Dinner Time

Dinner Time

For a while there was no such thing as family dinners for my wife and I. Family dinners have always played an important role in both of our lives. Having a new born meant that this was over for us. It seemed that just five minutes before dinner was ready to eat our baby Joy would some how know and begin to cry at the top of her lungs. No matter how early or late we decided to eat our little baby had to keep one of us occupied.

Eating for us became like shift work. One would quickly eat while the other took the baby for walks up and down the hallway. One of us would get a hot dinner and the other would get the cold left overs. Our dinner time talks were over.

If this is you or your about to have a baby don’t worry, this is just a stage and you’ll find a solution. For us it wasn’t long before our daughter began to enjoy sitting in her chair and watch us as we eat and talk. Her chair is one of those bouncy chairs that vibrates. We only let her sit there during dinner because we don’t want her to get bored of the chair. For nearly the last month it has been working perfectly with out fail.

As we sit down for dinner we all hold each others hands and thank God for our family, the day and for our food. Then our little family enjoys the nice hot dinner and the opportunity to hear about each others day. Even our girl tries to share about hers.