Somewhat lighthearted, I have no friends with kids to chat to about this. DS is 11 months. Until about now, I've been in survival mode. Terrible sleep deprivation (he's been a terrible sleeper since day 1), back at work when he was 6 months (I don't live in the UK so I had a short mat leave), breastfeeding and pumping round the clock etc.
Suddenly he's sleeping 😅 like, actual 12 hours. And I found myself realising 1) I have some energy (as much as you can after a full day of work and then entertaining the baby until his 8pm bedtime) and 2) I can't go anywhere. Like, for the next 15 years? I mean, we can, but we have to get the nanny (which we have done a few times but I don't want to overwork her) or we go out individually (which we do once a week). We have no wider family at all.
But mostly we're just stuck at home from 8pm. Surely everyone else is too? What do you do? I can't watch anymore TV. Even my phone is boring me. I exercise at lunch already. I'm too tired to do anything productive really. Also, I sort of read a lot for a living so the last thing I want at 8 pm is a book, well at least at the moment.
Are we all just sitting at home with some wine / tea until 10 pm?