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We usually feed M leftovers while we're cooking adult dinner. She starts getting really fussy around 6:30 so I'll usually wear her so we get some closeness time and then I put her down at 7-7:15 and we eat adult dinner after that (with Lala of course).

@mrsjazz: We added a little table next to the tub that's the same height... they eat off of that, and rarely drop food in the tub!

If they do, it's mostly not a big deal... we usually feed them food that can be easily scooped out!

@mrsjazz: Haha you can patent a tub table?

We try to be home at 6, which means we start our day super early. It's 7:15 and I am already in the office.

After work, we tag team...we eat together, but our son has usually eaten early, around 5 pm. Is it possible that you have your childcare provider give her dinner before you pick her up?

It's super hectic and I wish we had more time after work to spend with DD, but she does so well with an early bedtime that we dare not mess with it. I usually try to make her meal ahead of time (in the morning or the night before) and just have to heat it up before serving. I also try to cut up fruit the night before or I'll cut it as I feed her. My work schedule is 7:45-6 M-Th, with the tradeoff of working long hours being I have Fridays off - I only see DD for 1.5 hours max during my work days.

Here's our rough schedule:

6:20 - I get home, change, and feed her dinner
6:40 - DH gets home, changes, then we play with DD (go out for a walk, to the playground, or just run around the house). I prep dinner while DH keeps an eye on DD.
7:15 - I get DD's bath ready. I play and sing to her during bath time, and I also teach her body parts. Since I get so little time with her, I maximize bath time!
7:40 - DD is lotioned (word? lol) and PJ'd up, zipped up in her sleep sack, and we nurse while I chat with her a bit.
8:00 - DD is asleep and I begin making dinner.

Some days if DD's second nap ends later, then I would make dinner earlier and eat it with her before doing bath/bedtime but that's usually only 1-2 times a week if that. Maybe when she's older we can eat dinner together as a family, but for now an early bedtime makes for a happy baby.