How many people do a sit-down family dinner most nights?

Soap1 · July 2011

DH is a pilot and works really weird hours, some days he's home all day, some nights he's home at 6-7, some nights he leaves for work at 5:30pm. I really don't think we have a consistent enough schedule to do a family dinner every night, esp with the boys going to bed at 7:30.

Tto be honest, I kind of like the nights where we put the kids to bed and cook our own food and enjoy some adult time.

Nights that DH is gone, I eat dinner with the boys, but nights DH is home, I just sit with them while they have their meal and we eat after they go to bed. Am I the only one?

Court0026 · July 2011

We eat dinner as a family every night, but DH gets home by 5, so we eat dinner at 5:30 and then bed at 7.

Boizmom · July 2011

When my husband had his old job it was just me and the kids Monday through Saturday. Sundays were the only days all of us could eat together. With his new job though he's home by 6 at the latest and the whole family sits down together every night. I like it. It's what I grew up with and I really wanted to do it with my kids.

diana.filipi · July 2011

We do a sit down family breakfast and dinner every day. DH dilly dallies in the mornings so there's plenty of time and then he gets home around 5:30 and takes DD and the dog for a walk while I finish up making dinner. DD goes to bed at 7:15-7:30

ablou · July 2011

DH works late most nights, so we only get to have family dinner 2 nights a week. However, the nights that he is home for dinner, we always have dinner together.

MammaBear81 · July 2011

We eat a family dinner every night, but this is recent, DH used to work from 12:30pm-9:00pm so I would have dinner with the kids, and he would eat later. Now DH works 8:00pm-4:30am so he has dinner with us, and then goes to work.

Jessys_Girl · July 2011

We have a sit down meal every night, but DH and i have very similar hours and we actually commute together every day (so get home at the same time daily). It's nice because we get home and DH gets some one on one time with DD while I cook dinner, and then we all sit down and eat and then DD and I get one on one time while DH cleans up the dishes/kitchen. After that DH and I share bedtime routine and read stories, etc. together with DD. It's nice family time.

penguingrrl · July 2011

We really try to eat dinner together as a family most nights. If DH works late, then he brings dinner with him and works really late (11-12) and I eat with the kids. He's a graduate student who sets his own hours, so it's easy to usually be home even if it means going back to the office or working from home after the girls go to bed.

groovygrl · July 2011

We don't. I do think it is important but can wait until they're older. MH gets home at 630 most nights & they eat around 530 (they eat lunch at daycare by 11 and just get 2 snacks in the afternoon so they're starving) and go to bed by 730.

I also enjoy having our dinner after they're in bed, I can spend time cooking w/out distractions and MH and I can sit & have a quiet meal. But I do look forward to when they're older & we can have true family meals.

Ali9381 · July 2011

DH works nights so we usually eat by 5:30 so he can leave for work around 6:15. Even on his nights off we try to eat around the same time to be consistant.

KelliLynee · July 2011

We do, DH gets home around 4, I get home around 5. He starts dinner before I get home, if DD will let him : ) We eat at 6 and bedtime starts at 730. DH and I used to eat much later, but weeat earlier so we can all eat together. To the OP- I think it's sweet that you and your DH do dinner after bedtime some nights. A family dinner is important, but so are happy parents (plus it sounds lime you do eat together when you can). Don't make yourself feel bad... sounds like you have some nice family rituals.

julieb00lie · July 2011

We eat dinner together every night. We feel it's important.

Arcadia1114 · July 2011

We are fortunate that our schedules allow it. We eat in the dining room. We have a no tv or cell phone policy as well.

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · July 2011

We have family dinner every night. DD goes to bed at 8:30, and there's no way I could wait that late to eat!

LoriJ11 · July 2011

We do most nights but not all. DH usually gets home by 545 or 6. So it's not a big deal. On nights that he does not come home until later or we have something to do that night, DD will eat something and DH and I will eat later.

moonfaerie · July 2011

We try to eat dinner together, unless we get home late or DH is exhausted from work. (He's the main cook around here.) If there's not enough time to make dinner or we decide to order food, we feed DD1 separately and eat when the kids are asleep. That happens once or twice a week.

MsNessa · July 2011

We eat dinner together every night. On weeknights DH gets home from work at 6, we eat then, and DD is in bed by 7:30. I'm thankful his schedule allows us to eat together because it's important to us.

eitaknna9 · July 2011

We try to eat with DD most nights but like you, there are nights where we feel like having a nice adult conversation at dinner and just enjoying it. Those nights we feed DD, put her to bed and then have our dinner. You're not alone!

grapeape73 · July 2011

We eat as a family every night. DH and I have pretty similar schedules when the school year starts so it is easy. It is important to us to have that routine.

IrishBrideND · July 2011

family dinner is very important to us. We do it almost every night.

We then often have a glass of wine and chat when LO goes to bed. Thats our adult time.

But, I'm also a SAHM so its easy for me to pull off. I'm going back to work soon. With both of us working, I hope we are still able to pull of family dinners.

gin78 · July 2011

My husband has a really random schedule that changes weekly. Some nights he's home, others he's working overnight, sometimes he gets home at 6:30PM, sometimes 8PM, but this is only a couple of days a week. It is a challenge but we eat dinner at the table as much as we can- averaging about 4 nights a week. There are nights when I feed the baby early and then my husband and I eat dinner later, but when he gets a bit older we are going to eat together as a family as often as possible.

When I was growing up, my dad worked late in the evening- usually until 8P so we had family breakfast and it was just as good.

SMA! · July 2011

We don't. DH has a tough schedule. He leaves for work at 5am and the earliest he is home is normally 7-7:30 but it is generally closer to 8. He works over night 2x a week. When he is home at night DD is normally already asleep. DD eats around 6pm and I sit with her. He and I have dinner together when he is home and then he is in bed by 10 - so dinner together is generally the only time we have to sit and talk.

His schedule will always be all over the place. When DD has a later bedtime we will eat as a family as DH's schedule allows. Otherwise I will probably continue to sit with her while she eats and wait to eat with DH. Although DH is working two months of nights right now so we do manage to eat dinner all together around 4pm before he goes in. DD gets another meal/snack around 6.

Temp36641187503164 · July 2011

When DH worked nights we sat down as a family for lunch every day. Now that he works days we eat dinner together every night. There are some days that we make a special meal and put DS down before we eat, but it's rare.

Mrs.V · July 2011

We always sit down for dinner together. DH isn't always home but the boys and I always do and DH does whenever he is home. We didn't used to do this regularly until DS1 was about 1.5 and now I really enjoy it.

kreeper611 · July 2011

Most nights, we eat together. Every once in a while on a weekend, we will put DS to bed and eat after that. Especially if it is something we actually want to savor! Those are our 'date nights in.'

lil_nette4 · July 2011

For the most part we do a family dinner whether I cook it or not Big Smile . If DH isn't home me and DS will eat at the table together.

yourmomwreckedmybike · July 2011

we do a sit-down family dinner almost every night. It is very important to me and DH to have this family time. If DC happens to fall asleep before supper, i don't wake him.

I get to have adult time when DC goes to bed./

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