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[QUOTE]Originally posted by OscarCrease
(1) How many kids?
(2) Ages?
(3) How many times a week/month/year do you go out sans kids?
(4) How many times a week/month/year do you have sex?
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1) - 2
2) - 3, 2
3) - alone or with spouse? er... daily to gym in am, regular date night, at least 2 long weekends a year w/o kids, alternate year week vacation w/o kids - as well as misc events
4) hmmm.... frequently enough that this question is difficult to answer!

ml

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1, almost 2.

17mos and due next month.

If I can't remember the last time, I suppose it's been too long. A couple times/year to a show or something big. We take the kid to eat usually - he's very good.

Less now that I'm massive and exhausted with impending giganto-baby #2. Bare minimum 1x/week, even now.

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(1) two
(2) 8 and 16
(3) three or four times a year
(4) a couple times a month, or did you mean with the wife?

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Is this survey in celebration of the anniversary of the birth control pill?

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when my kids were little we started having a dinner date on Tuesday or Wednesday every week. A regular babysitter is easy those night. No long thing, just 7-9 dinner. Actually throw in the occassional hotel visit.

Just having the regular date make a big difference in keeping sane and close through those early kids years (and we NEVER went on vacation w/o them so we're not "avoid the kids" people)

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If he got in before 9 during the week (hell, weekends too), that would be great, esp since the kid is in bed by 7p. Goddamn workaholic lawyers..... Usually we only have time for take-out and sex.

A non-wierd post by Hank? I'm stunned. Or maybe that's a contraction? No, I'm definitely stunned.

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If you go back like 2 years you'll see that I used to give the best advice here. But no one listened. So now I'm just a nuisance sock- c'est la vie!

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(1) One
(2) One
(3) A couple of times per year; usually we take advantage of visiting grandparents. Grandma and Grandpa are in town right now, actually, having promised to babysit so we can go have dinner & a movie. Unfortunately, they caught a horrible GI bug from the Trepidation Kid or one of his little playmates and are now sequestered in a hotel room taking turns worshipping the porcelain god. Pretty rough on them at their age, I feel badly.
(4) About 1-2x per week. Seems to depend on my work schedule.

That is good advice, Hank; I've got the same scheduling problems as TexLex's hubby, unfortunately. Still, I need to practice setting some boundaries regarding work, so maybe scheduling a mid-week date night would be a good experiment. Just need to find a willing sitter, though....

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(1) two, a third due in September
(2) 3.5 and 1.5
(3) when my wife is pregnant, about once every two months; when she is not pregnant, about once every three weeks. We have two grandmas that live nearby and have a pool of about four other babysitters from which we draw
(4) when my wife is pregnant, about once every three weeks; when she is not pregnant, about twice a week

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4 kids

4, 6, 8, 10

If on vacation at grandparents, 2-3 times per week
If on vacation otherwise, 0 if we don't trust sitting; 1-2 if we do; 4-5 if we bring along someone (which we've only done a couple of times)
If not on vacation, about twice per month, except in summer, when about 1 - 2 per week

Varies mainly depending on work - Once per week (we hope) if I'm coming home at midnight every night, 2-3 per week otherwise

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(1) 2
(2) 2.5, .5
(3) Together -- maybe once or twice per month.
(4) Together ? What's that?

S_A_M

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I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to need a double stroller if I intend to leave the house in the next couple years. Anyone have any comments? I think a side-by-side is out, since I will have a big baby and a (relatively) little one and don't want it to go in circles. That monstrosity, the Graco Duoglider, seems to be the most populer, but I'd prefer something lighter/less bulky, if possible. I'm not sure what I want exists. Anyone?

BTW, #2 appears to be measuring bigger than the Lexling for the same age (ie. already 6lbs at 32w). Thank god for c-sections.

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A neighbor with a 3yo and a 1you has one of these:


http://www.getgozo.com/img/two_product.jpg


http://www.getgozo.com/two.html

Seems to work for her and her kids, but I haven't gotten her talking about it much. So I could be wrong.

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We have a double stroller and do not even try to use it anymore. It's so big that it's hard to get in our (not-small) car. And we don't want to use it in our 'hood because the ground is not flat and the stroller threatens to take off on you on a slope -- fully loaded, the weight is considerable, so the spectre of inertia* really keeps you on your toes. (Perhaps my kids are lineman-sized, but so are yours.) By my lights, if I'm trying to transport both kids, I'd rather have one in a backpack and the other in a single stroller. Or lately we've also been using a Radio Flyer wagon.

* Originally one of Atticus's socks, I think.