Do you have "date days" with your kids? :)

[littleraysofsunshine]

Little times for one to one? I want to do it more! I have three under near four yrs old

Sometimes DS and I go to a nice café for lunch just us and do things like have a toast to ourselves chink glasses and generally act like we are in downton abbey it's fun :) With my Niece we go to the cinema together dolled up in our nice clothes with our hand bags buy lots of sweets and giggle a lot. I'm actually getting a warm fuzzy feeling just thinking about it :)

Lovely!
Wow the title went all wrong!????

I want to try and to this with my eldest girl. But without making my other two feel left out...

I have treat days for dd1 where she gets to choose what we do and eat as she has felt a bit sidelined since dd1 was born. They're lovely - infact I think we're due another one soon!

I work part time, so two days a week are "Mummy and DD days". DD is 3 in a couple of weeks. We usually have some jobs to do, but probably have lunch out somewhere once a month or so.

In school holidays, I try to have a day or two where I am off work, dd is at nursery and ds (6) and I do something together.

Yes - Thursday was our Mumma-DD day, but DD has now gone to a particular afternoon for the older group at her nursery on a Thursday. She is enjoying it but it means I have to buckle down to domestic things as there isn't a lot of time between taking her and picking up. So no more fun Thursdays for me for a bit.

I do! DH and I have always had date days with our DC. Not necessarily on the same day but we both make a point of doing something with each child on their own. Might just be a walk or could be something else.

Love family days but also love that little bit of individual time.

Yes, I'm a SAHM and during the holidays I book one DC into a holiday camp or pack them off to a friend for a play date and the other DC and I have a day out together. Try to take it in turns and now that our DC2 is a bit older, DH has started taking one or the other out on his own for a few hours at weekends. Not every weekend, just as often as we can.

DC1 loves trips to the theatre and cinema.

Perhaps try to coincide with nap time so your younger DCs don't feel left out?

I dont have set date days but now ds2 is getting older he is getting invited to play dates and parties so ds1 and i have time alone on those days and then ds2 and I do the same when ds1 is out at various things. Its nice having one to one time. The dynamic is totally different.

My LO is still too young for this but my Dad used to take me on date days while my mum took my brother and we used to absolutely love it. We must have only done it a handful of times but I remember it so wonderfully now that I'm determined to do the same thing with my own children!

Yes. We are both very big on this. All 4 of our kids get separate, one on one 'Mum' and 'Dad' date nights, for want of a better expression, every month.