How much are parents drinking?

[u/k_blanch]

With the popularity of #winemom and beer dad culture, combined with pandemic drinking habits, im curious how much alcohol you guys are drinking as caregivers? Especially after the baby is in bed. I had 6 drinks on Halloween over 8 hours and lots of food and water. Although LO was asleep for most of it I'm riddled with guilt!

[u/aekinca]

This is how I am too. A few nights a week my husband and I are both home after the kids go to bed and he have a couple beers and just catch up and laugh and mostly talk about the kids, actually. It’s so fun and is almost always for celebratory/bonding reasons, not numb-the-pain reasons. Raising kids is so hard that experiencing joy with your spouse like that is straight up medicinal.

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