what time do your kids have tea?
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Topic: what time do your kids have tea?
Posted By: lizzle
Subject: what time do your kids have tea?
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 3:29pm
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we have usually eaten dinner together, but Lewis usually finishes work around 6:30, which means we are eating later - sometimes just before Lewis gets home, smoetimes after. Anyway, the kids don't eat very much, but i've not been that concerned. But with Taine having low iron, I'm wondering if perhaps I'm giving them dinner too late.
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 3:38pm
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I try to have dinner ready by 6. If she isn't eating with us then she may have it a little earlier. I'm pretty strict with her bedtime (unless we are out or something) so its shower time at 6.30, then milk and into bed by 7 so can't really have dinner any later than 6 anyway. ------------- 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: Daizy
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 4:09pm
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I try to have dinner ready between 5:30 and 6. DH should finish at 5:30 but then he has to get home and is often later. If he there to have dinner that is great but quite often he will end up having dinner later. I often sit the girls at the table at 5 while I cook dinner and as I cut up the vegies I give them some to nibble on. We try to get the girls to bed by 6:30 asleep by 7 so it is usually quite a busy time of night. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 5:35pm
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I have found with school I'm giving Alia an early tea, then doing tea for us at about 6.30pm. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 8:31pm
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We have our dinner round 5.30pm ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: Brenna
Date Posted: 14 May 2009 at 9:29pm
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We have out dinner about 5.00 - 5.30ish -------------  My beautiful 2 girls...nearly 4 and 13 months
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 7:33am
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We have dinner around 5:30pm every night. -------------  
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 8:28am
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if rhiannon is hungry then between 4.30-5pm, if not she has it with us at 6pm....i aim for her to eat about 5ish now though, cos any later and she doesnt really want anything ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 9:22am
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If we are all eating together (about 3 times a week) then 5.15 ish, but DH & I are eating later on then Amy & Sophie eat about 5. If it is much after 5.30 when we sit down then they don't cope so well. -------------   
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Posted By: Lulu
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 11:15am
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I have dinner with my 21 month old at 4.30pm, as this is when she is hungry and hasn't got past it behaviour wise. I am hoping to extend the time out as she gets older, so that we have later dinner time. I eat at the same time as her, because she eats better with me eating too, but unfortunately I get the munchies at about 9pm because I have eaten so early! And poor DH eats alone, because he can get home anywhere from 6-8pm. ------------- Lou http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 2:45pm
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5.30 here too....we eat with Tom unless I am having an "I dont knwo what to cook day" then he gets an omlette and we eat after he has gone to bed (although last night we didnt do any better than cheese on toast for ourselves)
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 9:34pm
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Ethan eats 430 and we eat after his bed(which is always 630ish) ..though like others hoping to extend this out soon! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 9:53pm
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Anytime between 4.45 and 6pm. Depending on what shift DH is doing and what we have on that evening. Now with swimming for the boys we will all be eating at different times. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 15 May 2009 at 9:57pm
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the kids eat around 5 - 5.30
and we usually eat ours around 6.30 - 7 ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 16 May 2009 at 10:34am
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5.30 to 6. Their previous meal to that is 3pm and their bedtimes are 6, 6.30, 7 ------------- |
Posted By: Lea2109
Date Posted: 07 June 2009 at 10:56pm
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I usually try and give mine dinner by around 4 or 5pm. We seldom all eat together as a result, but with my oldest I have to feed her by this time so she could be done by latest 6pm (she sometimes eats really slow) as we need to wait 2 hours after supper and then give her her chemo tablets. That way she goes to bed by around 8pm. When she is done with her treatment in September if all goes well, I am hoping that we are able to start eating dinner later at night so we can all eat together. ------------- Our blog: http://whitesinnz.blogspot.com Bianca's story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=NZ&hl=en-GB&v=jFKlYEy4WAY |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 05 July 2009 at 11:58pm
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we eat dinner around 5:30pm DH gets home from work around then so I try and have dinner ready by then. and Megan goes to bed around 6:30-7pm. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 06 July 2009 at 10:04am
| We have dinner between 4:30-5pm. Works in well wih the nightly routine. |
Posted By: katie1
Date Posted: 06 July 2009 at 3:21pm
| 4.30 to 5.00. I find when it is too much later then he just gets really silly and hard to bath and get into bed. |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 06 July 2009 at 5:08pm
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Oli generally eats around 5ish, DH doesnt get home until nearly 6, and by that time I am trying to get Oli calmed down into quiet mode before bath / bed. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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