I wish I didn’t have to feel guilty for wanting time for myself. Almost every day I stay up late while the baby is sleeping just so I can have that, and I’m tired the next day. In order to win something as a mom, you also have to lose something, like this for example. I win time for myself, while I lose sleep at night and feel so tired since we as moms can’t sleep in anymore. We can never just win. These are definitely late night thoughts.
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Are we the same person!? Haha no it must be universal, I stay up late so I can do exactly this! Just have me time! I feel guilty all the time too for just even wanting a long bath or a shower. But there is nothing to feel guilty about it’s just us being human. I think it gets better eventually but wow I wish I could sleep in. I need to get better about going to sleep at a decent hour 
sometimes I pass out when my baby goes to sleep but not lately
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It gets a little better as they get older. I get an hour during nap time and an hour or so after bedtime, and my baby is 15 months old. She still gets up at 5:30-6 every morning though. I didnt start getting me time until she was around a year old. Hopefully it will get better soon!
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As a mom of 3 I stay up late sometimes to have a moment to myself and then instantly regret it in the morning when it’s time to get up
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