How often do you sit down to your evening meal as a family, with no distractions? Now that LO is starting to eat, I'm trying to incorporate this into our daily routine but finding it challenging!
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We try to everyday. For 7 days it's just LO and I for supper and I still try to sit at the table and have no distractions. The odd time tv is involved when mommy really needs a break!
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Usually 5 nights a week because DH works two nights.
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I put every night, but DH isn't home during the week for dinner. I always sit down with the kids on my own, though!
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Pretty much every night unless one of us has something to do at night. I always ate dinner as a family as a kid and my husband never did and it's important to the both of us to do so.
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Every night. This is a non-negotiable for me
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Every night. That's how I grew up so it's something that's important to me.
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DH works nights (only for 38 more days!) so it's just me and then boys. We eat dinner sitting down together every night. Usually at least once with DH on the weekends too and then one night is movie and pizza night usually. So 5 or 6 all together
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@fancyfunction: we're in the same, but opposite, situation. I really don't want my daughter to grow up with the same issues with food that I did.
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Only on special occasions! Right now it's just me and DH and we usually just feed ourselves whenever we are hungry and watch tv while we eat. Occasionally we will cook a meal together and sit at the table and make a point to leave phones and tv off. It's nice. I'd like to do it more once LO arrives.
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I voted every night, but maybe I did that wrong? We sit down with no distractions every night, no exceptions, but there are nights when Mr. T is working and can't participate. I still feel like it's a family meal if we are all sitting at the table together. We eat all meals that way, with the exception of occasions where I might do a day trip with the girls, and we might lunch in the car to streamline the schedule. But other than that we like to sit down together.
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Every night, with the exception of when DH travels.
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My family never did this, so it was very important to me that my family does. With exceptions for very rare picnics in front of a movie or meals out, we sit down every night.
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I hit 'every night' but it's actually 6 nights (usually, unless I meet a friend for HH) because DH has class monday nights.
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We would every night except that DH works two nights a week, and the other two nights I work until 6:30 so I'm not home until after 7, at which point J has eaten and taken a bath already.
So I had to vote 3-4. We are sticklers about eating together and never had the TV on over dinner.
I should add that even though one parent is working the other nights, the parent that is home still sits with J for dinner and no TV. It's just that the other parent isn't present.
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Every night. It's very important that we eat together as a family.
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My family did this every night growing up, though my dad usually got home late from work an ate later. But mom and kids always sat at the table together to eat.
Dh and I almost always eat in front of the tv now. I don't really like it and will make a point to change it when C is old enough to know. We don't even have a table right now, just a counter on the island with stools. It's important to me that C sees us eating as a family growing up though.
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Every night. It's really important to us. Before LO was eating dinner with us we'd still eat together most nights but in front of the TV. Not anymore! I love it
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F is a little over a year, but it rarely happens. I wish it was more often & it's a goal of mine. Sadly he's ready for bed by 6:30/7:00 and needs to eat at 5:45 - that's not enough time for us to get home & make a dinner for us to all eat at the same time
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Unless DH is working late we eat dinner together. We used to always watch a show while eating dinner, but now we sit at the table. DS sometimes eats at the same time as us, he is 7.5 months. But it doesn't always work that our dinner is ready at the same time that he needs to eat.
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Every night we sit together for dinner. I also sit with LO and eat breakfast and lunch together. Lately it's been more difficult for me to join them since I'm breastfeeding the baby at all hours of the day, but I try to stay within talking distance so I can still be part of dinner.
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I'd say 5. At least 2 nights my husband works late so we can't. We used to eat at 8 after he went to bed when I worked and got home at 6 because there was just no way to get a hot meal on the table for T in time. Now that I am staying home it is much much easier to have dinner ready by 6/630.
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Currently only special occasions. When my DH and I first moved in together we made a point of eating at the dining room table every night and it was sort of nice I suppose. However the primary reason for that was my husband was really busy with school stuff and studying and a lot of days that 20-30 minutes we were eating was the ONLY time we spent together so we wanted to make sure we were actually communicating. Now that he's less busy and we hang out every night almost, I feel like we do plenty of chatting throughout the night and it doesn't need to be so orchestrated.
Once we have a LO that is old enough to understand, I'm not sure what we will do. My family always just ate in the living room and I didn't really have an issue with that. But maybe we'll try the table thing again.
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No LO's yet but we always do this anyway. It's important to both of us. Once in a while if a big game is on ,we will continue watching, but always at the table.
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We eat together every night at the table, no tv (we don't have one). My parents did this for us growing up and it was so much more than just checking in with each other. It was ritual, teaching eating habits and providing protected time for interaction with everyone in the family.
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Every night, no tv--dh and I. Lo eats with us depending on when bedtime will be. If he's eating alone I sit with him at the table without the tv on--altho I am guilty of checking my phone when it's just the 2 of us
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@JoyfulKiwi: I'm in the same predicament as you. It's so hard to get a meal on the table when coming home for dinner after work.
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We don't have kids yet, but my husband and I eat at the table every night, no TV.
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@Mrs. Jacks: This is exactly what I want for my children.
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5-6. DH has sports one night per week and I sometimes get out one night per week. We don't have a tv, so it isn't a concern.
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Almost never. DH works afternoons/graveyards 5-6 days a week, and is out playing sports the other night.
Once baby starts eating real food though, she'll probably have a "proper" dinner with the two of us.
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DH and I eat together every weeknight at the table, but LO eats earlier. I pull his high chair to the table and feed him there. I usually have a drink and/or snack while he's eating. Hopefully, he'll go to bed later in the future so we can all eat together.
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Every night since Olive started eating dinner... Closer to 9-10 months. Before that we usually ate separately from Charlie.
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We used to every single night, but my DH's job changed so he works until 11:00 pm 5 nights a week. So we only get to et dinner as a family twice a week.
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I think it's sooo important. So we dont do it now but as she gets older, I want to start!
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