Post by illgetthere on Mar 7, 2014 10:12:12 GMT -5
We used to do 7, and that worked out the best. However, when time fell back in the fall, S (1 yr) stuck on the schedule and goes crazy if we dont eat at 6. I work till 5, so it's usually him having a small snack at 550 or so and dinner NLT 630
Edit: I think family meals are importanat, and don't understand why someone would cook a separate kid's dinner
Around 5:30 or 6. It's kind of early, but with wanting to get DS to bed by 7:30, we usually eat around then so that we have time for all the other stuff that ends up getting added in at night!
just to give you an idea why -- G gets home with either H or i around 6-6:30. we make him dinner, then bath at 7:30, then he is up to bed at 8:15pm and asleep by 9pm. my H makes dinner at 8:15 when i am upstairs with G. thus, we eat at 9-9:30pm.
there is nothing LESS relaxing than eatig *with* a two year old, lol. we eat with him on sundays and some saturdays. but during the week, i want a quiet dinner.
just to give you an idea why -- G gets home with either H or i around 6-6:30. we make him dinner, then bath at 7:30, then he is up to bed at 8:15pm and asleep by 9pm. my H makes dinner at 8:15 when i am upstairs with G. thus, we eat at 9-9:30pm.
there is nothing LESS relaxing than eatig *with* a two year old, lol. we eat with him on sundays and some saturdays. but during the week, i want a quiet dinner.
This is why I am thinking it will go later when I am at work. We like to have dinner without the baby, lol.
Between 6-7, depending on what I'm cooking. I usually start cooking dinner the minute I get home from work. It's relaxing to me, so I look forward to it.
At home, 8 or 8:30, if I'm home by then. At a restaurant, I aim for a reservation somewhere between 8:30 and 9:30, which means we eat at somewhere between 9:00 and 10:00.
It is usually around 6:30 or so depending on when we get home from daycare. My kids are older so I try to eat with them vs. eating after they go to bed. I used to wait for DH and we'd eat close to 7 but he's not coming home until 7:30-8:00 most nights and that is too late for the kids. Sometimes on a really bad day I'll make dinner for just the kids and DH will eat after the go to bed. That means dinner at 9:00.