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My son is almost 2 years old and I still struggle to get a meal on the table for all of us at the same time. We still feed my son first and feed ourselves most often after he goes down for bed by 7pm (used to be 6pm). I have the most success with items that need to marinate overnight (prepare the night before and toss in the fridge) and can then just be thrown on the grill with some steamed vegetables and a salad or beans on the side.

This is a fight me and my husband have been having. Since little man has moved to one nap a day, he really needs to be in bed at 7 pm. But in reality he doesn't go down until 8 or 9 pm. It's just the way the cookie crumbles. Sometimes he eats on his own and we eat later, or we get takeout so we can all eat together. It isn't ideal, but I work nights often anyway so we don't really get that evening together.

@pregnantbee it is so hard. We get home at 5. I try to get dinner on the table by 6. If I make something, it's easy - chicken with rice and a veggie. Meat with potatoes and a veggie. Stir fry, meatloaf, one pot meals are all super fast to make. I'm not one to talk because I haven't cooked in forever. Know what we've been having for dinner? Frozen dinner meals that have everything in them. Healthy.

Anyways. We put lo in her chair at 6. She gets purees or now is playing with soft solids like sweet potato strips. I cooked a couple of sweet potatoes last weekend and froze them. I just pull them out, defrost in the microwave and then refrigerate for a few minutes if they're hit from the microwave. I am dealing with this one day at a time. If I start worrying about what we'll do when she is eating real meals, my head might explode.

I hear you on the exhaustion. That's why I've been resorting to those freezer meals but we can't feed them to her. Thinking of dinner timing... can you eat lunch earlier so you're hungry at 6?