tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post9219068679785499791..comments2023-10-17T11:02:33.352-04:00Comments on The child: A quiet night outUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post-51773678475679129582009-12-13T15:51:15.395-05:002009-12-13T15:51:15.395-05:00Yeah, I have been there my dear. I honestly think,...Yeah, I have been there my dear. I honestly think, even though Noah is seven, we still pick really loud restaurants or try to sit near the kitchen to avoid such scenes. I hope the food was tasty. ;)Gerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15355005063119095095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post-79426110370371736162009-12-06T15:44:39.607-05:002009-12-06T15:44:39.607-05:00I just think toddlers equal take-out. For your ow...I just think toddlers equal take-out. For your own sanity, if not for the other diners. Babies are easy, but ther was a period of time before the kids could be have in a fairly civilized way that we just didn't eat at "real" restaurants.secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post-87724332665154921512009-12-06T00:46:14.300-05:002009-12-06T00:46:14.300-05:00T Rex LOVES eating out. I need to have him talk t...T Rex LOVES eating out. I need to have him talk to Deaglan. <br /><br />I have found, though, that I will often take our booster seat/high chair from home and pack his meal in a cooler. It's a lot of work and makes "impromptu" outings difficult but we can usually make it through a meal. <br /><br />And we order everything at once in the beginning and get our check then as well - just in case we have to make a speedy exit.<br /><br />There are also some restaurants that are more "kid-friendly" than others. This one did not sounds all that "kid-friendly". I also pack playdough in the food cooler - a little something to do while waiting for the food to arrive. That way he's not done eating when we start to eat.<br /><br />As far as other patrons - I never care what they think. If they have kids, they understand. If they don't have kids, then generally there won't be any sympathy coming from them. <br /><br />I am so sad you had to experience this. At least it makes for good blog fodder, right?<br /><br />I hope you are feeling well. <br /><br />Check out T Rex's blog - a couple postings ago I put up a photo of him wearing his sweatshirt. Thank you so much!!!T Rex Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581711492269619311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post-31933131442423771822009-12-05T23:17:31.869-05:002009-12-05T23:17:31.869-05:00I have been there. So many times. My favorite wa...I have been there. So many times. My favorite was when my then one year old son put his hand in a bowl of salsa and then dumped it in my lap.<br /><br />It does get easier though!Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259169109945001406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post-9406512861166408962009-12-05T22:06:29.137-05:002009-12-05T22:06:29.137-05:00Kim, I have way too many horror stories of trying ...Kim, I have way too many horror stories of trying to get through a meal at a restaurant. To be honest, I haven't gone to one in years. Jillian hates eating out because she doesn't seem to like ANYTHING. She won't have a fit, but she won't let me sit at the table. We actually roam the parking lot while the rest of the family chow down. I'm always amazed at the families who appear to never have a tough time with little ones at restaurants. Not my luck. Hope you're well, my friend!septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8287005166012220959.post-45117338813388448772009-12-05T17:37:59.688-05:002009-12-05T17:37:59.688-05:00I raised five kids and the high chair was my best ...I raised five kids and the high chair was my best friend. I trained those kids of mine to learn to sit in the high chair from the beginning of the meal, to the end of the meal. I had to, in order to keep my sanity relatively intact.<br /><br /> I have five grandchildren now, one daughter-in-law lets her son roam around the house with his food and when they go out he is a terror with a capital T. A cute terror though. lol. My other daughter-in-law has two, she is strict about the high chair, but only goes to family friendly restaurants. <br /><br />As for family friendly restaurants and keeping the little suckers in the high chair, that only falls into the category of the best laid plans of mice and desperate parents. I remember my second youngest son throwing a fit in a Burger King. He threw a chocolate shake down off the tray of his high chair so hard it hit the floor with such force, the milk shake shot to the ceiling and then showered down on a group of teenagers sitting next to us. Oh man, was I mortified!<br /><br />Motherhood, gotta love it.Elizabeth Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150221675618198674noreply@blogger.com