Liz - is there any way you can make yourself two smaller servings and eat with both Tallon and DH? when my bro's kids stay over, we feed them earlier as they have to go to bed early - but DH can't eat early - it just doesn't work for him! i feel crud if i eat a proper meal late with DH - so i compromise and eat with both - the heavier part of dinner with kidlets, vegies with DH a bit later (or whatever it happens to be). it's actually better for your body and metabolism to have smaller meals like that...

at the moment, if we're kidlet free, i still eat earlier than DH, then just have something small with him just so that we're eating together... it's taking a LOT to explain to DH that heavy meal before bed makes me feel cruddy - and is very bad for both of us! he's just so used to it cos he eats at work, then climbs into sleeper cab for a snooze before he goes working again couple of hours later...