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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have your nanny handle the kids' dinners. She can feed them early, then you can have a nice relaxing evening with them. You and DH can either skip dinner or eat leftovers, a light meal (cheese/crackers/crudites) or skip dinner entirely. That's what we did when our kids were those ages and it was well worth the "sacrifice" of not sitting down for dinner with them on the weekdays. The time we had with them was of much higher quality. [/quote]

All the experts say the family dinner is very important.  I would jump at your idea in a hot New York minute if I thought it was okay.  [/quote]

Missing 4-5 dinners together per week will not derail otherwise good parenting. I am the PP, and believe me when I tell you that when DH and I arrived home by 5:30 and our kids had eaten dinner and bathed/showered, the quality of the time we spent with them was much higher than if we had rushed home, cooked dinner, rushed them through it, etc. Instead of all that, we had time to take walks, play board games, sit on the floor and play with them/read books. Talk. Snuggle. Think about how much more time you would have if you didn't. have to cook and serve a meal. How much less stressed you would be during your time with them. [/quote]

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