What time do your kids eat dinner? Do u family mealtime?

[Tiff]

thanks stacy!  yes, the crock pot will now be the only way to make chilli.  live and learn!

yes, your suggestion sounds great.  i should get him more invloved, he would probably love it as toddlers love to feel important and like great helpers!  thanks again.

p.s the damn pot is still soaking, it may be ruined!  but, dh made me a nice strong last night to take away the emotional pain caused by the chilli.

[Lissybits]

Well, eating and eating all together is a BIG thing here in Greece! Their life revolves around food and the next meal

I cook our main meal at lunch time, so DS and I eat at 1.30 ish - always together. (I think it stems from when I was weaning (main meal was at lunch time) and the fact that eating your main meal earlier is better for digestion

DH eats with DS at tea time - they have a snack/ light meal and a drink of milk.

We only get to eat all together as a family at weekends

[number78]

I eat with the children at 5pm we always have sat down and eaten together.  DH eats when he gets in from work on his own.   At weekends we all sit down together and eat breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I love eating with my LO's as it is a time for them to chat and catch up with me on the sort of day they have had at school and any other news.  It is the only time we are not distracted by TV, books and playing games.

[RyansMum]

Dinner is on the table here at 6pm and if dh is not home his goes in the oven to keep warm. I always wanted us to eat as a family and am lucky that dh can get home 90% of the time for 6.  Ryan goes to bed at 7.30 so we eat, have a relax (mainly so dh and Ryan can have some time together) then upstairs for bath at 7.  When he was younger he ate earlier and we ate after he had gone to bed.  We also eat after him on the days he has been at nursery as he has a cooked meal there.

[willowonyx]

Right when I walk through the door about 5:30 from picking up my DD from daycare, she is asking for dinner. So I have to feed her then and DH gets home by 6:15. She is in bed by 7pm and then DH and I eat around 7:30. We try to eat dinner together on the weekends, but she is hungry around 5pm.

I have always wanted to do family dinners in my household but due to time restraints it may be something that goes into effect when the children get older.....and eat a bit later.   

[malialeanne]

We eat as a family at 5-5:15ish. During DH's coaching season when he's home later, DD and I still eat at the same time and he eats later. I am starving by 5!!!

[*Vicki*]

we eat between 5 and 5.30pm ish.....if DP is home by then, he eats too, if not i keep it warm for him .

[Diana1981]

our main meal of the day is lunch, we all sit at dinning table. For us, dinner is much more like a snack and everyone eats at different hours because we get home at differente hours as well.