What time is dinner?

[Deleted]

The previous post about dinner at the ILs made me wonder what is the normal time for dinner for all of you? For me, 7pm dinner sounds normal, if not a little on the early side. When do you eat dinner?

ETA: I apparently don't know how to make a poll...forget the first option!

For those on an app, the options are:
5-6pm
6-7pm
7-8pm
after 8pm

[ECB]

If it were just dh and I, 7 is fine. But as Ds goes to bed about 7:30, we try to eat by 6. Maybe 6:30.

[smm5623]

With the kids, we've found we can't eat much later than 6. Ideally we would eat at 5 because omg hangry but that's impossible during the week

[countthestars]

Growing up we ate around 5:30.

Now, dd eats around 5:39-6 and we eat after she's down, so later than 8. I would prefer like 6:30 for everyone but it doesn't work with our cooking and bedtime routine.

[Deleted]

DH gets home around 5. DH, DS and I eat together around 6-6:30. That's when DH ate growing up too. My parents eat much later, around 7:30. It's hard for DS to deal with that when he stays with them. Whenever I ask my mom how DS behaved for her, she says he's cranky in the evenings. Well, he's HANGRY!

[justjen]

Now, on maternity leave, between 6 and 7. When I'm at work, between 6:30 and 7:30.

We all eat together.

[h]

We shoot for 6:30 when we all eat together, though a 7pm dinner would be no biggie as long as I gave them snacks. If it just DH and me, then 8ish.

[Deleted]

A normal weeknight at home, 6:30-7
If we go to my parents'/ILs' 4:30-5 so we can be on the road by 7-7:30. DH goes to bed between 8:30 and 9 and is more cranky than the baby is after 9.

[yellowbrkrd]

M loses his mind if we don't eat as soon as we get home, so usually between 5-5:30.

Sometimes we feed him his own dinner and wait to eat after he's in bed, which is around 7:30pm.

[zarapipe]

Weekdays 530, 545. Weekends usually ealier.

[gibbinator]

Between 4:30-5pm. Pretty much as soon as possible after dh brings ds1 home

[Yankees21]

About 6. I eat lunch by 11:30 now, I'm officially an old.

[humpforfree]

We all eat together anytime between 5:30 and 6 or so. A lot depends on when H gets home from work or when they get home from swim lessons.

[shelbyann]

6:30 or 7. Bedtime is 8.

[iheartbanjos]

6:30. Baths start at 7, except for Monday's when DD1 has ballet, we eat at 5:30.

Earlier woukd be nice, but H and I both need to exercise after work and now that it's getting nicer out, we play outside with the kids for 15-20 minutes before dinner.

[ssmjlm]

Between 5:30-6. E just can't go much past 6.

I'm fine anywhere between 5:30-7, but even DH gets cranky after 6.

[KKD]

6-6:30. H gets home around 6, and we all eat together.

[curbsideprophet]

The kids eat between around 6-6:30. Sometimes we all eat together, sometimes DH and I don't eat until later. It is after 8 if wait until they are in bed.

Sometimes the baby is fussy and I put him to bed while DD and DD eat. Then I eat later.

[lulu21]

6-7 most nights H isn't home until 6, so we eat, let J play for a little, bath, then bed. Evenings are rushed.

[Cicero]

Around 7:30ish normally but lately we've been trying to have a family dinner with M so we've pushed it up to 6:45.

[karinothing]

Before DS 7pm.
Now, 630pm.

I think when DS was littler we probably ate a bit earlier, but honestly I can't remember.

[antoniamarchette]

During the week it's usually between 5:30 and 6. On the weekends dh and I usually eat after ds is in bed since we usually order something or cook a nicer dinner.

[cinco]

5-6. A little earlier for later practice days (eat before we go), a little later for earlier practice days (eat when we get home)

[ilikedonuts]

6pm

[turtlegirl]

We usually eat around 545 or 6pm. Rarely do we start dinner after 6. Kids are hungry!

[Deleted]

530

[AlpineSlide]

between 5 and 6 for DS and me on weeknights. Maybe a little after 6 but not later than 6:30 on weekends. I always eat when DS eats, Dh does his own thing a lot because he works night shift.

[mlt]

We usually eat at 6:45 or 7. The kids are used to it and have a late snack. DS2 goes to bed immediately thereafter.

[redheadk]

Typically anywhere from 6:30-7:15. DD gets a snack after she wakes up from her nap, normally around 4:30/5.

[pinkdutchtulips]

We get home around 6:30p, have dinner around 7