https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:52:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307467 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:18:43 +0000 JerricaBenton 1307467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For now she loves to sit in her high chair and watch me. I sing and she claps and 'sings' along. She's 10 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307389 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:45:11 +0000 Modern Daisy 1307389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If DH is home, he will entertain LO otherwise I just wait until after I put him to bed to start cooking! That is his fussiest time of day so it's always a challenge when we stay with grandparents who insist on eating dinner super early. One of us has to walk around with DS while the other eats. At home we are so much more relaxed doing everythign after he goes to bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307383 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:42:25 +0000 NovBaby1112 1307383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She "helps" me cook most of the time, but occasionally I will put her in a pack and play with some bowls and spoons (her favorite toys haha) while I cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307355 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:32:22 +0000 plantains 1307355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave her a cabinet in the kitchen full of odds and ends so she mostly just mucks about with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307350 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:30:02 +0000 heartonastring 1307350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wear her on my back while I cook :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307339 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 09:27:08 +0000 chopsuey 1307339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>they just play. I'm lucky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307232 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:38:59 +0000 looch 1307232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son sits at the table and he has a basket of stuff that he likes to play with, namely play dough, watercolor paints, and this garbage truck that he puts stickers on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307134 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 05:51:24 +0000 Andrea 1307134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just each other mostly. They like to hang around me while I cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307111 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 03:52:17 +0000 lamariniere 1307111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: amazing!</p> <p>Play doh is only allowed in the kitchen at our house. So if DS doesn't want to play by himself, he plays play doh in the kitchen while I cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307075 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 01:42:43 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1307075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's in the kitchen with me making a mess and scattering potatoes around. On a good day, she plays nicely on her toy stove and stirs stuff inside her little pots. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1307029 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 01:00:45 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1307029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I love that!</p> <p>A chair &amp; cooking "tools". He loves to stir an empty pot with a spatula and shake an empty spice container. I also let him nibble on ingredients sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306995 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:16:39 +0000 Rescuemom10 1306995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I laughed so hard at this. I don't think it's crazy. You do what you have to. Seeing your LO likes food that way it's pretty crafty and smart! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306993 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:12:34 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1306993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: amazing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306973 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:55:22 +0000 Running Elley 1306973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He "helps" me. It's difficult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306937 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:38:10 +0000 Arden 1306937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is going to sound terrible but... I let her eat off the floor? </p> <p>Okay, let me explain. I clean my floor everyday, with vinegar, so it is very clean. And for some reason at this stage, she'll eat ANYTHING she finds on the floor - including things she won't TOUCH on her tray. So I "drop" healthy things like broccoli and she gobbles it up and it keeps her busy. And then I feed her things she likes at the meal, like bananas or beets.</p> <p>I know, I know. I'll work on an alternative method at some point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306926 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:34:47 +0000 lovehoneybee 1306926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elmo, or he helps me cook. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306909 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:23:55 +0000 BeachMama 1306909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Play-doh, coloring, PBS app on my iPad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306907 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:22:46 +0000 autumnlove 1306907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toys, books and each other! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-kids-busy-while-you-cook-dinner#post-1306884 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:03:39 +0000 mrbee 1306884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Magnatiles! They keep the kids busy for 30-60 minutes while we're prepping dinner and setting the table... they are worth their weight in gold!</p> <p>The one problem with them is that Charlie will build something and then Olive will knock it down. But in a minor miracle, he's gotten really good at using his words to express his frustration (as opposed to whacking her, which is what he used to do). So Magnatiles still works to keep them busy. And Olive is getting a lot more into building too, which helps a lot!</p> <p>How do you keep your kids busy while you cook dinner? </p>