Yes, but ds doesn't always eat with us. Sometimes he stands in his kitchen helper and eats leftovers or a sandwich while i cook dinner. Sometimes he eats with us. Sometimes he sits at his little table. Wherever he wants to eat is fine with me as long as he eats!
Yes, but it’s not in the good way anyone pictures. Yet.
Right now, my husband works so late, he eats at the office. Last night, he actually got home after I was already in bed.
Most nights, he eats while I put the baby to bed, then I eat and we go to bed. So, we sit at a dining table, but not at the same time.
When we first began living together and for maybe the first year or so after getting married, we set the table, didn’t work or look at our phones while we ate, etc. That went downhill a couple years ago. While he will have the quarterly commitment to work through dinner, overall, I anticipate big changes when she begins sitting up and eating real food.
Post by catsarecute on Jul 11, 2014 16:38:22 GMT -5
Not very often. Pre-baby, we did more because I was able to make dinner a few nights a week (wife of the year lol). Now, we squeeze in dinner when we can since DD is going through a witching hour phase at dinner time.
I want to be the family that sits down together for dinner when she gets older though and eat a proper meal-not cereal, like DH eats for dinner 3 nights a week.
Post by waterchurch on Jul 11, 2014 16:50:17 GMT -5
We started once DS was eating solids. Before that, we were always parked on the couch watching a show together. It really is a lot less work to carry all the food to the table, rather than across the house into the den!
Post by undecidedowl on Jul 11, 2014 18:55:28 GMT -5
Yep, always. It's what I'm used to and it works pretty well for us. Also, I can't imagine where else I would want to feed a messy 2 year old in our house.
Post by turtletop90 on Jul 11, 2014 18:59:50 GMT -5
Kinda. H and I eat at the table while DD sits/wanders around between bites. (she's not in high chair anymore)
Keeping a 2 year old in the seat is hard. lol I tried enforcing a stay seated for dinner rule, but gave up. I don't care about fighting that battle right now.
DH and I eat on the couch most nights, since we prefer to eat our dinner in peace after DD goes to bed. She eats at the kitchen counter, and we hang out with her there. One of us will sit and the other will unload the dishwasher, prep dinner, sort mail, etc.
Post by browneyedgirl9 on Jul 11, 2014 19:34:23 GMT -5
We aren't the norm...we ate at the table every night pre kid, and still continue each night with the baby. He sits in the high chair now so he is at our level. Even when he was a newborn we set him near the table in his rnp.
For us it's our only time of day to sit down quiet together and talk about our days. It's a tradition we want to keep as our kids grow up.
Yes. Every night. Even when DS ate & was in bed before DH got home I would always eat early with DS ( I'm a grandma I like to eat at like 5pm lol) at the table.
Before DS ate solids DH & I ate together after DS was in bed ( he went to bed @ like. 6pm from like 5 weeks - like 18 months)
Now that DS is bigger & can stay up until 7:30 & eat at 6:15 we all eat together unless H is working late.
We do. I never did growing up though. When DH and I first moved in together, we did dinner on the couch in front of the TV, but then we got a pretty rug and new couches and I said I want nice things so no more food in front of the TV. When DD was tiny we put her in the bassinet next to the table while we ate, and once she could hold herself up we put her in her high chair and let her play with spoons until we started with BLW.
Post by loskadoodle on Jul 11, 2014 20:31:53 GMT -5
Yes, we were about 50/50 pre kid, but now we eat dinner at the table almost every night. (Ds still sits in his high chair although I should prob just use the booster)
Post by purplecow0206 on Jul 11, 2014 20:54:52 GMT -5
H and I do most nights, and we also have a snack while feeding A. Every once in a while, I'll push to eat in front of the TV, but most of the time, we're at the table.
I also feel that it's important to sit down and eat as a family, but when I get home at 6, A's still nursing and wants to nurse the second I get home, and she goes to bed between 6:45 and 7:00, there's not enough time to make dinner as well.
Yes, most nights. Often H isn't home, so it is just me and the kids at the table. Sometimes H has sports practices or games, so we kind of eat on the run. Now and then I let the kids eat at their little table in front of TV. But having family dinner at the table at least a few times a week is important to me. Our kids have eaten at the table with us since they started eating.