https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:01:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-163851 Sun, 20 May 2012 12:06:44 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 163851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not usually. LO gets dinner at 6pm, and I only cook our dinner after putting him to sleep, so we usually eat at 8:30! Sometimes though DH and I will have a snack while LO has dinner, so that's the closest we get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-163831 Sun, 20 May 2012 09:38:31 +0000 heffalump 163831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We all eat together. DH comes home at 4:30 so on a good day I'll make dinner for us after he gets home and is watching LO. Or we'll go out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-163417 Sat, 19 May 2012 13:18:29 +0000 eeh 163417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It just depends. Some weeks we get more meals together than others but there's really no way to tell when it will happen. Luckily I'll be staying home with our LO so we'll have more opportunities to eat together depending on when my husband's home. Being home for 3 meals greatly increases our odds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-163398 Sat, 19 May 2012 11:57:29 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 163398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband, bil, and I eat dinner together every night. Half the time we're all around the dining room table and the other half we're in the living room watching the Food Network or basketball. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-163354 Sat, 19 May 2012 10:13:48 +0000 Mrs. Train 163354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have big family dinner usually including my parents (they live next door). So usually I cook for all 8 of us. My husband goes in early so he can get home at 4. We have dinner around 5:30. Right now I don't always be to eat because I might have to nurse our 6 month old but I sit on the couch where I can still see everyone in our dinning room. I like to make sure we eat with the kids too but sometimes we wait and get fancy take out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-163338 Sat, 19 May 2012 09:24:46 +0000 pastemoo 163338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I ALWAYS have dinner together, but, unfortunately, not always at the dining room table. We make a point to eat dinner together every day.<br /> @alivoo01: we also want it to be mandatory with our LO </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162731 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:57:12 +0000 Alivoo01 162731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We try to because I want family dinners to be "mandatory" when we have LOs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162125 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:25:08 +0000 BoogieBea 162125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. We're on the west coast and we both work east coast hours so our day ends relatively early and we get to eat dinner as a family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162089 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:16:28 +0000 mediagirl 162089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless I am starving, I wait for my husband to get home. He gets home around 7 some weeks and 5 other weeks. We always try to eat together and then can spend more time together or go do different things. We'll see what happens when the lo gets here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162077 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:12:57 +0000 autumnlove 162077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So rare for us...Can't wait until DH moves up the seniority ladder and gets more family friendly shifts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162072 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:10:28 +0000 chopsuey 162072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When Dh's home we do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162066 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:08:23 +0000 Andrea 162066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: awww, it also depends on your LO's bedtime. A lot of my friends have their kids on a later bedtime so that helps for family time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-162062 Thu, 17 May 2012 19:06:47 +0000 Rubies 162062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO eats first then she goes to bed and hubs and I eat together when he gets home from work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-161957 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:40:09 +0000 MamaMoose 161957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm worried about this for us. Hubs usually gets home around 7 but I'm hoping when baby gets here he can adjust his schedule in order to come home and eat with us and do baby's bed time. Even if it means he'll have to finish up work after baby goes to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-get-to-have-dinner-as-a-family#post-161934 Thu, 17 May 2012 18:35:11 +0000 Andrea 161934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO needs to sleep by 7 pm so I feed her first and then wait for DH to come to eat. I am usually so hungry waiting for him! Like right now, hehe. Does everyone eat dinner together at your house? </p>