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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - could you post your timeline? It's hard to offer suggestions if you're not telling us what time all of this is happening. It's possible that it's just too late for them all and you need to feed them much, much earlier and have your own dinner after they go to bed.[/quote]

I've tried everything from dinner at 5 to dinner at 6.  It's generally at 5:30 these days.  So we get home around 5.  Dinner is mainly made, but needs to be rewarmed etc. I'm unpacking things from the day. We aren't in any time crunch on when dinner needs to be as we don't head upstairs to start bedtime until 630.[/quote]

Let them watch something when you get some so you can unpack, get organized, get food warmed and plated.  Don’t call them to the table until everything is ready and you are ready to sit.  The key is you being at the table too, not up and down.  If you can catch the bad behavior immediately it doesn’t spiral.  Do NOT give them dinner in front of the TV.  Horrible habit to start and really no reason.  You can do this![/quote]

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