I tried not starting dinner until after the dcks leave, but that just didn't work. Now I've been starting dinner at 5. usually there's only one dck here who sits in the kitchen with my having a snack (that her parents insist she have at 5 anyway--she's 8 months old) while my DD goes about her own business.

I get the impression from the parents though (dcm picks up between 5:15 and 5:30; dcd picks up between 5:30 and 5:45 if I'm lucky) that they aren't really thrilled that I'm working on dinner when they pick up dcg. This is making me question the wisdom of starting dinner when she's still here, but if I don't, then it's usually too late to start something by the time she's gone.

Is starting dinner at 5 unreasonable or unusual?

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