https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 20:49:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641636 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:24:53 +0000 HappyBaker 2641636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Caffeine and doing a standing up job helped again tonight, its almost 9:30 and I'm still awake and actually watching a show instead of falling asleep to it :-) </p> <p>I found this super yummy ready to drink Starbucks drink at the supermarket, it tastes like chocolate milk but has the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee! So I think I'm going to make that my after dinner pick me up from now on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641519 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:33:05 +0000 bubblegum 2641519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following!! We have the same problem! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641518 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:30:24 +0000 Mama Bird 2641518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following! I never get anything done any more because bedtime puts me to sleep. Even if I'm awake I'm a zombie. I'll sit next to DH reading on my phone, give up on doing anything that involves thinking, and go to bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641517 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:25:04 +0000 pachamama 2641517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: I stopped fighting it and just go to bed. .., at like 745! When I don't get enough sleep I'm a bear. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641515 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:17:39 +0000 mediagirl 2641515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's so hard. I agree with @brownepiano on fun food. If I can motivate to get things ready, I can get my husband downstairs with the thought of fun food (and then I usually get a game out of it, too). :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641513 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:16:19 +0000 Rescuemom10 2641513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Us too! I'm up at 4:30 am, DH (if he isn't deployed) us up by 5:30am, by 8pm I feel Done. You basically just said everything I am feeling. Not alone moma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2641490 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:55:09 +0000 snowjewelz 2641490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If there's something I want or need to do after, I ask DH to wake me up if I don't show up downstairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640941 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:42:10 +0000 HappyBaker 2640941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: Totally agree I can rally when I have real plans outside of the house! </p> <p>@Tanjowen: That's a great idea!</p> <p>@wrkbrk: Haha, that is what I thought Netflix and Chill meant at first since that is what we do also :-)</p> <p>@Mrs. Oatmeal: I tried this today and so far so good! I had a coffee around 5:30pm and after bedtime did the dishes / cleaned the kitchen to get over the hump, and now I'm still feeling good so maybe the caffeine is the key! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640915 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:23:54 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2640915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is us too. I either go down right after the kids or I try to do a standing up chore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640881 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:41:51 +0000 Miss Ariel 2640881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've learned that if I sit down on the couch after I put dd to sleep I won't be getting up again. So if I want to do something productive I have to do it as soon as I put dd to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640810 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:00:33 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2640810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does caffeine affect you? I usually have a strong tea or some coffee right after work, so I have a bit of a boost. I also find that sitting down right away means I'll fall asleep quick; so if I go get the mail or put away some things, I get a second wind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640803 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 11:19:00 +0000 peachykeen 2640803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is my problem too! I sit by myself in the kitchen and do something mindless (Hulu, Facebook, etc) before getting back the energy to tackle the dishes/laundry/whatever. DD (26 months) is EXHAUSTING lately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640801 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 11:15:26 +0000 wrkbrk 2640801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same exact problem here. 8 pm, DS falls asleep and its the literal version of Netflix and chill (read: sleep). :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640741 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 06:31:42 +0000 hellobeeboston 2640741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same problem!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640672 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:28:06 +0000 Tanjowen 2640672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get a glass of wine and go sit outside and talk for a little bit before heading inside to watch a show. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640668 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:20:29 +0000 Reese 2640668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following* the only time we can stay up is if we have plans and unfortunately those are normally not together (i.e.:playing hockey/taking a night course..etc) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640664 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 20:05:51 +0000 mrbee 2640664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I wanted to stay up after putting the kids down, I used to go on a brief walk outside. It helped keep me up for a while, but not for too long!</p> <p>For a while though, I just learned to go down with the kids. I was so tired and it was easier than fighting sleepiness and then falling asleep anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640653 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:55:20 +0000 brownepiano 2640653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Food. We have fun food after the kids go to bed. Granted we still usually just sit and watch something but I also have to work a few nights a week after bedtime. On those nights I have to make sure to keep moving and not just lay down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640652 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:53:12 +0000 HappyBaker 2640652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add, DS wakes up at 5:00am every day, so we need to get to bed by 10:00ish anyway! I'm not looking to stay up all night :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-to-re-energize-after-getting-the-kids-to-bed#post-2640649 Sat, 22 Oct 2016 19:52:07 +0000 HappyBaker 2640649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both DH and I work full time, and by the time we get the kids in bed for the night, one or both of us is ready to just pass out on the couch! We are usually done with both by 8/8:30 (we take turns on who does what kid) but then we sit down / watch a show and I almost ALWAYS fall asleep on the couch within 5 minutes. I'm getting really sick of feeling like I'm wasting all my "free" time asleep on the couch, but I also feel like I can't function!</p> <p>I'd love to know if anyone has a routine after you put the kid/s to bed to help you wake back up! </p>