On Sunday night we sit down with a list of dinners for the week. We try to prepare a balanced meal every night, even if it is delivered pizza. We cook large meals or casseroles on the weekend to freeze ahead. BUY a large freezer and shop for meat or poultry on sale. Whoever arrives home first will start dinner, knowing the other is close behind with the baby.
Dinner is usually on the table within twenty or thirty minutes after the first arrives home.
This is handled by breastfeeding the baby before or while I eat. Once he is happy, he is put in the high chair to socialize with us, while we eat the rest of our dinner. Adjust your requirements for a clean home, and share dinner preparation nights with your husband or older children. Even with these suggestions, every night doesn't always run smoothly. Just remember when all is said and done, what's most important is not what you had for dinner last Thursday or how clean your house is, it's the fun times you spent with your children.