https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:52:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618793 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 13:04:14 +0000 mfa_lady 2618793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5:30 We all get home<br /> 6:00/6:15 Dinner for DD (and for us if I have my ducks in a row, but sometimes we have to eat later)<br /> 6:45 Playtime<br /> 7/7:15 Bath<br /> 7:45 Milk + Bedtime</p> <p>I know this is going to get all screwy when DD2 arrives in October, but for now we have it down pat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618786 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 12:53:22 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2618786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH gets home between 4 and 5. He goes off to workout/shower (just in our bedroom but sometimes he closes the door because he just can't deal with the kids climbing him while he does it lol). I am cooking by 5 or 530. Dinner at 6. Outside for about 30 minutes after that. Then the bath and bedtime routines start. We RARELY go anywhere in the evening and if we do its on a weekend </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618707 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:07:30 +0000 lioneyes 2618707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS gets dinner at 5:30, then bath, then 1 episode of a show, then books/bed at 6:30.<br /> I clean up after he goes down, prep dinner, and shower.<br /> DH gets home around 7/730, we eat around 8 and watch some shows on the couch. Love our boring weeknights! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618693 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:56:12 +0000 snowjewelz 2618693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get home at 6, so we sit down and eat dinner together right away (DH would have already made dinner). Then we clean up, play around for a bit, then around 7:20-7:30 we go up to change into PJs (we don't do bath everyday). Then come back down to drink milk and play around a bit more, then brush teeth and in bed by 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618677 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 10:15:00 +0000 Anya 2618677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6:30- dinner<br /> 7:00- play or bath<br /> 7:15- put LO to bed<br /> 7:30-10ish- wfh<br /> 10:00- read/watch tv/spouse time<br /> 10:30- tell myself it would probably be wise to go to bed now<br /> 11:00-11:45- actually go to bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618631 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 09:08:33 +0000 looch 2618631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not too much happens, but it's a challenge for me to write it out for some reason. </p> <p>It's basically dinner, bath and bed, with some prep for the morning, such as packing lunch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618611 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:32:16 +0000 mediagirl 2618611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5:30 I get home, say hello and start dinner.<br /> 6:00 dinner<br /> 6:30 family walk or play time<br /> 7:00 bath/get ready for bed<br /> 7:30-8 try and get 4 year old to stay in her room<br /> 8-9: clean up kitchen, watch TV, read a book, take a bath, do things....<br /> 9-10: if it's a weekend night, I'll stay up and continue with something from above. Weeknights, I'm trying to fall asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618607 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:26:52 +0000 yin 2618607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I start cooking at 5, and the kids have TV time while I get dinner ready. Dinner starts at 6, and DH usually comes home around this time. We try to take a walk after dinner around 6:30 - 6:45. The goal is to get bedtime routine started at 7 and the kids in bed by 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618592 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:12:45 +0000 irene 2618592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5:00 picked up DS, arrive home, cooking<br /> 5:45 dinner with DS<br /> 6:30 dessert or outside time if DS finishes his food<br /> 7:00 DH comes home, he eats dinner.<br /> (DS may be still eating his dinner if dinner started late / he hasn't finished earlier)<br /> 7:15 bath, pajamas, clean up room, read, teeth brushing<br /> 8:00 bedtime for DS. DH and I sat and watch a bit of tv and/or chat<br /> 9:00 both of us work until bedtime </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618580 Fri, 09 Sep 2016 08:04:56 +0000 Anagram 2618580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4:15-5:00 pm, I get home from work (arrival depends on the day and if I have an after work meetings). I play with the girls for a bit, then at 5:30 start dinner prep. I feed them around 6-6:30. Dh gets home at 7, and we do baths. I pack the girls lunches while he does bath usually--then the baby is asleep at 7:30. LO1 gets a little extra quiet play time, then she's in bed by 8 after we read a story.</p> <p>Some nights, like last night, the girls seem hungry so I feed them early. Then we have time for an outside walk--so yesterday, we walked to meet DH's bus and all walked home together around 7:15. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618428 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:17:40 +0000 caterw 2618428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Suuuuper quiet! I SAH and I like to get all of our activities and errands done before lunch. I clean and prep dinner during naptime. DD wakes up from nap usually around 430 and likes to cuddle while she wakes up fully. We read books/ color/ play in her room (OK often we will watch an episode of Sofia the First also) until it's time for me to make dinner. She will keep herself busy or "help me cook". Then it's dinner, bath, potty, bed. Boom. We don't typically leave the house after nap unless we are going to make a repeat trip to the pool or go on a walk but that depends on how much time between when she gets up and when I need to start making dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618367 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:20:52 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2618367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband gets home around 4ish and I get home with the kids around 4:30. We catch up with each other, my husband starts dinner, I nurse the baby &amp; tidy up, our 4 year old plays or goes on a bike ride with his neighborhood friend. We try to eat around 5:30/5:45, but often it's 6. After dinner, I take care of the baby's bedtime and try to get her to sleep at 7/7:30. Our son plays if there's time while my husband cleans up and starts potty/bath, etc around 7. Sometimes they do a late evening bike ride/dog walk. We do lights out for him at 8, but he often doesn't fall asleep until 8:30 or later. Once the kids are asleep, it's chores and we try to squeeze in some tv. We're in bed by 10, if not earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618357 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:08:18 +0000 Kemma 2618357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On work days we all get home at around 1700, try to start eating dinner between 1730 and 1745, the kids get into the shower at 1830 then we start bedtime at 1900. Both kids are usually asleep by 1930 at the earliest and 2000 at the latest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618304 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 19:23:44 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2618304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty boring! I usually get home with my son between 5 and 5:30, start his dinner, husband gets home usually between 6 and 630 and we sit with our son while he eats - about 30min-1hr of playing, roughhousing, 10 or so minutes of video with a cup of milk and then bedtime, then my husband and I eat and hang out for a couple of hours. It gets super repetitive and boring, but whenever i go out or we try to plan something mid week I get stressed and tired - so we usually keep social stuff to the weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618297 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 19:18:52 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2618297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If DH is working I start dinner at 5. Eat around 530-6. Head out for a walk from 630-7 usually. Play for a bit. Baths at 730 or so. Bed at 8-830. </p> <p>If DH is off that day we usually do something after dinner instead of walking. Beach or park or store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618252 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:22:56 +0000 ottilie 2618252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours are really similar. We're not very busy and we keep our evenings quiet! Dinner after he gets home, then we play with our son a bit - read books, play with trains, etc inside, or go for a walk/play in the backyard if it's nice like tonight. Then bedtime for our son starting around 7 and putting him down at 7:30, then we just hang out/read/watch TV/husband listens to baseball games. Haha. Very boring really. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-does-a-typical-evening-look-like-at-your-house#post-2618244 Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:09:08 +0000 Bao 2618244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH gets home around 4:15, and if he has to go to his other job he visits the girls for a few minutes then heads out. If he stays home then we all hang out, go outside sometimes and then I start dinner. We will sometimes go out and do something like go to the park, a bike ride, or just relax at home. Our life isn't super busy (yet) so a lot of time is just spent hanging out. </p>