editors' tips: day dates
There is a lot of pressure on date night, and, the truth is sometimes it's the "night" part that seems untenable for new parents. We are simply too damn tired! When my younger son was born and my husband and I were wading through those first days of sleeplessness, we would enlist grandparents or hire a babysitter to come for a couple of hours during the day on the weekend so that we could have an outing together without yawning. The "day date," as we call it, takes the pressure off getting weekend night reservations (it's far easier to get into a good restaurant for lunch or to a bar at 4 pm for a late afternoon beer). Perhaps the biggest bonus is that strolling around aimlessly during the day with your mate will unearth your carefree childless early adulthood.
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