It Seemed Impossible to Get My Son to Spend the Day With Me Until I Tried This

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I desperately craved time to myself when my kids were little. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my kids at every age, but I also wasn’t very good about creating “me time” (or the more politically-correct term, “self-care”), and I would often feel overwhelmed by the sheer hours and emotional drain of being a caretaker for another human. All. The. Time.

The baby days seem like forever ago. Snuggling my nose into soft tender skin and sniffing delicious baby sm...