Mrs. Bee's family all had dinner together every night, all through high school and beyond! My family did at first, but by junior high my mom was working and so we were all fending for ourselves.
We're making a big effort to have dinner together with Charlie every night! (Olive is sleeping by dinnertime.) It has really helped Charlie's eating, I think. But most of all, it's helped bring our family together.
Did your family eat dinner together every night growing up? How about now?
coconut / 8681 posts
We did have dinner as a family all together growing up. My parents and younger brother (huge age difference) still do! DH didn't. They tried when they could but with 6 kids and all of them with different parent schedules (due to divorces) and sport schedules it sounds like it was tough to coordinate!
We eat dinner together every night but right now it's just the 2 of us 
Once the LO (and hopefully some siblings someday!) arrives we are really going to try to keep it up!
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
We did and still do. I love the tradition. We'll both be working but if we can get home by 5/5:30, we can make it work.
clementine / 994 posts
We did up until later high school when my brother started driving/working. I liked having the family time and would like to follow that tradition with our own children.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Growing up, we ate together as a family (except when my parents had to work late shifts). Now, the hubs and I eat together and when LO is bigger, we will always eat as a family.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
My family always did every night.
Now we don't yet since DH isn't home at the LO's dinner time, 5:30. DH and I eat together around 7 when he gets home....not unless he has to work late, then I eat first because I am always starved!
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
We did..my parents would never let us eat in front of the TV. LO is too young to join us so we eat in front of the tv. When she is older, we plan on eating dinners in the dining room unplugged..no iPads, cells, tv!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
Yep. We used to always eat together. Sit, sing our thank you for the food song, pray, eat! Going to have family dinners with my little family too.
cantaloupe / 6791 posts
Yep, we did. My dad worked nights sometimes so then it would just be my mom, sister, and I. DH and I eat dinner together every night when he's home. I love it, especially because he cooks and I was the dishes
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Usually we did. As we grew up we had a lot of different activities so we couldn't every night. But if we were all home we did. Tv off!
Now we always eat together. Well we feed lo first then she sits in the high chair while we eat.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
We always ate dinner together, complete with salads, and always at the dinner table. DH and I always eat in the living room, so I want to stop that before LO actually starts eating solid foods.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
Just the weekends for us, since my dad worked nights. My mom worked during the day.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
We did, and my parents still do, and now DH & I do if we can. People think it's funny that we sit at the dinner table just the two of us but I love it!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
With the exception of my dad because he wouldn't get home from work till after 11 we ate dinner together every night.
My husband and I always make a point to eat dinner together even if one has to work late we'll just wait to eat with each other.
When our baby arrives we definitely plan to eat dinner together every night at the dinner table. Growing up dinner was always 8/830. But with my husband now we at around 7pm. So I think that's still early enough where baby should still be awake!
pear / 1554 posts
We always had dinner together growing up. On sundays, we would go to my grandma's house and have lunch with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. Now, DH and I try to have dinner together every night but sometimes he works really late, so I'll go ahead and eat first. I would like to have dinner together as a family when LO is older.
bananas / 9227 posts
Everyone did their own thing in my household growing up. Even now when DH and I visit my Mom, it's usually a whole lot of food on the table but everyone eats at different times.
DH and I have always eaten together. On the off times we don't, I feel like we're missing out on quality time.
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