Hellobee Boards

Not a lot. Depends on what is going on. Daddy tends to be better (and more patient) about playing with her and doing what she wants in the evenings. I am all about getting stuff done.

But 15 minutes seems do-able! Maybe she would be less whiny and go to bed with less hassle if I spent 15 minutes every night.

By the time we get home, she eats, we play for maybe 15 mins, then bath, bottle, and bed. It sucks

About an hour. I have to make sure I don't get distracted and start washing pump parts or something, because that time is far too precious to waste!

I get home with LO at 5:30, she nurses and then we play until about 6:30. Then she eats dinner and goes to bed at 7. I think it's about 45 minutes of quality time per night.

Good or bad, LO wakes up at 4:30 or 5 so we have lots of time to play in the morning before I scramble to get ready for work at 6:30. I'm too tired to do anything but play with her at that time.

Depends on the day. Sometimes it's 90 min, sometimes it's 3 hours. We eat as a family, she gets a bath, then we go into her room and we read and play for anout an hour. I definitely consider it quality time

Probably 30 mins - an hour. We try to give her lots and lots of attention during dinner, and we either read or play with her before bed, so there's definitely some quality time there every day.

We usually play from 4:30-5 then I male dinner. We eat from about 5:30-6 then play for maybe 20 more minutes then bath and bed!

We get about a half hour or so of playtime with him at night. It's tough when he's tired or cranky. It also takes awhile for him to eat too.

Right now, I get home by 4:00pm so LO and I have about 2 hours together before bed. I have to fit in his dinner, bath, and usually some errands but we do get a nice chunk of playtime together.

Next month, we are moving to the suburbs and my commute will be longer. Our playtime is going to get cut back by 30-40 minutes. Not looking forward to it but hopefully the new house will be worth it....

I'm so lucky. I am home by 4 and spend at least 1-2 hours just doing whatever he wants. Sometimes we have to run an errand, but I try to make sure he gets play time, too.

Home at 5 ish. Dinner at 5:30-6ish. Bath at 6:30-7ish, bed at 7:30.
We usually play for 15 minutes when we first get home or stop at a park on the way home. Then I am distracted, 'getting things done' until bath and we REALLY play during bath time. Bedtime is routine.
So, I would say 15min-30min good quality time when I am not doing anything but following her lead.