Dinner Time

ashtonsmama wrote: I know that everyone is different, but thought it would be fun to see when most of us eat...I start cooking (depending on what's for dinner) at either 5 or 6 PM most nights, but we've been going out to eat more lately since we've been so busy. What about your families?

Momof3inMe replied: Dh is home from work at 5:30 so we eat at 6, but now that we have baseball everynight but Tuesday and Friday its kinda different. I always try to feed the boys before baseball.

ions_momma replied: We will eat anywhere from 5:30 to 9:30. We are usually so busy running around everywhere, that we never have a set time to eat. If we are going to be at home for the night, and I am going to cook, its usually around 6 or 7 though.

Our Lil' Family replied: We eat usually at 6pm sharp, sometimes a little earlier. I like to keep things consistant for Thomas.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: We have generally all eaten by 6pm, the dishes cleaned up and all... unless we have company... then the kids eat by 6, and we adults munch on pre-dinner food around 6, and dinner at around 7pm while the kids waych a video.

I prepare stuff for dinner while the kids nap in the afternnoon. I usually have between 45 minutes to an hour where all 3 are sleeping at the same time. But I bulk cook when I can... so most dinners are made, frozen, and thawed at a later date. Like today, we had sheppards pie for dinner... I made it last week, with 2 others... i just took one out at lunch time and popped it in the oven when I needed to. So during nap time, I peeled and cut a 2lb bg of carrots, made 2 extra chicken wraps for dh's lunch tomorrow (leftovers from me and the kids' lunch today), cut up some cheese in cubes for snack tomorrow and some for dh's lunch.

ashtonsmama replied:
I like to try to keep myself on a schedule too, because I try to eat always before 7:30, and then stop eating for the night. It's helped me lose some weight. I used to veg out in front of the TV and stuff with food, now I cut it off at 7:30 usually.

jcc64 replied: During baseball season, we seldom sit down to eat before 8 pm- sometimes later. I hate it, and it's a crazy way to live, but baseball supercedes all else around here, including my sanity.

ashtonsmama replied:

I'm sure it does...that made me laugh, don't know why. You're funny!

MamaJAM replied: We usually eat between 5:30-6:30 (I voted 5-6). It's important to me that we eat as a family as much as possible....eating at this time works because I don't have to start cooking dinner until DH is home from work....and we're done before the earliest bedtime.

holley79 replied: We eat odd times at our house. This is the other reason I want off night shift. I want to have "family dinners" at the dinner table at a reasonable hour. KWIM?

Brias3 replied: I'd like to try and eat earlier but usually we end up having dinner between 6-7 pm. Only reason I'd want to do earlier is because the kids bedtime routine takes so long sometimes, with baths especially, that its a struggle getting them into bed at a decent time when we're out at after school activities and sports till 6 and not eating till 6:30-7:00 ish. Can't wait for summer when I don't need to be rushing them off to bed due to school!

Cece00 replied: Dinner time is always between 6-7 pm here. In other words, the kids always eat @ that time. If DH is coming home, I will wait for him (but sit with the kids while they eat) but if he is home, we usually eat @ that time.

luvmykids replied: I am working so hard at eating closer to 5-5:30 because I like the kids to have some time after dinner before we rush into the bedtime routine, but I swear with summer and the nice weather the afternoons go into warp speed and it's 7 before I know it and we haven't eaten!!

I love dinner together at the table and the kids and I almost always do it that way, DH never got home before 8 in the summer (played golf until dark) and then ate when he got home. I truly hate that.

C&K*s Mommie replied: We eat at odd times, like 10 PM at night or whenever we can.

asweetnectarwomb replied: we do it 6-7...
depends on my cooking preparation and hubby's arrival time...plus...hannah's hunger...

for dinner, i prefer cooking something special for all of us 'cause DH is there, tired after working all day long...just wanna make everybody happy!

3xsthefun replied: I voted 6-7 pm. We ususally eat around that time, but sometimes we have ate earlier and sometimes we have ate later.

BAC'sMom replied: We usually eat around 6:00 pm but during baseball season the time tends to get pushed back.

JP&KJMOM replied: Usually between 6 and 7. Depends on what I cook when I get home from work though. Easy night might be earlier and big meals might be later.

Kaitlin'smom replied: it all depends on the day and what time we all get home. we try to have dinner before 7:30p though.

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: Usually between 6&7, but many times it's later because of DH's schedule. I always feed Wil somewhere around 5:30 though.

coasterqueen replied: We ALWAYS eat as a family so we eat at the same time. Dh gets home at 5 pm after picking up the girls and he starts dinner immediately. I get home by 5:15-5:20 pm and we are usually eating by 6 pm at the very latest.

5littleladies replied: I try to have dinner on the table by 6 at the latest. I'm pretty good about it but sometimes it just doesn't happen.

mckayleesmom replied: Usually around 5:30...the kids eat and are in baths by 6:30 and bed right after.

AlexsPajamaMama replied: We usually eat around 5 5:30

ilovemybaby replied: Somewhere between 6.30 and 8pm I always leave the preparation too late and I never have dinner ready before 6.30pm

ashtonsmama replied:

I think we're all guilty of that sometimes...

Me more than most...