Do you eat dinner the same time as your LO?

[lovelylaura]

Me and the girls eat together because I'm home all day. However dh doesn't eat with us as he is never home before 6 and we eat at 5. X

 

[Tacey]

It's hard to manage as she eats at 4.30. I try and eat with her, even if I just have a bit, then have my proper meal later. We only eat together as a family at the weekend, as DH comes back from work after she's in bed.

As for not eating, I don't make a big deal about it, and usually offer some porridge if she's still hungry.

 

[CertainTurton]

We don't tend to eat our evening meal with her as she eats between 5-5.30 and my dh finishes work at 5.30pm. me and DH eat our meal later when she is in bed - its nice to have that time (and it can be a sofa meal if we like!) However we do all always eat breakfast together and often lunch too as DH works from home, so he comes down and we all sit at the table.
I do sit at the table while DD has her tea and will often have a little something, like fruit etc but not normally the same as her. I hope its ok to do this but I just couldnt eat my main meal that early, I would be starving by bedtime!

 

[Cleo]

My friend and I just had this exact conversation as she works from home 3 days a week and has the same problem. She says she's started to take a morning break to prep her dinner -- chop veggies, cook noodles or rice or whatever it is they're eating that night, which helps things to go quicker at dinner time and she can usually have them eating together by 5:45 ish. Not much of a break for her though!

 

[d_b]

We do. I work 7:30-4:30 so when I get home I start making something and OH gets home around 5:30 so we eat by 5:45. My 'cooking' is not very fancy though, we might have a lasagna or mac n cheese casserole and leftovers for a few days.. or we have something easy like tuna melt or egg salad sandwich, or pasta/frozen pizza. LO usually gets fresh veg with hummus as his 'appetizer' as he is really quite hungry by 5:30, and then I can finish up what I'm making while he eats that.

 

[Amy2701]

During the week OH and I eat when the kids are in bed. I sit with Lily while she eats at about 4:30pm then she goes to bed at 6:30pm. At the weekends we are usually at my mums for dinner, or if we're at home we all eat together. X

 

[Buttercup84]

I try and eat with Nancy most nights between 5 and 5:30, can be a bit later if i'm on a middle shift at work. If i'm on a late shift then whoever is looking after her eats with her instead (OH or my mum) If OH is looking after her he cooks dinner so that helps, it still tends to be something 'easy' though.
I have a fussy eater so she doesn't often finish a meal even if it's something I know she likes, therefore I don't offer her an alternative if she doesn't finish her dinner. She gets fruit after dinner milk before bed regardless of if she's eaten her dinner or not.

 

[ayh78]

We eat at 6, DS eats with us and has the same. I make everything from scratch most days, but I'm home from work by 4.30 (although I'm on mat leave at the mo), DH is home an hour later. We've always done this, but I tweak his if needed. He's a good eater and eats what we eat. I try to include things I know he likes every day, so he at least eats the pasta/rice/bread/potatoes, but he eats most/all of his tea usually. I don't remember ever offering an alternative. He gets yoghurt for dessert most days. I tend to give him fruit as a snack around 3-4pm.

 

[dan-o]

Always. Usually while breastfeeding too, so dont always get to 'eat' all mine properly lol!!
If daddy is home (2-3 nights a week) then he obviously joins us as well.
Dinner is usually around 5.30-6.30 depending on what we are doing.

 

[lovehearts]

We dont eat our dinner together. Tyler eats at 4.30 so he has his dinner at nannys on a work day as i dont finish until 5, or if im home with him i will sit with him but i dont eat with him. My husband and I eat later, around 8 oclock. Often my husband isnt home until 6 and Tyler would never wait that long to eat. We always eat breakfast together and on non work days i have lunch with him too.

I never ate with my parents either apart from sunday lunch as they always ate once we were in bed.

If Tyler doesnt want whats infront of him I leave him there for a little bit but i dont force him. Then i let him down from the table without pudding and leave his dinner so he can go back to it if he likes. We used to offer pudding but he started refusing dinner until he had eaten pudding! If he doesnt want his dinner then We give him some plain cereal or fruit as his super later on.

xx

 

[Bevziibubble]

Sometimes, but it's difficult as my DH works shifts, and Holly will only eat certain foods. Plus she doesn't like being stuck in a high chair, so I usually end up following her around the house all day popping bits of food in her month. She has the appetite of a sparrow!

 

[Mrs Doddy]

We can only eat together at weekends , but will sit with her while she eats

Yes I agree re "eating when hungry" I will leave it a while and offer fruit and yoghurt, I do think sometimes she plays me- I'm wavering over should I give her something else or not issue - she often asks for something and takes a bite and says she doesn't want it - that's when I tell her she's not getting anything else

 

[JASMAK]

Yup, always do. Always have. Always will...so important.

 

[kazzzzy]

I try to eat with LO most eves, I finish work at 5, home around 5.30 & we eat around 6, its a rush, but I try to prepare as much as I can the previous night, DH is usually not home week days until 7 so he eats later, I have a cup of tea with him after LO is in bed, weekends the 3 of us always eat together, love our family meal times