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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Three kids and dinners by yourself most nights? Wow that is seriously impressive! 
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You would not be impressed if you saw how it actually went! In the mornings I generally feel pretty good about my parenting able to get a hot breakfast on the table and keep kids generally happy. In the evening, my head is on the table while three kids run circles around me with their pants on their heads and I regret ever having kids (I kid....but i'm also serious....)[/quote]

I have been there.  But my advice looking back wiht a 6 and 8 year old is to just make dinners RELAXED.  And yes, maybe crazy.  Just survive.  You are in the THICK of the evening craziness, and you will be for the next few years.  Once your older one has bit more self control left at the end of the day, you can start civilizing them one at a time.  But for now, just get everyone fed.

Mix it up!  Do standing dinners.  Remove any expectation that they sit down.  Drop the expectation that it be a perfect dinner.  Just get them fed and get through the night.  Prepping food in advance helps, so you have easy things to offer them so that they eat something besides frozen chicken nuggets (which is totally fine too).

But honestly, teaching table manners and dinner behavior is much easier when there are ZERO toddlers in the house.  Of course your oldest you'll want to focus on a bit at some point, but honestly, drop your expectations and survive.  Feed extra veggies at breakfast or lunch.  A happier (even just a little) mom is more important at this stage.[/quote]

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