What time do you eat dinner?

[Jikki]

We've eaten dinner at around 6-ish for as long as I can remember - it suited us while the girls were very young.

Now I'm wondering if bumping it back to 7-ish might suit better, now that the girls are getting older. Living in Nth Qld, 5-6pm, is the best time of evening to be outdoors, and who can be doing that if you're trying to cook dinner? We've also now got taekwondo twice a week at 6pm, which has been throwing dinner plans into chaos.

I know you don't have to have a set time to eat dinner, but my girls WANT one! They like definites, and always want to know exactly when they might expect to get fed!!

So, what time do you eat in your house? And who are you 'catering' for??

We eat (for now) at 6-ish, and there is me, DH, DD9 and DD4.

[CookiesRYum]

We have always had a set dinner time growing up - it was the only thing that made our house 'normal' and I swear given the choas of our lifes it kept me sane!

Dinner time was always 6ish... and now that I live with DH things haven't changed all that much. Generally we find 6ish for non day light saving and 7ish for around day light saving times - I guess around dusk???

If 7 makes life easier and it's still daylight around 6 then 7 should be ok. As long as they have enough time to relax, bath, digest and get to bed without it being too late then I don't see why not?

[arabesque]

We had a set dinner time growing up and have continued that with DS. But DH gets home from work after 7 and DS goes to bed at 7, so most nights DS eats about 5:30 and DH and I eat at 7 or a bit after. On nights when DH is at home (weekends) we eat with DS at 5:30.

[PeppaH]

Tonight is going to be an early dinner because DS hasnt had a sleep so he will be going to bed early lol
Normally though... Anywhere between 6 and 7:30 I guess. Have been trying to make it before 8 because I have put DS on a bed time roster now lol So shower at 8 bed at 8:30.

Before DS was eating with us though we would eat anywhere as late at 10pm haha.

[Just Add Water]

We have dinner between 6 & 6.30, depending on the night and what's been happening. Our kids go to bed between 7 & 7.30.