what times dinner at your house?
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Topic: what times dinner at your house?
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: what times dinner at your house?
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:15pm
I have a pie in the oven and am waiting for it to cook, am too tired to do anything else except sit on the computer wasting time so wondered what time you all ate since it was soo quiet on here!
at our house dinner is 6.30 when hubby gets home and we all eat together. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:17pm
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Ours is about 5:30pm but flexible (give or take 15mins either side).
DH is at work so it's just me and Michaela and some nights, like tonight, I just feed her and figure out something for myself later. -------------  
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:19pm
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Anytime from 5pm to 6.30 (like it will be tonight). ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: jaz
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:21pm
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We try to eat at 6pm Monday to Thursday to make it to Aqua aerobics (me), tennis (DP) and Sea Scouts (Brooke). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:27pm
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When I'm at work, Ashlee has hers around 5, with some veges later on around 6.30ish, then DH and I have ours at 7.30ish.
On the days I don't have work (and no daycare for Ash) then we have dinner anytime around 6ish - sometimes earlier. |
Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:28pm
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We normally have tea between 6-6:30.
Try to wait for hubby to get home but during calving if he has a bad day we just eat and i put his tea in the oven for him. ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:29pm
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During school time 6.30.
At the moment with school holidays anytime from 6.30-7.30. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:47pm
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when DH is on late shift, it's between 5.30-6pm as he gets home just before 6.
when he's on earlies, he gets hungry so we eat about 5-5.30pm  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:49pm
| usually its at about 6, but I dont feel like cooking so i'm still waiting for someone else to feed me. |
Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:54pm
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Leah eats at about 4.45pm, and then we eat at about 7pm when she has gone to bed, still able to get away with seperate meals, sure that will change soon!! |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 6:55pm
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About 5.30ish... DH gets home at 5 ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 7:00pm
Ditto! |
LisaD wrote:Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 7:03pm
Between 5 and 6 depending on whether I've been working and how long dinner takes to prepare. Willie is usually home by then, I'd like to say we all eat together but being pregnant has made me slack and more often we eat in front of the TV these days  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 7:39pm
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We eat at 5.30pm every night would have tea at 5 (my DH finish work at 3pm) Only reason we not have tea at 5 is cause my DH has gotten Alan addicted to the simpson's had he won't get up at the table till they have finished. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 7:43pm
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5.30 here too, and we usually all eat together if Greer is being good. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:03pm
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Ella eats dinner between 4.30 and 5 and then DH & I have dinner around 7 after she has gone to bed. I guess as she gets older we will move our dinner time earlier so we can all eat at the same time. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:04pm
| Between between 5-5:30pm although usually closer to the 5pm mark. |
Posted By: linda
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:18pm
| During the week the kids eat at 5.30pm and we eat anytime from 7pm to 9pm. In the weekend we try to have family meals at around 6.00pm |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:24pm
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Keziah has hers between 5 and 5.30pm normally and we normally have dinner ready for everyone else between 6.30 - 7pm!! -------------  
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:53pm
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6 6.30 here. kids often have a mini meal around 4.30, then eat with us. Sometimes we starve them though, depends... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 8:55pm
5pm for us sometimes alittle later but we are normaly relly hungrey by then ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:01pm
Ashleigh eats around 5. If dinner isn't served by 5.15 then its a crisis apparently  8 out of 10 times Dh isn't home by then, plus neither of us are ready for dinner that early so we generally eat once she goes to bed at 7. I can't wait til she can hold off a bit longer then we can all eat together at a decent time ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:02pm
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We have only just had dinner now! We have always eaten late. DH works long hours so thats usually why I hang out and wait for him to get home before we eat! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fairsk8
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:11pm
Usually 6pm here, but with Winter and dark earlier we seem to be eating at around 5.30pm, its that or I am super organised ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:16pm
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We have tea around 6 normally no later than 6:30. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 9:18pm
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We used to eat about 7.30 but since Liam's arrival it's more like 6-6.30. Just in time for DH to scoff his down before bathing Liam -------------    
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 29 April 2008 at 10:29pm
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6.30-7 here. We usually eat altogether but I really hate our kitchen chairs so often its altogether around the coffee table with the kids in their little chairs pulled up ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 9:28am
During the week Joshua eats at 5pm (and usually doesn't finish til 6pm!), then DP and I have ours at around 7.30pm. We are trying the family dinner thing on the weekends, but not having too much success as Joshua is too hungry by 6pm, and totally beside himself. We could try a bit earlier, but it means that DP and I are prowling the kitchen again by 8.30pm 
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Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 11:14am
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Our DS eats his dinner at 5.30, we have been trying to stretch him till 6 so we can eat together. He is in the pantry by 5.45 so it is a struggle
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 11:16am
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We aim to have dinner on the table by 6pm (though usually a little later than this) and we all eat together. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 11:17am
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5.30 for us. Otherwise its too late and Charlotte gets grumpy (she takes after my brother - needs food NOW!) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyBelly
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 11:19am
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Eden and Izobel normally has their dinner around 5.30ish
but we dont eat until around 7.30-8.30 because DH has rugby training and isnt home until late most nights! |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 11:37am
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We have always had dinner at 7pm (in time to watch shorty!). Luke has his at 5pm and I was commenting to DH the other night that I can't wiat until we can eat together, but Luke goes to bed at 6pm at the mo - so could be a while! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 11:45am
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We try and always eat together at 6.30pm But if that fails, Zaara eats 6.15-6.30 and we eat 7.15-7.45.
Depends on what is going on. I find that after dinner and around 8.30 I get hungry AGAIN!!! So I snack...he he ha ha ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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