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Libido gone AWOL

Ideas for connecting with your partner

Authored by Ann Douglas
Published on The Nursery ( http://www.thenursery.com )


I miss my husband! We have three kids under the age of five, and between the sleepless nights and all the work that has to be done, my husband and I don’t have time for each other at all. Our conversations usually involve the kids, and I can’t remember the last time we actually kissed. Do you have any suggestions for reconnecting as a “couple?”

Here are some ideas to steal some time together:

  • Create a "couple oasis" somewhere in your home. Place a cafe-sized table and two chairs in a corner of the living room where you can steal ten minutes for an early-morning cup of coffee or a late-night glass of wine.
  • Share a babysitter with three other families in your neighborhood. If you book the babysitter for each Friday night and take turns going out on the town as a couple, each couple will be guaranteed "date night" at least once a month.
  • Find little ways to let your partner know he's still as special as ever, even if the two of you are currently being tossed around by that hurricane known as parenthood.
  • Realize that parenting won't always be this intense. If you can hang tight — and hold one another tightly in regular impromptu kitchen hugs! —you will get through this together.

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