As new parents its hard to find the time to remember why you fell in love in the first place. There are a lot of hurdles to making that connection. Whether it’s a baby who sleeps in the middle of you or the pure exhaustion of motherhood. The perfect solution is a date night in!
This year we are making it easy with a date night at home! The rule here will be to keep things easy for YOU! As a new parent, you already are doing enough. So what are the keys to a great date? In my opinion (for what it’s worth) I would say good food, good conversation, a few good laughs, and perhaps some nice wine or beer.
The perfect night in –
To set the stage for a nice night in, aim to have little ones in bed at a reasonable time. Next try to have your adult night in, away from the kid crap! You heard me, move to another room or just get it out of sight. Bouncy seats and spit up rags don’t make the mood feel quite right. Spend the time on this and not on making the dinner.
Second order in and do it through some place that delivers or use grub hub. At the end of a long day this needs to be something that takes very little effort and planning. A night in where you are planning and a dinner, making it and cleaning the mess just adds to the stress of life. Order in and use paper plates!
Next, have your favorite wine or beer. If you’re not into wine or beer ( I’m not sure how you survive motherhood; you are a saint) have something else that helps to relax you. whether it’s that soda you never drink or even just seltzer. Remember
After you have had a nice meal and grabbed a glass of wine, rent a movie you have not seen off amazon. Whatever you would have seen in the movie theater sans baby. Something the two of you have an interest in.
Last, I’m going to go out on a limb here, but get dressed. I don’t mean dressed up but do get out of your yoga pants and sweatshirt with baby puke. Put on a little makeup and maybe do your hair, that goes a long way to making you feel like you and not stuck in mama land.
The reason I said skip the cooking, cleaning, and pick up the food is that as a mom you already do this enough. As a mom I know the stress it brings to see a big mess in the kitchen, no matter how good that dinner was. Now time to enjoy! Focus on chatting and enjoying your food, movie, and feeling like an adult again.
