We usually aim for about 6:30. I feel like this is later than most people?? Not sure
We usually aim for about 6:30. I feel like this is later than most people?? Not sure
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GOLD / coconut / 8266 posts
I voted 6 but it really does change daily...I voted prematurely!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
Anywhere from 6-630 but we aim for 6. Earlier if we're eating out. . Bath at 7 then bedtime between 730-800p.
nectarine / 2272 posts
We try to eat by 8. We used to eat at like 8:30/9 but now that I work out in the morning we eat between 7:30 and 8.
People eat late in New York though. I would never make a dinner reservation on the weekend before 8 or 9.
ETA: i don't get out of work until 5:30 so i could never get dinner ready by 6 or 6:30 anyway.
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
I aim for 6 and it's usually closer to 6:30. It's because we start LO's bedtime routine at 7 and eating at 6 keeps us from being rushed.
pear / 1609 posts
I voted changes daily. Mostly because we don't meal plan (changing this) and it depends on how long it takes us to figure out dinner. Also 2 nights a week I don't get home until 9pm so DH waits for me. A few times a month he gets home late so I wait for him.
DS always eats around 530.
nectarine / 2465 posts
Like 530/6 - I am usually home before 4, and if we eat any later I will be too lazy to cook!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
We used to eat at 5 but once LO started eating solid food we moved it to 6 since bath & bed starts at 7. I feel like it helps keep her full & sleepy.
persimmon / 1343 posts
My husband gets home at varying times between 5:30 and 7:30 (usually around 6) so dinnertime varies too. I would say the avg is 7pm
persimmon / 1367 posts
I don't get home until 8pm, so generally sometime after that. That may change when LO gets here, though!
pomegranate / 3329 posts
I don't get home from work until 6, so we eat around 7:30-8. I wish I could change that.
cantaloupe / 6171 posts
Usually around 6:30. This is a major tension w our in laws when we visit them, they eat really late, like 9ish
eggplant / 11408 posts
8ish? Sometimes later, though I have been aiming for a bit earlier. We always ate late growing up. DH did not, though.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Around 6--basically as soon as E and I get home. Sometimes 6:15, but always by 6:30.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
Weekdays : 6pm
Weekends: 7pm or later because we are usually with my parents/sister/BIL and they eat late!
pear / 1696 posts
We have to eat as soon as DH gets home at 5/530. If I am running late preparing dinner then I feed LO at 430/5pm and the adults eat dinner after he is asleep. I think family meals are really important, so when LO is a bit older and can handle a later bedtime we will eat together every night!
coconut / 8234 posts
We eat pretty late. We try to aim for 7 but many times end up at 7:15/7:30. I don't get off of work until 6 and we all get home around 6:30.
We used to eat around 6:30/45 but when my hours changed things shifted.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
5:00-6:00 just depends on DH's work schedule that day and how long it takes to cook dinner.
nectarine / 2115 posts
We aim to eat between 6:30 and 7 (I voted 7), but some nights (like tonight!) we eat closer to 8.
persimmon / 1177 posts
I aim for 6, but it's usually closer to 6:30 (especially if DH is cooking).
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
5-530. E goes to bed at 6:45, and DH and I go to bed at 9. We are early risers
pomegranate / 3411 posts
530-ish. Probably more like 530-6. Depend if there is food ready or not when Dh and I get home from work
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
Dan works nights now, so we don't do dinner as a family. Sadie eats at 6, but I'm usually doing dishes or something while she's eating, so I eat after she goes to sleep - so, usually around 8.
pomegranate / 3716 posts
We usually cook at 6 and eat at 7. I noticed that if I ate before 7, I would get hungry by 10:30 and need to snack before bed.
eggplant / 11824 posts
We used to eat after LO went to bed, so between 8-9. Now we all eat together around 6:30. If we go out to dinner sans LO, we never make a reservation before 7, and often not until after 8.
nectarine / 2280 posts
Usually around 8-830 is dinner time. On the weekend it's closer to 7-730.
pomegranate / 3601 posts
It is between 6-6:30pm mostly. Sometimes it's a little later though.
And if we put LO to bed without a family dinner it's not before 8pm.
pomelo / 5791 posts
Between 5:30-6. DS goes to bed by 7, so if we don't eat that early, he's not going to eat!
coconut / 8498 posts
The goal is 5:45-6. That gives DH and LO a little bit of playtime before and after dinner.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
6-6:30... I get home around 6 and it depends if DH's already home to cook or not.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
Between 6-6:30. Ideally I'd like 5:30 or 6 so they have some playtime after dinner and before bedtime.
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