to work i woke up early, cooked breakfast & ready him for school then my husband will drive him to school.In the evening i would prepare for dinner, then we would do his homework, a little playtime, & tv, ask him what happened to school on that day...etc. And now that im not working, i'm glad that i can give him my full attention without thinking about work on the following day. But after i dropped him to school that's where my "Me Time" starts. I can sit on the computer & do anything, or sometimes i would go to the mall, do some errands...i don't guilty about that because I know that I am doing the right thing for him & i am not neglecting him.

No that does not mean you are neglecting them. In order to give them your full attention when you are with them, you have to take moments of the day just for you. I usually get up an extra 30 minutes in the morning and use that as my coffee relax moment to get me started for the day. I know how you feel I also have 2 daughters.

Not at all. We mom's need a little me time once in a while in order to keep our sanity and our health. If we never get an me time we just get worn out and that is not good for our children. The happier and healthier we are as mothers the better mothers we can be. Of course that does not not mean not supervising our kids but taking little moments when they are at school or sleeping or even letting daddy watch them or grandma so we can do something for our selves once in a while is a good thing.