https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:24:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed/page/2#post-2626367 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:23:08 +0000 snowjewelz 2626367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing out of the "ordinary", for sure! </p> <p>Usually cleaning up takes up half an hour; wiping everything down, putting things away, vacuum, some nights mop and catch up on laundry... On more "free" nights we veg &amp; watch TV, especially now that shows are starting back up and we have stuff waiting in the DVR! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed/page/2#post-2626360 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:20:33 +0000 wrkbrk 2626360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does browsing and saving photos on Houzz count as an activity? We are building a house, so we are constantly comparing inspiration photos! Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed/page/2#post-2626338 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:44:55 +0000 Pancakes 2626338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in grad school so I often do have to "work" after the kids are in bed. This semester I have class two nights a week and sometimes the evenings are the only chances I have to do my schoolwork, since my DD2 is not a great napper. But it's hard. Mostly what I'd like to do after the dishes are done and laundry is folded is to just collapse on the couch or read a book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626298 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:00:54 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2626298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my kids go to bed so late since they don't have regular school (10:30-11pm), I often pass out with them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626273 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:27:19 +0000 pastemoo 2626273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: this is too funny<br /> my son helps with dishes/clearing the table<br /> and i do the bottle stuff immediately when i get home</p> <p>i don't do laundry alone much anymore either.<br /> once they are in bed here are the things i may do<br /> just shower and sleep<br /> just sleep<br /> internet and sleep<br /> reading and/or practice questions and sleep<br /> and lately i am journaling, doing some destress work, then sleep</p> <p>i wish i would/could go running at that point but i'm just too paranoid that they aren't really asleep enough.</p> <p>i don't craft anymore. and lunches i pack are just leftover dinner, so that happens before bedtime </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626272 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:26:30 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 2626272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work if I have to. My boss says "work after the kid goes to bed" like it's no big deal. What I want to do and what I usually do is shower and relax, maybe straighten up a little. I'm 10 weeks pregnant right now so I pretty much just get in bed. I did go through a stretch in the spring where I would exercise, it was great but I'm so tired now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626268 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:22:33 +0000 nana87 2626268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Def not since lo's bedtime has gotten later, I usually just crash. Sometimes I dont even have the energy for a short show. I should do more work.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626255 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:53:20 +0000 Canoli 2626255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only thing I do after the kitchen clean up is look on my IPad for a little and I'm usually in bed between 9 and 9:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626248 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:36:34 +0000 yellowbird 2626248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't even get to the showering or watching tv most of the time. I collapse right after the kids go to bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626246 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:32:51 +0000 travellingbee 2626246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't do anything lately. Last night I walked from LOs room after putting him to bed and fell asleep immediately (8:10pm!) but I have a teething eight-month-old and have a cold. Usually we just hang out and watch TV or play on our phones. Not even usually clean up. One of us does that right after dinner while the other one starts baths. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626241 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 06:17:30 +0000 caterw 2626241@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clean up, maybe shower and start some laundry, do something productive on the computer (pay bills, order diapers), and watch TV. I used to be such a night owl and now I can't get anything done after dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626235 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 05:51:38 +0000 brownepiano 2626235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work after my kids are in bed, sometimes practice, have grand ambitions of finishing painting the living room.... but other than the nights I'm working we usually just crash. We have game night with friends once a week after the kids are in bed too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626207 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 01:24:52 +0000 Pumuckl 2626207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most days I just collapse on the couch. Sometimes I'll read or crochet while watching TV. If work is crazy and something has to be finished I'll bring my laptop to the couch. (As a business consultant I learnt how to work on a bed or couch a loooong time ago since in hotel rooms you don't always have an adequate desk space). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626203 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 01:16:41 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2626203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work after my kids go to bed (+ drink wine). I'm swamped right now so I've been working til 1 am several nights a week.</p> <p>Good thing work only involves me sitting at my computer and typing, so I do it while eating shitty (amazing) food and drinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626200 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:45:52 +0000 MrsB2012 2626200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually not much.<br /> Tonight I finished painting the kitchen, removed everything from the entry way ( new floors are getting finished tomorrow) packed all the shoes up from summer. Then I organized my closet and posted some stuff for sale. I feel productive tonight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626163 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:57:01 +0000 lamariniere 2626163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clean up, work a few nights a week, read or color. Sometimes we watch a movie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626135 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:22:25 +0000 autumnlove 2626135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Clean, snack, surf the internet, watch TV and craft! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626134 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:22:23 +0000 youboots 2626134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I fold laundry sometimes but usually during nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626132 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:19:11 +0000 anonysquire 2626132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Netflix and chill with myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626129 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:16:09 +0000 MamaG 2626129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's my "busy" season, so I've been working. Like it's 10:15 and I just closed up my laptop for the night. Two hours later :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626125 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:11:55 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2626125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, gosh not really. :-( All we have time for is cleaning up the kitchen, getting DH lunch for tomorrow and often folding some laundry. Then we get ready for bed and we each can usually read a little bit on our phones or watch one show if we're really really lucky. But I fall asleep as soon as I stop doing stuff. LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626119 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:01:12 +0000 Coffee-lover 2626119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work on my papers for school after my daughter goes to bed, but not by choice. Its the only uninterrupted time I can get lately. I try to keep up with dishes and cleaning up throughout the day when my daughterr is eating in her high chair or ill put her in the pack amd play for 30 minutes in front of the tv so I can catch up.</p> <p>Only 2 more classes until I graduate and then I will go back to being lazy on the couch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626114 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:54:15 +0000 KayKay 2626114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been diligently working on a quart of ice cream the last couple of nights... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626109 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:49:58 +0000 DesertDreams88 2626109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pump, usually power pump. Sometimes I work on lesson planning but most times just catch up online and with shows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626103 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:44:34 +0000 PawPrints 2626103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pretty much go ahead with the exact same weeknight evening we used to have pre-kids, but that's pretty lazy. I cook dinner, we eat, DH cleans up, and we watch shows together until bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626102 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:43:59 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2626102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes of course...I drink wine and eat crackers. 😀 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626094 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:30:03 +0000 Miss Ariel 2626094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very rarely. Although I've learned if I lay down on the couch I'm not getting up, so if I want to do something productive I'll do it as soon as dd goes to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626089 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:23:56 +0000 catomd00 2626089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sometimes work, but usually I just eat ice cream drink wine and go to sleep lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626071 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:12:07 +0000 Portboston 2626071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normally I finish cleaning up and then watch tv/go online. I *sometimes* workout but I've been so lazy lately. Other nights I shower and wash/blow dry my hair then go to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-actually-do-anything-after-your-kids-go-to-bed#post-2626065 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:07:15 +0000 Mae 2626065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between my husband and I we wash the day's cups, pack LO's lunch for daycare the next day and mine for work, and manage our pets (feed, meds, some wound care). We often eat dinner after she goes to bed. Also a few nights/week I do log on to work remotely for an hour or two. </p>