Does your baby/toddler eat what you eat?

Question

What is their eating schedule like? Seriously the source of my anxiety everyday comes from what I'll feed my 11 month old for lunch and dinner. I've read online It's best to feed them what you eat, like eat together. Which I guess is fine for lunch, but for dinner my husband doesn't want to eat at 7 pm! He's French and therefore super traditional about eating later, line 9, 9:30. I want to encourage my son to be a good eater but everyday I'm like, what will I make him!? 
I need some tips, inspiration, advice, ideas, anything from you ladies!

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I always eat with my daughter but make a super small portion for myself just to show her that we eat as a family. I eat my main meal later with my husband.

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My husband is also French, but we eat at 5:30 because I cook lol. IMO it’s more important to have family meals than to maintain that specific cultural norm, and my 18 month old can’t wait much longer than that or she gets the hangries and won’t eat. There are studies that show the positive impact of eating meals together, and in general our daughter has a fantastic palate and a love for food. She has her preferences, but generally eats what we eat, and a lot of it lol.

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If the timing works out we eat together. But our daughter eats pretty much whatever we eat, just cut up small

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I used to be an au pair for a French family, and it really is the cultural norm for adults to eat later and not with the kids. Sometimes they’d come in while the kids were eating to have that bonding time with them, or I’d give them a small dish of what I made for the kids, but otherwise they’d eat separately. It’s kind of nice for the parents bc they could have that alone time, but it seems kind of sad they’d only really have family dinners at the holidays. 
However, why don’t you just make something small for her? Rice and veggies with a small bit of meat, or even leftovers from the night before.

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Its rough  we try but doesn't  always work out that way. My kiddos can be picky so i try to make things they like so we can eat as a family. Do what works for, there is not wrong way!

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We sit with my daughter but don’t always eat together depending on the time. The biggest thing is feed her food elements that you eat too, don’t deviate and make a specific child menu every day (ie nuggets and kd), fill their plate with whole foods even if not the exact meal you’re having and a simplified version.

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I feed my daughter whenever she is hungry. Sometimes I will just give her a snack if it is close to dinner so she can eat dinner with us, but I dont stress about it. Im firm believer in feeding on demand. Even for my toddler. Its not my place to tell her that she isnt hungry.

Does your baby/toddler eat what you eat?

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