https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:28:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1018414 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:39:22 +0000 LuLu Mom 1018414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: HAHA I re-read it this morning &amp; yep that's exactly how it played out last night! It doesn't seem so bad when we are doing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016742 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:25:49 +0000 Smurfette 1016742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>430: leave work<br /> 445: pick up LO<br /> 5:15-5:30: get home<br /> 5:30-6:00: play time<br /> 6:00 - bath<br /> 6:10-6:30: walk outside to get the mail (she loves outside), read books<br /> 6:30: nurse<br /> 7:00: bedtime<br /> 7:00-900: prep bottles, wash bottles, make dinner for myself, eat, watch TV, do laundry, etc.<br /> 9:00-9:30/10:00: get ready for bed, talk to DH on the phone, bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016740 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:24:22 +0000 LazyLightning 1016740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4:30 - leave work<br /> 4:50 - arrive at LO's daycare<br /> 5:10 - arrive home<br /> 5:20 - if she's tired i try to get her to nap so I can make dinner, otherwise i make her a bottle.<br /> 5:30-6 pm, DH arrives home and we eat. If she is eating her bottle we eat separately and/or have to wait until she is done to make something and eat.</p> <p>6:30 or 7, we watch netflix while dealing with fussy LO.<br /> 9, all three of us go to bed. </p> <p>LO is 11 weeks, so she usually wakes up to eat at about 2 and then wakes randomly again at ~4:30, usually for the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016714 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:15:40 +0000 lindseykaye 1016714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most Days...</p> <p>5:00 Leave work. If I have an errand to run, I do it and am home around 5:45. If not I am home around 5:15.<br /> 5:15-6:15 I let the dog out and do chores around the house, shower, etc. until DH gets home with LO.<br /> 6:15-6:45 Play time for us and LO.<br /> 6:45 Dinner for LO<br /> 7:00 Bathtime and bedtime routine<br /> 7:30 She is asleep.<br /> 7;30 - 9 Hang out with DH making/eating dinner and watching shows if we have something that is on.<br /> 9-10 Clean up from dinner and do stuff to prep for the next day (pack diaper bag, make coffee for the morning, diaper laundry, put away things around the house).<br /> 10-11 My bedtime<br /> 11-1 DH bedtime </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016679 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:03:35 +0000 pregnantbee 1016679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I got to leave work earlier than I do! Depending on which day of the week, I either leave work at 5 or 6 (and 9p 1 day per week). If it's a 6p day, DH picks him up from daycare and hangs with him until I get home around 6:15.</p> <p>LO is currently 13.5 months old.</p> <p>6:15 Dinner for LO (usually leftover lunch or a variation on what lunch would be)<br /> 6:15 DH walks and feeds dog<br /> 6:30 Play or bath or books<br /> 6:45-7 Nurse<br /> 7-7:30ish Bed for LO<br /> 7-7:30ish Prep daycare milk/food<br /> 7:30 Start dinner or heat up dinner for ourselves<br /> 8+ Eat dinner and relax<br /> 9:30-10 Bed and sleeping shortly after</p> <p>on my "early" get out at 5p day:</p> <p>5p Leave work<br /> 5:15 Pick up LO from daycare<br /> 5:20-5 Either home with LO and play/walk dog OR go straight to park and play there until 6-6:15<br /> 6:15 Home and LO eats<br /> then schedule is same for the rest of the evening. I almost always do a bath on the early night.</p> <p>And one day a week, I work 12-9p. Not awesome. DH does the entire evening routine by himself, and when I get home I prepare daycare things for the next day. Bedtime is around 11p those days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016636 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:51:31 +0000 bushelandapeck 1016636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work two `10 hr days per week (today is one). LO is 12 mos.<br /> 5pm-leave work<br /> 6-6:15-home from work (darn Boston traffic!)<br /> 6:30-7-play with LO while trying to prep dinner<br /> 7pm-DH home<br /> 7-7:30-bedtime routine (bath, nurse, books)<br /> While DH is doing the bath I clean up from dinner, wash bottles/pump parts<br /> LO is asleep by 7:45pm<br /> Hang out and watch t.v. or read until 9pm<br /> 9-9:15pm-bed for me (DH usually a bit later) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016564 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:34:23 +0000 yellowbird 1016564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dh stays home now for the time being. I get home around 6:00 (I work 4 10s.) So:<br /> 6:00 home, play with baby for 15 mins<br /> hubs and I start dinner together and lo crawls around going wild.<br /> 6:45-7:30 eat dinner with LO<br /> 7:30 start bedtime routine<br /> 8:00 LO is in her crib with lights off!</p> <p>I dont get a lot of time m-th but being with her all day 3 days a week is worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016499 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:16:14 +0000 mediagirl 1016499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 14 months.<br /> Leave work at 4pm.<br /> Arrive at daycare at 4:24-4:28pm.<br /> Arrive home at 4:46-4:52pm.<br /> Nurse.<br /> If husband isn't' home, let the dog out to pee.<br /> Start dinner.<br /> 5:30pm: Eat dinner<br /> 6pm: Bathtime<br /> 6:25pm: Bedtime routine<br /> 6:35pm: M is in her crib with the door shut, white noise and music box on.<br /> 6:35pm - 7pm: Relax. Read, catch up online, sit on the couch.<br /> 7pm: Clean up from dinner, prep tomorrow's daycare meals.<br /> 8pm: Time together or time apart. Usually spent reading, watching TV, doing laundry, household chores or playing a game (rare).<br /> 9-9:30pm: In bed<br /> 9-10pm: Asleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016498 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:16:12 +0000 dagret 1016498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 pm leave work<br /> I pick DS up from daycare by 530<br /> home by 6 pm; nurse<br /> DH usually works (at home) until 5:30 and starts on dinner by 6 pm.