https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:17:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234970 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:33:16 +0000 ShootingStar 2234970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is about 20 months, and we usually eat around 6/6:30 and bathtime starts at 7:30. He's usually in bed at 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234901 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:58:28 +0000 Charm54 2234901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the school year we eat supper at 6 , then a quick bath and dd (2) is in bed for 7. Up<br /> the next morning at 7 to get ready for daycare.</p> <p>Now that it's summer we are more relaxed... Supper can be anywhere between 6-8 and bedtime is between 7:30-9. She loves to sleep in so a later bedtime doesn't seem to throw her off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234893 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:55:11 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2234893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 2 hours, but they get a snack immediately before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234891 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:53:02 +0000 daniellemybelle 2234891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 20 months and she eats dinner between 6 &amp; 7. It really depends on how active she was that day and how much of a lunch and/or afternoon snack she had. Some days she is just starving and I have to go ahead and feed her at 6 even if dinner isn't ready. Other days she can wait until closer to 7 and eat with us.</p> <p>She goes to bed at 8. Usually she plays for 15-30 minutes after dinner and then it is time for her bedtime routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234650 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:52:27 +0000 CakeLady 2234650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner for my 13 month old is at 6ish and bed is at 7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234646 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:49:48 +0000 blackbird 2234646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner is at 5 or 530 and bedtime is at 730 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234626 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:35:27 +0000 cat620 2234626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do dinner at 6pm and bedtime is 8pm. I like to have a couple hours between eating and bedtime, so we can hang out as a family for a little bit and take our time with the bedtime routine. Plus, I think it's better for digestion to have some time between when you eat and when you sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234624 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:33:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 2234624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For my almost two year old, dinner is around 6, sometimes 6:30 depending what we were doing during the afternoon and how late she had her after nap snack. Bedtime starts around 7:20, she's usually in bed by 7:45 (don't do bath every night). </p> <p>She definitely does eat dinner better if she has a smaller or earlier snack, but I don't stress too much over it. Definitely no after dinner snack- frankly by the time she's done with dinner I do not feel like getting out and cleaning up yet another snack. Rarely I give her her milk again before brushing teeth if I know she didn't eat a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234615 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:26:49 +0000 KayKay 2234615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Dinner" for my almost 8mo old is typically between 5-530, and then she is in bed by 630.</p> <p>Dinner for my 3yo is usually around 6 (we've been eating as a family after DD2 goes to bed), and then we start the bedtime routine around 730.</p> <p>So for each of them, it ends up being somewhere between 1-1.5 hours between dinner and bedtime. Sometimes a little bit longer for the older one if it's a "special" night where she stays up later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234601 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:12:16 +0000 looch 2234601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It varies, between 1-2 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234598 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:09:13 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2234598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner is at 7-7:15 and bed is at 8-8:15. It works well for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234595 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:07:38 +0000 Dandelion 2234595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner is between 5-6 and bedtime is around 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234593 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:04:17 +0000 mediagirl 2234593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An hour. Dinner is at 6:30, bed is at 7:30 (sometimes 8) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234586 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:00:20 +0000 Anagram 2234586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that it's summer and LO can sleep in (we wake up early during the school year when I work), her bedtime has moved all the way back to 9. So we eat dinner around 7, it takes her AT LEAST 30 minutes to eat, sometimes more like 45 minutes, and then she's in bed by 8:30, and asleep by 9.</p> <p>So we have a 1 to 1.25 hour gap between LO finishing dinner and bed. But she also doesn't really drink milk any more, so dinner is the last calories she eats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234580 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 07:56:37 +0000 MrsF 2234580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We start dinner at 6:30, bath at 7 and into bed at 7:30. Works for us! If it happens to be just me here with both kids at bedtime I sometimes push dinner a little earlier so there's time for everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-far-apart-are-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2234577 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 07:54:02 +0000 Eminthevalley 2234577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like our schedule needs some tweaking at 2.5 years. My twins' schedule is:<br /> 5:30-6 wake up (yes, always early)<br /> 6:30 breakfast<br /> 9:00 snack<br /> 11:30 lunch<br /> 12:30-2:30 nap (give or take)<br /> 3:00 snack<br /> 5:30 dinner<br /> 6:30 bath<br /> 7:00 bed</p> <p>Dinner time is stressful. I'm wondering if I should move it later so they're more hungry and less picky. Plus during the school year I work 3 days a week and don't get home until 5:45 so that would give me a little more time. Our current arrangement is hubby eats with them at 5:30 those days and I eat once they're in bed.<br /> On the other hand, I have several friends who give kiddos dinner earlier and do a bedtime snack. Just curious what others do! </p>