The best thing I have done in the last couple of years is join a gym with a creche and you should find that there are plenty of them around. Usually the creche doesn't cost anything or if it does it is something like $2 for an hour and a half like mine is.

I go every day, if for nothing else but just a bit of me-time. It keeps me fit which makes it easier to me to chase after a two-year-old, and Charley loves the creche. Even if I don't do a really hard workout, I just stick my headphones on and let the world drift away....

If you can't afford to join a gym (which trust me, I still barely can), I find that long walk in the pram is good for a bit of sanity, fresh air and exercise.

Gotta love those endorphins...