https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 06:40:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1509767 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:09:55 +0000 hilsy85 1509767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: @CupQuakeWalk: ha Lo only likes one show as well and we only have like 5 episodes of it...pretty sure he has seen them all like 10 times! I sometimes think he likes them more if he's seen them before. </p> <p>for me, it's around 4pm...LO usually eats dinner around 530, so the hour between 4 and 5 is TOUGH--it's basically a count down til he eats, and then he's in a good mood til bathtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1509551 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:04:36 +0000 Mrs. M 1509551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually around 6:30. DH gets home around 7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1509547 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:03:19 +0000 sorrycharlie 1509547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>right around 4. DH gets home at 4, and I'm usually so witchy! I feel bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1509475 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:41:00 +0000 cyndistar3 1509475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on the day but as long as they get a decent nap and no one is sick or anything 7- 7:30 is usually when I'm like "can I put them to bed yet?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1509373 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:18:46 +0000 winniebee 1509373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: Daniel Tiger usually goes on right at 5 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1508360 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:07:54 +0000 Tidybee 1508360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@owlmom: i reassure myself and rationalize that in the spring/summer, we'll make up for the tv time with playing outside til dinner.<br /> @CupQuakeWalk: yes dvr -- i DVR sesame street every morning and then just play that day's episode later on. They've started to repeat but Ive got 22 Sesame Streets in DVR so I just go to one of them in a pinch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1506026 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:40:13 +0000 owlmom 1506026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5:30 for me, too. It's usually when I start eyeing the tv and considering how much screen time she's had for the week. @Tidybee: Glad I'm not the only one :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505955 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:46:05 +0000 twoofeverything 1505955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4pm! That's when they both get up from their second nap. They're so cranky and hungry by that point...and so am I! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505953 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:44:21 +0000 fancyfunction 1505953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on the day b/c sometimes my husband is home by 4 and other days he's home after she goes to bed. So on those days, her dinner seems to get moved up a bit. ;) But around 5pm I start my countdown if I'm still alone, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505924 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:33:39 +0000 rattles 1505924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5:30pm. Usually this is when I get a call from DH that he'll be working late and simultaneously when DD begins her clingy, fussy time. Plus dinner. Yuck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505856 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:02:11 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1505856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: buffer hour, you say? I think I need to try this. LO isn't into TV except for ONE show which comes on at about 11am (Fred &amp; Fiona). Maybe i'll DVR it so that he can watch it at 5pm instead of 11am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505487 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:26:26 +0000 Silva 1505487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start counting down at 4:00- because it seems soooo close (yet so far). But things don't usually get rough until about 5:00 when I start making dinner. Some nights it goes fine and she lets me wear her or is entertained by the Tupperware cabinet. Other nights are epic melt downs until dinner.<br /> 6 until 7 is usually pretty easy though- she's always happy while eating dinner and in the bath- and then she gets into that hyper manic state during naked time....and then bed.<br /> I never actually know if he'll be home before she goes to bed so I try not to count on it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505482 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:24:23 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1505482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugggh, DH travels for work so I solo parent the majority of the time. He's supposed to land tomorrow night and I can't wait!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505481 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:23:36 +0000 Tidybee 1505481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sesame Street goes on at 4:30 sharp to<br /> Give me a few minutes to myself to do those last things around the house before DH gets home and to get dinner prepped. I know by 5:30 she will be in full blown needy fussy mode so it helps to have a buffer hour in there so that I can deal with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505467 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:20:52 +0000 Zbug 1505467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha 5:00 here. It's the one hour countdown till DH gets home. We are often sitting outside waiting for him by 5:45. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505461 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:17:58 +0000 Ra 1505461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually around 5:30 for me, too. This week, with DH out if town, I hit that point 2 days ago and haven't been able to recover! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505452 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 18:06:32 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1505452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: right? After the nap and before the betting is the darkest zone.<br /> @Running Elley: lol!!!! That's great! The other day DH asked me to hand him his phone and I said "no. I'm too tired." It was right next to me! I just couldn't do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505413 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:52:06 +0000 Running Elley 1505413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CupQuakeWalk: Haha. You get me ;) The fact that whining goes along with it really is the icing on the cake. Seriously. It grates on my nervesss. The other night when J got home I went into the other room and sat in the dark. He was so confused about what I was doing haha. The answer was absolutely nothing. And it was glorious lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505395 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:46:25 +0000 Weagle 1505395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whenever she wakes up from her nap until DH comes home. She's just not very happy or easy to please. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505379 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:41:02 +0000 Charm54 1505379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4:30... Still 30-45 mins till DH comes home and still 2.5 hours until bedtime ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505371 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:35:47 +0000 pinkcupcake 1505371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right around 430pm is when I start to looooooose it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505306 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:03:53 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1505306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: it's jekel &amp; Hyde! It's like<br /> "Hold me non-stop" then "no, don't touch me!"<br /> "I'm hungry!!" Then "no more!"<br /> "I'm happy!" Then...meltdown.<br /> I. Just. Can't.<br /> Not enough coffee in the world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505291 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:54:14 +0000 winniebee 1505291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>530! Except my LO doesn't go to bed until 730/8. So there's still a whole lot of parenting left to do at that point. And he is up at 7 after DH leaves for work. So....yeah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505285 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:49:36 +0000 Andrea 1505285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha. Cooking dinner with two kids hanging around is uuuuggghhhh. </p> <p>DH is gone this week so I have Ben and Jerry to hug me later ... after the kids are asleep. :-p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505284 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:49:18 +0000 photojane 1505284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>30 minutes ago. HEEEELP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505276 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:46:19 +0000 Running Elley 1505276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's 5:30 for me too!!! For the same reasons...I'm trying to cook dinner while keeping the kids content, toddler thinks he wants things but then doesn't but then does and then starts incessantly whining/screaming, infant doesn't understand why she can't get attention, I'm trying to make sure the house doesn't look like a tornado came through when DH gets home, etc etc etc</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505214 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:22:55 +0000 Beyond2 1505214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at that point right now! Dinner is in the middle of cooking and DS is whining and crying because he wants a drink. Meanwhile he has a cup of water and a cup of milk available to him! Hes just miserable at this point and I'm really pushing that edge where I just want to lock myself in the bathroom ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sahms-when-do-you-get-to-that-point#post-1505189 Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:15:14 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1505189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5:30 PM for me. That is when I start to count down the seconds until DH gets home and until LO gets to bed.<br /> Firstly, by 5:30pm, it's officially been about 9h straight of baby-time, no momma time and constant running around. So, physically and mentally, i'm drained.<br /> Second, it's dinnertime so i've got dinner, LO, laundry and whatever else going all at once. It seems like things really get busy around now.<br /> Lastly, LO gets insane. He really does. At T-1.5 hours until bedtime, he is inconsolable and like a terror. I tried to move his bedtime up with no luck.<br /> It's 5:15 now, dinner just started, i'm about to throw a load into the dryer and I can start to see the angry creeping up in LO. Bye! </p>