https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:15:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171603 Fri, 08 May 2015 07:09:20 +0000 yellowbird 2171603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually a puzzle or playing princesses and then a bath. There is not much time between dinner at 6:30 and bed at 8 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171597 Fri, 08 May 2015 07:04:53 +0000 looch 2171597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh man, we are struggling big time with this, because my son and our next door neighbor want so badly to play with each other during the week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171595 Fri, 08 May 2015 07:03:58 +0000 Mamaof2 2171595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>now that its warm we eat dinner, play outside, and then come in for bath and snacks and then its bedtime.<br /> In the winter they usually watch TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171555 Fri, 08 May 2015 06:04:35 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2171555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We let him run around in his diaper cause he makes such a mess during dinner, and he goes nuts for 20/30 minutes (like NUTS destroying the house - i guess a combo of being naked and having both of us there to play with), and usually starts to calm down and want cuddles at around the 1/2hr mark, at which point we do some quiet activity like books or stacking blocks or something, then we go upstairs for bath (every night) and bed routine. Dinner is usually 6ish, and he's down by 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171551 Fri, 08 May 2015 05:56:46 +0000 Dandelion 2171551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D likes to blow bubbles for M or they just play together. We follow M's lead for the most part. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171537 Fri, 08 May 2015 05:10:07 +0000 mediagirl 2171537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't have time. After dinner, I take her upstairs to get ready and my husband cleans up from dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171488 Thu, 07 May 2015 23:13:41 +0000 Boogs 2171488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always bath after bed. So usually while I clean up dinner LO cleans toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171475 Thu, 07 May 2015 23:03:00 +0000 Andrea 2171475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It has always been straight to the bedtime routine since my kids sleep early. Recently, my older DD has been losing interest in watching me give baby sis a bath so she'll go and read books if she doesn't want to be in the bathroom with us during that time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171423 Thu, 07 May 2015 21:21:06 +0000 BananaPancakes 2171423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We typically play outside for an hour and then come inside for a shower. He plays on his swing set or in his kiddie pool/ sprinkler while I garden/water plants. We have outdoor weather year round, so this stays pretty much the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171367 Thu, 07 May 2015 20:35:14 +0000 rattles 2171367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's straight to bed for us. Dinner is at 6/6:30, and by the time we do that, baths, stories and the bedtime routine, it's 7:30. If we skip baths, it's either because we were already running late or they just go to bed on the earlier side. Baths only add 15 min or so anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171354 Thu, 07 May 2015 20:20:38 +0000 dolphin 2171354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now it's play-doh </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171333 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:55:56 +0000 Anagram 2171333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO eats at 6:30 and doesn't go to bed till 8, so DH usually takes her outside for a short walk and then we do bath, milk, stories, and bedtime song. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171332 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:55:55 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2171332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually he just runs around the house or we play a bit outside and go for a walk. He just turned 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171327 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:53:19 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2171327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Generally I let them play independently while I clean up the kitchen, then we finish putting toys away together and begin bath and bed. The older one is usually doing some type of imaginative play- legos recently, and the younger one likes to draw or just make a big mess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171322 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:50:37 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2171322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have like 20-30 minutes between dinner and bedtime so he does bath and book and its lights out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171305 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:36:45 +0000 delight 2171305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the winter we were colouring, reading and doing puzzles. Now we are always outside after dinner. We go for a walk or head to the playground to go down the slides. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171297 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:28:34 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2171297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our time between dinner and bedtime is 5:30-8:30. We've been walking them to the park daily after dinner. We'll also hangout at home though. No park today since Noelle has swim class tonight. Jaren is currently "reading" a planet book and Noelle is building with Legos. We also do stuff like play hide n seek, pretend we're dinosaurs and chase them around the house, read books, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171296 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:28:13 +0000 winniebee 2171296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually all clean up dinner and dance around the kitchen before we head upstairs. Dinner is at 6 and we head up at 7 so there's not much time. I would love to have dinner at 530 and then have some outside time this summer, but my husband doesn't get home until 6 at the earliest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171291 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:24:29 +0000 beachbee 2171291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're very lucky to have great weather pretty much year round, so we spend the time between dinner and bed outside. Either a walk around the neighborhood, riding bikes or playing in the yard. We do morning baths so we end up with a little extra time in the evenings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171282 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:19:15 +0000 Tanjowen 2171282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He has about half an hour between dinner and start of bedtime routine, and now that the weather is nice he goes outside, plays and gets extremely dirty. So we do a bath every night and then milk/snuggles before heading upstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171274 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:08:06 +0000 blackbird 2171274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tonight we went for a walk but it varies. And we do a bath every night. It's a combo of being outside-"helping" me water the plants and climbing around on the retaining wall, playing in the hose or her water table or with her balls, playing with the play kitchen inside or the art stuff, or blocks. Tonight she's watching an episode of Mickey and playing with play doh. So we did dinner at 5, a walk, a bath, now play doh and TV. Bed at 730 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171268 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:05:30 +0000 Mae 2171268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is still pretty little (not quite a year) but I like to give her half an hour of run-around time after dinner to get some energy out. So we just sit on the floor and she usually just toddles around and gets into this and that and we play. Then bath (e/o night unless she got sweaty/sunscreened), bottle, book, song, and bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kid-activities-between-dinner-and-bedtime#post-2171263 Thu, 07 May 2015 19:03:18 +0000 mrbee 2171263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do your kids usually do during that time between dinner and bedtime?</p> <p>Sometimes we do a bath, but especially in the winter we will skip days. On those days, the kids usually do art projects: drawing, painting and making mixed-media art (AKA taping random things they find in the apartment to a piece of paper). I thought that art projects would be a phase, but they seem to be getting more into them as time goes by! </p>