If you are just feeding you and the kids, do you sit down with them? Last night it was just me and M. I put both of our plates on the table and we ate. She was dilly dallying, though so when I was done, I got up to clean up dishes and the meal prep items. I felt bad, like I should have sat at the table with her the entire time.
Do you sit with your kids when it's just you and them for dinner?
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I usually just sit them at the bar stool/ counter area and I clean up!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I usually sit with them while we're both eating, but if I finish first, I clean up and do some dishes while they finish eating.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Same, I will sit with her while I'm eating too, but after I'm done I'll clean up but I'll keep interacting with her.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
We never eat together. My husband and I always eat after the kids go to bed because he gets home from work right at bed time. And even if he's out of town, it's too much for me to try to eat while taking care of both kids solo (because the baby doesn't eat alone yet, he's only 6 months). So most nights she's eating while I'm nursing the baby or cleaning/packing up for the next day. But we still interact the whole time, I'm just not sitting with her and eating as well.
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
Yes, I do. Sometimes DH and I will get takeout and eat after LO goes to bed but we still sit at the table with her while she eats.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I actually eat with her more when DH won't be home- he is never home in time to eat with her so usually I eat with him after both kids are asleep. Lately I've been eating more with her though since I'm hungry and don't feel like waiting. So solo or not I sit with her at the counter first then clean up and talk to her while she finishes.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
It depends, sometimes I do, other times I am still either cooking or cleaning up. Timing is not my strong suit.
pomegranate / 3032 posts
I sit and eat with her. then i'll sit and chat with her if i'm finished. I rarely let her get up from the table if we're still eating so i practice what i preach. we sit until everyone is finished their meal or until the dog drives me crazy enough to feed him.
coconut / 8854 posts
Yep! Although I want to teach my LO's that they aren't allowed to get up until everyone is finished eating, or they are excused. I wouldn't be a very good example if I got up and left if she wasn't finished!
persimmon / 1467 posts
I sit and eat with DS. But if he is complaining about his food I get up and do stuff when I'm done. He doesn't like being left out of the loop so it usually makes him eat his food. At breakfast I tend to read on my phone because I'm not a morning person.
pear / 1616 posts
i usually cleanup while the kids are eating. luckily they keep each other company and the sink faces the kitchen table so i'm able to clean up and be close by. however, if they're putting up antics like not eating or playing with their food i'll sit down and eat which helps them eat.
pineapple / 12793 posts
I always easy with them and stay until the end. I can't expect them to stay to the end of a meal if I don't.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
I make it a picnic dinner! I put a blanket on the floor and let them watch a show while I clean up.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Rarely. If it's just me I usually plate their food and clean kitchen/wash dishes as they start and when that's done I join them and help them finish.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
Yeah, I'm solo every week night I feel like it's important that I sit with them.
pomegranate / 3127 posts
Yes, it's the only way I get to eat. If I wait till the kids eat, someone always wants me to play with them or take them to the bathroom.
pineapple / 12053 posts
@MrsBrewer: same. Although sometimes the baby is freaking out and I need to get her ready for bed so I discuss/ask DD1 if it's okay. Most of the time she says yes and will patiently eat her food but if she says no, I say, okay, then I'm going to get DD2 ready right here and do it at the dinner table. It's silly to "ask permission" but we were having a lot of food related power struggle issues so this is my way of being intentional about dinner time while still getting my parenting stuff done!
persimmon / 1130 posts
Yes, I sit down with DD and eat even when DH is gone. I usually finish before her, but will sit at the table and talk to her while I wait for her to finish up. If I were to get up she'd decide she was done eating early.
pineapple / 12566 posts
I solo usually once a week. I almost always sit with them the entire time, but if they are being particularly pokey, I'll start cleaning up/putting dishes in the dishwasher. We eat dinner as a family just about every night, so I'm not that concerned about it.
pomelo / 5791 posts
I sit with them until I'm done, and then I clean up while he continues eating. He takes foreeeeeever to eat, so I start itching to get something done after awhile. He doesn't mind, and it gives him time to "explore" food on his own. He has food sensory issues, so me backing off and giving him some independence helps.
persimmon / 1445 posts
I sit with DD while I eat and then I get up and start packing leftovers/ cleaning the kitchen. Our dining room table is in the kitchen so I am still able to talk to her, but she is the pokiest darn eater so I am not going to sit for an hour while she slowwwwwwly nibbles her dinner. My personal opinion is that the important part is that we sat down together and ate the same food.
pomelo / 5220 posts
We don't' eat dinner together, but I always sit next to him while he's in his high chair for the most part. Sometimes I'm cleaning up or washing dishes. We do eat breakfast together though.
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