Mommy Talk Tuesdays: {Mommy Me Time}

This week's Mommy Talk Tuesday is all about mommy "me" time.  How important is it for you?  How do you spend that time?  Do you get it very often?  How do you maintain your sanity while waiting for a little bit of mommy time?

This is actually a topic I have been thinking about quite a bit over the past few weeks so I'm linking up with Life as a Lake again this week.

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To start this week's discussion off I guess I would have to tell you that I have a confession to make.

We have never used a babysitter.  We have never used a daycare.

Other than the church nursery for 45 minutes to an hour, Nicholas is always with me or daddy.  Now, this is not a bad thing.  I love spending time with my little monkey and just the thought of going back to work and putting him in daycare makes me feel a little sick to my stomach.  I love staying home with him and I wouldn't want it any other way, but that doesn't mean that a date night with the hubby every once in a while wouldn't be nice.

Moving here was, at least in my opinion, a pretty good decision (not that the military really gives you much choice), but we left our families behind.  Our closest relatives are around 12 hours away and making friends in a new town is difficult when a month after you arrive the city experiences a 100 year flood and everything shuts down.  Add into that a month later being pregnant and then moving again another hour south and there really hasn't been much time or opportunity to meet a ton of people.

I obviously wouldn't trust just anyone off the street to watch my baby and to be completely honest the idea of leaving him with a babysitter makes me nervous.  I spent a TON of time in day cares and with babysitters growing up and I don't want Nicholas to have the same experience.

Not knowing anyone in our new town yet, being here just a short time so far, I wouldn't even know where to begin a search for a reliable, trustworthy, caring person to care for my child while the husband and I take a night out.  But, a night out is desperately needed.  Having just a little "us" time, just the hubby and I would be a great thing.

So, any of you other new moms have this same issue?  If you've moved to a new place, how did you find a babysitter that you knew you could trust with your child?  The idea still makes me incredibly nervous, but for the sake of mommy's sanity, a night out would be greatly appreciated.