Check out this thread for some ideas:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=292813
Also, you could look into getting a mother's helper a couple of times a week -- a young(ish) girl who will come watch/play with your child while you relax or nap or do something for you in another room. She gets babysitting experience, and you get a little free Me Time, and yet you're right there if she needs you. And while you'd have to pay her (probably!) it wouldn't be as much as a babysitter, b/c there's not as much responsibility.
HTH! Good luck, hon!
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~Nick
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=292813
Also, you could look into getting a mother's helper a couple of times a week -- a young(ish) girl who will come watch/play with your child while you relax or nap or do something for you in another room. She gets babysitting experience, and you get a little free Me Time, and yet you're right there if she needs you. And while you'd have to pay her (probably!) it wouldn't be as much as a babysitter, b/c there's not as much responsibility.
HTH! Good luck, hon!
~Nick
