Post by Jalapeñomel on Jul 11, 2014 13:29:30 GMT -5
This is probably flameful/judge worthy, isn't it?
I'm beginning to think we need to start doing this, but we are always working or watching tv. And our round table is very tight in our small space. It certainly isn't great for two adults and a baby, unless we pull it away from the wall every night.
Pre-kid, we did not typically. Now we do. Can't remember exactly when we started, because for a few months after starting solids we didn't always eat dinner with E.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Jul 11, 2014 13:35:21 GMT -5
Not often. I try to not eat meals with my almost 17 MO unless absolutely necessary. I prefer to eat a snack when I get home and then if I still am hungry, then eat dinner after he goes to bed.
H & I are not big dinner people and often don't eat more than a bowl of cereal at night. I know we'll have to do something more when DS gets older, which I am dreading.
Yes. Once my daughter started eating the same meals, we all started eating together at the table. I can't remember exactly when, but sometime around age 2.
We use to eat all meals at the kitchen table up until about a month ago, now DD wants to eat at her table in her play room (which is the front room next to the dining room) so DH eats in dining room and I usually sit on the floor and eat at her table with her. It's pretty fun to be at that level. DD & I eat breakfast at the kitchen table during the week.
Post by simpsongal on Jul 11, 2014 13:41:32 GMT -5
We used to eat at the coffee table in front of the tv, but we removed the coffee table now that J is mobile (it was a magnet for choking hazards and head bumps). We eat at the table now (only took ~9 years)
Yes. I'm not a big TV person, so there's no pull for me to eat in front of the TV. I'll do it with DD on certain nights as a special treat (because she wants to watch Frozen for the 900th time or something), but I actually hate it. DD and I don't talk to each other when we do this and dinner is really the only time of day we have to properly catch up.
Yes, but only since having kids or when ss was with us.
I find that my kids eat better when we are all there eating together. Sometimes when we are just having leftovers DH and I stand in the kitchen while the kids sit at the table and that works ok too.
When we do let them eat in front of the tv they hardly eat anything and when they don't eat well they wake up even earlier in the morning. And waking up early and hungry makes them grumpy little shits, so I have a pretty strong incentive to have them eat at the table.
Yes, almost always. The kids always eat at the table. I don't allow food or drink (other than water) outside the kitchen. However, once every 2-3 weeks DH and I order takeout after the kids go to bed, and we sit in the living room and watch a movie together while we eat.
We eat at the table for dinner F-Sunday. We quit the TV habit about 6 months ago when we really started noticing DS being distracted by it.
We all eat at different times during the week. I'm in the kitchen while DS eats at the table, but DH and I don't ever eat at the table during the week.
Yes, always. Since before DD. We usually give DD some banana, milk, and tortilla chips when she gets home from daycare so she can wait for dinner at 6:30.
On nights when H is working, I tend to eat while I cook. The kids sit together and eat at the table. We have family dinners or eat out on the nights he does not work.
We do, but I don't like eating on the couch. Our tv is often on in the next room. We're going to start eating around our kitchen island to try to save our carpet.
Almost always. The kids aren't allowed to eat anywhere else. Once in a blue moon I will let them eat in the office with me while I am on the computer but that is rare.
We do eat at the kitchen table. Before having a kid we always ate at the coffee table watching tv. If DS happens to be sleeping then we end up back in front of the tv lol.
Nope. DD is READY.TO.EAT when she walks in the door from daycare at 5:15. Not a snack, full on dinner. She eats leftovers from the night before (and pouches lol) at 5:15. We sit/stand/cut fruit/talk to her while she eats dinner then we all enjoy 5:45 to 7 together as a family. I cook dinner after she goes to bed at 7. H and I eat at the coffee table at 7:30 while we watch Jeopardy.
I've gotten shamed for this before, but it's what works for our family right now. Quality time doesn't have to happen at the dinner table and I'm not going to stress about my 1yo's schedule not coinciding with family dinner.
ETA: We do all eat together at the table on the weekends sometimes! And TV is not on at all during the week when DD is asleep. (Look at me, defending my choices like I said I wouldn't. lol)
Very similar here. We've tried family dinner, and I hate it. The rush to get food on the table for everyone, rushing around to get things for the kids, stuff spilling on our dining room carpet, etc. We only have a breakfast bar in our kitchen so if we want to eat together, it has to be in our carpeted dining room, which I hate.
Instead, I feed the kids leftovers or make them something quick when we get home at 5:30pm. It's much more relaxing b/c they sit at the breakfast bar, and I can talk and spend quality time with them, catch up on their day, get them what they need, etc. rather than spend the whole time trying to shove food in my mouth before someone else needs something. Then, DH and I eat while watching TV around 7:30, sometimes watching Jeopardy.
Post by Velar Fricative on Jul 11, 2014 13:50:11 GMT -5
No, because we don't have one since DD's nursery took over our dining room. But we hope to move within the next few months and I am keen on eating together as a family at the dinner table. Right now we eat on foldable snack tray tables and DD is in her high chair and we're all sitting around the living room. Classy!
Yes, and we did this before DH was born. We eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the tablet together 99% of the time. Unfortunately DH insists on having the news on the TV 2-3 nights out of 7, but we are always seated at the table.
Mon-Thurs I give DS a snack (1st phase of dinner? cheese, etc.) when we get home, and we all eat dinner around 6 or 6:30pm when DH gets home from work. DS goes to bed by 8 or 8:15pm.
No, because we don't have one since DD's nursery took over our dining room. But we hope to move within the next few months and I am keen on eating together as a family at the dinner table. Right now we eat on foldable snack tray tables and DD is in her high chair and we're all sitting around the living room. Classy!
I guess as city folk, we probably don't have much choice. We don't have a separate dining room, so it would be a huge pain to pull out the table.
No, because we don't have one since DD's nursery took over our dining room. But we hope to move within the next few months and I am keen on eating together as a family at the dinner table. Right now we eat on foldable snack tray tables and DD is in her high chair and we're all sitting around the living room. Classy!
I guess as city folk, we probably don't have much choice. We don't have a separate dining room, so it would be a huge pain to pull out the table.
I can't wait to have a real dining table again. And my very own washer and dryer that I don't have to share with ANYONE ELSE.
Other than those things, I like city living (despite living in the boonies part of the city, but still).
Quality time doesn't have to happen at the dinner table and I'm not going to stress about my 1yo's schedule not coinciding with family dinner.
Quality time happens at the breakfast table for us. It's the only time of day that DD, DH and I are all home at the same time. But when DD was a lot younger, I was out of the house by the time she was having breakfast. These things change as kids grow and schedules/eating times shift.