What time is dinner?

kayohh · April 2014

I feel like we eat dinner later than most families....

What time do you end up eating dinner?

TIA

MarisaKathleen · April 2014

anywhere from 530-6, depending when it gets done.

redneckmomma25 · April 2014

I shoot for 5:30. Maybe 6. Much later and I am giving G more snacks to keep her til dinner which defeats the purpose of dinner.

BeebopandBuddy · April 2014

The kids eat dinner between 6-6:30 p.m. If we eat with them, we eat then. If DH is working late or we want to eat in peace without anyone crying, we wait until they go to bed and eat at about 8:30 p.m.

MomtobeNJ · April 2014

Depends on what I'm cooking, but usually it's just before 6.

melody921 · April 2014

It's usually around 6 by the time we get home and have it ready. Any later than that and the night is just so rushed bc bedtime is around 7:30.

hmp1 · April 2014

Family dinner around 6:30. Now that we can play outside after work, closer to 7.

Pokedot · April 2014

We usually eat about 6:30/6:45. DH usually works until 6, I get done at 4:30.

LyndseylovesHugh · April 2014

I aim for 6 but it depends on when H is going to be home. If he is later than 6:30 (which is not often) Audrey and I will eat without him.

Kissty · April 2014

The earliest we can eat is 7:00. We get home around 6:15 - 6:30. It's a rush to get it done but we start the bedtime routine as soon as DS is done eating. So we are chilling and trying to be calm at 8:00 - 8:15 ish so he'll be asleep by 9:00.

MississippiCatfish · April 2014

Usually 5:30-6

AKB090609 · April 2014

Never before 6, usually I aim for 6:30. Now that it is getting nicer I can see it moving closer to 7.

kayohh · April 2014

Kissty said:

The earliest we can eat is 7:00. We get home around 6:15 - 6:30. It's a rush to get it done but we start the bedtime routine as soon as DS is done eating. So we are chilling and trying to be calm at 8:00 - 8:15 ish so he'll be asleep by 9:00.

This is like my schedule, DS comes to work with me, and we are off at 5pm.... then i have to fight traffic and if, IF i am lucky we get home at 6. Dinner usually doesn't get started until about 630. I think i need to look into more crock-pot type dinners so they are ready when we get home. Sometime DH is off work early and will cook but that's not often

Thanks for the responses

kjskjs · April 2014

Dinner is about 630 for Charlotte. Some days if we aren't eating what she's eating, we eat after she goes to bed at 8 but Charlotte stays consistent.

MeatballEsq · April 2014

hmp1 said:
Family dinner around 6:30. Now that we can play outside after work, closer to 7.

When I was working dinner was around 6:30. DH would play outside with C while I cooked when the weather was nice. Now that I'm not working dinner is usually between 5:30-6.

thebanich · April 2014

We both work FT outside the home but DH can usually get home earlier that I can. We don't have a set dinner time but it is usually 6:30. Sometimes 7.

tinyhumantoe · April 2014

630

MRoxy0628 · April 2014

We usually eat at 6 as that's when my H gets home and I like us to eat together.

MommaP12 · April 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

anywhere from 530-6, depending when it gets done.

This.

tyrannasaurusjess · April 2014

We are actually 150 years old and usually eat around 5, 530 if I've misjudged times and such.

amandad715 · April 2014

I try to aim between 5:30-6 but in reality we eat between 6-6:30. I am really bad at judging how long anything takes. The boys & I are home usually by 4:15 if there aren't errands to run. I like them to have a little downtime after the sitter's, so we play and I try to sneak in one household chore (emptying the dishwasher or folding a basket of laundry) before I start dinner which is usually about 5.
DH RARELY leaves work at 5, which is annoying at times. He is usually home between 6-6:30, hence our dinner time. If he's any later, we start eating and he joins us.

ellebee2 · April 2014

We usually get home from work at 5:30. DD eats at 5:45 because she CANNOT wait (usually leftovers from the previous night). DH and I sit with her, but we eat our dinner after she goes to bed (around 7:30).

bosha711 · April 2014

5:30ish

linzeek44 · April 2014

Usually we start eating at 6:30 or 7:00. ERy and I don't usually get home until 5:50-6:10.

mchupie · April 2014

We aim for 5:30 but sometimes it's closer to 6. Depends when DH gets home from work.

miss50 · April 2014

Sage, 5:30. She is pretty particular. We eat around 7 but as late as 9 when we have other activities going on.

IForgotMyLogIn · April 2014

We aim for 6 but is usually earlier than later if not

DianeD1 · April 2014

We eat between 5:30 and 6 so we have enough time for some playtime before it's time to start bedtime.

Flamingemu · April 2014

If I have something elaborate planned and it won't be done before bedtime, L gets leftovers around 5:30 and we eat closer to 8.

In reality though, we eat around 5:30 every night. I plan mostly 30 minute meals and start nearly immediately upon getting home.

watercolor5 · April 2014

Dinner is with the whole family (unless DH's shift prohibits it) and it's between 6-6:30. Bedtime is usually 7:30 for Julia and 8 for Sophia.

watercolor5 · April 2014

@mchupie Hi, are you back? (Sorry if you don't remember me and this is creepy!)

mchupie · April 2014

watercolor5 said:

@mchupie Hi, are you back? (Sorry if you don't remember me and this is creepy!)

Hi! Not creepy at all.

I was just stopping by...I actually haven't been on the Bump in a long time. I hope to find time to be back, but I'll probably be on TTGP a bit more

watercolor5 · April 2014

mchupie said:

watercolor5 said:

@mchupie Hi, are you back? (Sorry if you don't remember me and this is creepy!)

Hi! Not creepy at all.

I was just stopping by...I actually haven't been on the Bump in a long time. I hope to find time to be back, but I'll probably be on TTGP a bit more

Just curious- I love seeing old bumpies back again. Good luck TTGP!

mchupie · April 2014

watercolor5 said:

mchupie said:

watercolor5 said:

@mchupie Hi, are you back? (Sorry if you don't remember me and this is creepy!)

Hi! Not creepy at all.

I was just stopping by...I actually haven't been on the Bump in a long time. I hope to find time to be back, but I'll probably be on TTGP a bit more

Just curious- I love seeing old bumpies back again. Good luck TTGP!

Thanks so much!

eshee8198 · April 2014

I get home at 7, so we try to eat at 7:30. But sometimes, like tonight, I haven't had a chance to prep anything ahead of time and I get home late, so we eat at 8:30 and DH gets all pissed off, ha. DD snacks from when they get home at 5:30 on, so if she doesn't eat much dinner its not a huge deal, she just gets it for lunch. Her bedtime is usually around 8:30/9 pm.

Bighair12 · April 2014

We are between 445-6. Depends on what we are cooking. I get off work at 330 and husband at 4. I eat lunch at 1030. I am starving by 430.

AlinnJo · April 2014

I try to have dinner ready right at 6 when H gets home. Sometimes it goes as planned, other times a toddler seriously interferes. Darn kid!! If he is late, we wait until 6:15 and then I let Quinn eat. I'll wait until 6:30 to start eating myself if he isn't home by then.

PenelopePond · April 2014

DH gets home late every night. I mean close to 9, and some nights as late as 11. That really screws up my plans (even though now I should be use to it). The boys usually get food around 6-6:30, but they eat dinner again when DH gets home. They stay up until 9:30-10 so they can see DH.

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