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So you have friends who have stated they have the same problem, why not make a deal with them and trade off? You take their kids one Friday night and then they

• actfrench 4y ago
  This is definitely my favorite approach. I've found that Friday night date swaps are the best kind of swaps because they are so simple. Can be tricky with a younger child (Age 3) because they have an early bedtime and are too little for sleepovers, but one option (if there are two people in both couples) is that one parent goes over to the other parent's house and watches the friend's child while the other parent stays home and watches their child. And then they get a date night credit! So you're not in fact watching two kids at the same time, you're just giving a night of babysitting to get one in return.