<br /> Feed DS around 630-645<br /> we eat dinner around 630-645<br /> bathtime around 7 pm<br /> nurse to sleep (i know) by 7:30 pm<br /> I clean up dinner while DH is supposed to wash bottles<br /> I get evertyhing ready for the next day.<br /> If I'm done early I'll hop in bed around 9 or 9:30, DS usually has his first waking around 10:30, so if it's later I stay up until he wakes up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016496 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:15:51 +0000 regberadaisy 1016496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: hahaha for some reason the way your post was written made me very tired reading it. Even though we do practically the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016490 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:14:46 +0000 LuLu Mom 1016490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I leave work at 5, pick LO up from daycare and am home by 5:20. DD and I play until 5:45 when DH gets home. He takes over playing so I can make dinner, we eat at 6:15 usually. Dinner's done by 6:45, we take turns on cleaning up kitchen/playing with LO or we skip it &amp; go for a walk if it's nice. 7:15 its bath, bottle, medicine, book, bed. In bed by 7:30. </p> <p>Then we pick up/do laundry/dishes until 8-8:15 and relax/watch TV until we go to bed at 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016452 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:57:53 +0000 blackbird 1016452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3:30: leave work<br /> 4:00-5:00: gym<br /> 5:30: home, quick shower, play with baby, heat up dinner. She's a hot potato, getting passed back and forth between now and bedtime<br /> 7:00: bath time, snuggles, etc<br /> 8:00-8:30; baby down<br /> 9:30: bedtime (us) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016416 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:51:19 +0000 BananaPancakes 1016416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I leave work around 4:30, then get home around 5. Sometimes my husband is already home, and sometimes he works late. If he's home, he'll usually play with LO while I get dinner ready. Then we eat, I take LO outside to burn some energy and then by 6:30 he's in the bath. Once he's down for the night around 7, I'll clean up, while my husband gets scheduling done for work the next day. We're usually in bed by 8:30, then we watch TV and relax to be asleep by 9:30 or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016254 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:13:03 +0000 mrskc 1016254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 10 months today! Here is our evening routine:</p> <p>4 PM: I leave for work! 4 pm on the dot too! </p> <p>4:45: arrive at home. DH is already home and has picked up DS from daycare. They are usually just hanging out together. I put away my milk &amp; get pump parts &amp; bottles ready to wash. Then usually nurse DS if he is cranky and hungry.</p> <p>5: we start dinner. DH has been cooking a lot lately. So I hang out with DS.</p> <p>5:30: dinner as a family at the table. we do clean up after we eat. </p> <p>Then we just play with the baby or sometimes go out of the house for an errand. I will usually take my shower around 6:30. </p> <p>7 pm: bath time &amp; night time routine. </p> <p>8 pm: DS is usually asleep by 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016235 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:07:54 +0000 littlebug 1016235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>D is 7 months. I leave work at 4:50, catch the 5:07 train home, and pick up D at daycare at 5:40. We get home around 5:50, empty the wet bag, put away the milk I pumped, and then he nurses. Hubs gets home around 6:15, usually while I'm nursing, and he cleans the bottles from daycare. After he eats, he plays with Hubs while I get dinner ready. We eat around 7. Hubs takes him up for bath around 7:30 while I clean up dinner, then after bath I go up, give him a massage, sing lullaby, read a book, then nurse to sleep. He's usually asleep by 8:15. Then I go downstairs and get bottles and the daycare bag ready for the next day, then relax and watch some tv with Hubs till we go to bed at 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016201 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:59:21 +0000 Adira 1016201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander is 5 months.</p> <p>I leave work at 4:30 and get to Xander's daycare around 5:00 to pick him up. We're usually home by 5:15. Some nights, if he didn't nap well at daycare, I'll put him down for a nap when we get home (or he'll fall asleep in the car and continue sleeping once we're home). Other nights we'll play. Hubs is usually home by 5:30. I nurse Xander at 6:00 and then do bedtime routine and he's usually in bed by 7:30. Then Hubs and I will make dinner for ourselves and eat while watching a show. Then it's time to get ready for bed ourselves and Hubs plays video games (or washes bottles if that hasn't happened yet) while I nurse Xander at 9:00 and then in bed by 10:00.</p> <p>Once we start solids though, I'm hoping to nurse Xander at 5:30 and have dinner with him at 6:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohp-how-do-things-look-when-you-get-home#post-1016187 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:55:43 +0000 regberadaisy 1016187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What's your evening like from the moment you leave work? How old is your LO?</p> <p>I leave work about 4:10, take the train and DH picks me up with LO. We get home around 5:00pm. Some nights DH has to go back to work till 9pm.</p> <p>On the nights we're all home together we play together for a bit and I feed LO a snack. DH takes doggie out. Then we start dinner prep. I like to try to feed LO around 6:00pm. Bath time is usually around 7:00pm. Usually we play outside after dinner or go on a family walk. After bath time LO plays a bit before bedtime which is usually 7:40 or 8:00pm depending on how long her nap was.</p> <p>If DH is working I usually heat up leftovers for LO. While she's eating I'll start on dinner prep for DH &amp; I. After she goes down I'll start / finish making dinner for him and I. He gets home by 9 and we eat, clean up and try to relax a bit before going to bed around 10:30/11:00pm.</p> <p>If he's not working late we relax after LO goes to bed. Lately it's prepping for our garage sale!</p> <p>LO is 15.5 months.</p> <p>WOHP: how does your evening routine look like? </p>