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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all of the great ideas! I really like the cook/eat then prep for next night idea as well as eating after the kids go to bed and making extra for their earlier meal the night before. When the baby is older I'm guessing I'll make some very simple dinners like scrambled eggs on some nights. [b]I have to say I'm impressed that people are getting home and immediately starting to cook! I couldn't do that. [/b] But I guess it gives you more time to relax after dinner instead of before. [/quote] Op, you can do all sorts of things you don't think you can right now. It's kind of the name of the parenting game. You change and adapt as your child and family grow and change. Try not to worry too much about the far off future. You're doing great! [/quote] +1 You'll find as the kids get older, you end up getting home at random hours because you're picking DC up from after school activities at 4:30 or trying to time dinner before a 7:30 practice. I worked a very typical 8:30 - 5:00 schedule when my kids were younger, which was totally doable and no issue at all. By the time my oldest was in late MS I was in a more flexible job to accommodate all the random things that came up, which only increased as DCs got older. For example, if your DC plays HS fall sports, you're going to need to drop off and pick up each day for a few weeks before school starts. So while I support PP's thought not to worry because the changes happen gradually and you just adjust, my unsolicited advice is to work towards a flexible job schedule by late ES so you're available for all the driving in MS and HS (and all the conversations that happen in the car). Having said that, I have always come home and immediately started to cook, even before I had kids. I like eating on the earlier side. I usually have an idea of what we're going to eat and sometimes do prep in the morning before leaving for the office. I'm better at that then doing it the night before. The days I WFH are the easiest, because I can do prep throughout the day as I have breaks.[/quote]
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