alone time with each one

Does anyone ever spend alone time with each one - lets say you take one out, and your spouse takes the other twin out? We have done this occasionaly but want to start doing it on a more regular basis. What have been your experiences?

 

We do it infrequently. I'll take one to the store or somewhere else while DH takes the other (the third is usually at a friend's house). It's fun but usually 10 mins in they wonder where the other one is.

 

Hi, yes, we try to do this every weekend and it works really well. We just say where each of us is going 9i.e. Daddy to grocery store, mommy to the mall' & let them choose who goes where. To my surprise they never fight to both go with one of us. We figure it is good for the kids as they share a room, go to daycare together & basically share every moment together. We are also planning on putting them in different activities this winter (little gym for son & dance for dd) we try to just be casual & show them that it's normal to spend time apart.

 

At this point, the girls melt down if we suggest going somewhere with just one - sometimes I wish we'd started doing it when they were younger so it was just part of the routine, but I also don't really mind that they like being together so much either. I am planning on separating them into different classrooms when they hit grade school (maybe sooner if their teachers feel it would be beneficial for them) so feel like there will be time for that later.

 

We do it occasionally. Most of the time though I end up with DD, but I've taken DS out with me once.

 

I sometimes run errands with one of them on Saturdays while the other gets to help Dad doing work on the house or in the yard. If possible I also try not to take them both to doctor's apoointments if only one child is concerned. All of this is not something we plan but something that just happens on and off.

DD likes her time with me alone so much that she will sometimes actively ask to go shopping with only mom or will ask to join me if I want to go to church alone in the evening when DH is home. She seems to really feel this is a treat because I go to a very quiet non-children mass very close to their bed-time and she will be a "model little lady" even though it must be boring for her and she usually has a hard time when she is tired.

 

Whenever my dh was home from work, we always went out as a family but that is one thing I wish we did. I do regret not having one on one time with the boys. In 5 years, I think it has happened 3 times and always when one has been sick and had to go to the dr. or stay home from school. Just last week one was home with me and I had a really great day with him. It felt like a different experience with just one and I felt like he acted different in a good way on his own.

 

We do this occasionally when out shopping, or if I have to run to town to get a couple of things from the store. But, usually, it's "Where's Sissy?" ten billion times!