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I hate meetings too.

1. i hate meetings too.
2. I think if you told him you feel you should take over the meetings or at least be involved he should have gotten the picture. I would just start going to them too since they are open door!

maybe he will back off after a while and then you can cancel them and go back to your usual routine!

That is strange and definitely frustrating! I would sit down and have a heart-to-heart with him and ask him if he is seeing gaps in the team's performance that is causing him to schedule so many meeting. I would also remind him that while you are glad he wants a close relationship with your employees, you would prefer that he works with you directly so that the team is receiving direction from one person.

As far as meetings go, I manage a team and I do have individual meetings with each of my employees but I let them set them to their individual preference. I have some who prefer to meet monthly, biweekly, weekly, and one who prefers to meet daily. In our one-on-one meetings we talk about their individual tasks and goals and their progress towards career development so they always know where they stand. These usually aren't more than half an hour long.

Then we have a longer monthly meeting where we talk about overreaching policies, things that impact the team, company culture, team updates etc. Though on some teams I have made the meeting weekly if there was a lot going on or a need for information to be shared more timely. I've also done quick 15 minute "huddle" meetings every morning for teams where there were tight deadlines and lots of changes going on that needed to be communicated frequently. Pick a frequency that works best for you and communicate to your boss that this will be when the meetings are and extra meetings may be hurting your team's productivity and therefore morale.

Maybe see if your boss is open to you setting up the individual meetings (with you leading them!) on a personal preference basis. If he still wants to meet with your staff, I would include him in the monthly overall team meeting and allow him to do a skip level meeting quarterly where he can get face time with your staff to understand how it is going without you being there to influence opinions.

I'd probably point out that having meetings because "no one is busy" is counter-productive.

Instead of pointing out how YOU don't like meetings, maybe point out the reduced productivity from all the meetings "Here's the update on this project. Joe isn't as far along as he normally would be at this stage because he's been away from his desk more. Before I went on leave, I noticed people seemed to do better with fewer interruptions to their day and tried to keep any meetings to an absolute minimum."

95% of the time, meetings are a waste of MY time!

Interesting.

I love meetings. But I work for a small company and things are quite informal here, so when there's a formal meeting, there's important information being given.

And what's his deal? I would have a frank discussion with him about what's going on. Particularly the meetings that you are being excluded from while you're pumping (Kudos, by the way). That is unacceptable. Everyone is NOT available if you are pumping, and whether he means to or not, he is sending a strong message not including you like that.