Would like us to sit down and eat dinner together. Probably not every night (the kids are not going to appreciate the expensive meals or the spicey ones!) - but most nights.
Main reason that prompted me was DS (5) and DD (2) are both picky eaters in their own ways, so I'm hopeful it would encourage better eating habits seeing us eat dinner . As a side benefit, it really something that I always intended to be part of family life but I suppose I've just continued our baby/toddler routine and never really committed to it before.
Anyway - after a week of dinners between 6.15 and 6.45 with the kids rather than our usual 8 PM - DH says tonight that he's really not hungry at this time and would prefer not to eat till later.
He says he's happy to sit at the table and agrees about what I'm trying to achieve with family meal time and improving their pickiness - he just wants to actually eat his meal later.
I feel like this really defeats the purpose. AIBU?
His reasons are:
- he's not hungry
- he's too busy with work at the moment to ensure that he eats at a time that means he's hungry at 6.15
- it makes him snack around 9 pm
- he doesn't think he needs to eat with the kids to create a family meal or change their eating behaviours
Can i get your opinions?