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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]During the day care years the whole family arrived home together between 6:30 and 6:45 pm.  Kids have always had an 8 pm bedtime because there was no way to fit everything in before that.  [b]Our routine was one spouse bathed the kids immediately upon arriving at home. Other spouse threw dinner together (mainly heating up meals prepped over the weekend, or very simple things like quesadillas, pasta, etc.).[/b]  We have always eaten together a little after 7 pm.  Followed by books and bed.  Dividing and conquering on bath/pjs and dinner made it work for us.[/quote]

We did this sometimes, too. Especially in the germy early daycare years, it helps to have everyone clean and in fresh clothes as soon as possible in the evening!

Now DH and I both work an earlier shift so we're all home between 4-5 pm. It makes it a rush with early mornings but we're early birds anyway. We finish dinner by 5:30 so that we have add'l family time before kids' bedtime routine (playing outside or whatever). DH or I prep several dinners while our youngest naps on Sundays. This week's menu was tacos/taco salad, a whole 30 stir fry, turkey ricotta meatballs and pasta/zoodles, banana pancakes, fruit, and chicken sausages (breakfast for dinner), and sheet pan chicken thighs. Fridays we do pizza and Saturdays we have takeout or go out to dinner, eat at a neighbors, etc. We tried to do quick evening meal prep on the fly for a long time and we ended up getting takeout or doing chick fil a drive thru way too much. I always felt like it was hanging over my head. Planning/prepping on Sundays can feel like a chore but I usually put a podcast on and push through bc it makes things so much easier during the week.[/quote]

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