tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post8588618041184031753..comments2023-08-04T08:33:02.835-07:00Comments on Mom Around the Clock: Taking Your Children out to EatJaimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12195922019970412150noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-84349840878532660052008-02-29T17:37:00.000-08:002008-02-29T17:37:00.000-08:00I'm so glad everyone responded and you also take y...I'm so glad everyone responded and you also take your children out.<BR/><BR/>I think that some people (especially those without children) don't realize that we have kids to SPEND time with them. Sure there are moments when we want to go out sans kids but otherwise we did give birth to include these little people into our lives.<BR/><BR/>My children are not perfect and have suffered little mini meltdowns but that's to be expected and each time I've handled it, fortunately it's only been in Hell-Mart.Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195922019970412150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-41618267212646746022008-02-29T14:00:00.000-08:002008-02-29T14:00:00.000-08:00We'd take her to a fancy restaurant when she gets ...We'd take her to a fancy restaurant when she gets older, but at her age I'm not chancing it! LOL As if we ever go to FANCY restaurants...Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003721925458149286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-25376909957206623892008-02-29T13:59:00.000-08:002008-02-29T13:59:00.000-08:00We take Hailey out to eat with us almost every tim...We take Hailey out to eat with us almost every time we go. She's usually pretty good...sometimes she gets a little restless towards the end and wants to get down and walk around (at Ruby Tuesday's the waitress carried her over to this big talking deer head one time and now she's obsessed with it!). We have to find distractions for her. Her latest thing is sorting the sugars/sugar substitutes. I guess it runs in the family, I loved this as a kid as well. She sorts them all by brand/color and then throws them all in a pile. I'm sure the servers don't love it, but whatever. As long as she's not making a scene, I figure they should be happy she's quietly amusing herself. The majority of the servers we've had, even the guys, always talk about how cute Hailey is and they talk to her directly and ask her questions and whatnot. She's always very polite, saying "thank you!" and they love that. She used to make a HUGE mess on the floor when she was younger and we'd always clean it up, and every time the waitstaff would come up and say "You don't have to do that, that's what they pay us to do!" But we always did it anyway. And I clean off the booster/highchair and whatnot too. We did get one waitress one time, a young b*tchy girl that obviously had no experience w/ kids...she's the only one that I can remember ever being rude to Hailey and charging us for her meal (usually they're always giving her free milk refills or a free meal altogether even though she eats like a horse!) I mean we wouldn't take her to a fancy restaurant, but like Ruby Tuesday's, Applebee's, Olive Garden, all those places, oh yea we take her anytime we go usually :) Unless Dan and I are getting the rare treat of a kidless meal!! <BR/><BR/>I just remembered, it's funny because when she was a baby the staff at different restaurants loved to take her and carry her around(not out of our sight of course) and ooh and aah over her...it was nice because it gave us a break to eat and nobody minded having a baby around. Esp. the Chinese restaurants here in town, I don't know what it is with the Chinese but they LOOOOOOOVED her! :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003721925458149286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163584592299139116.post-47733944143172370242008-02-29T11:29:00.000-08:002008-02-29T11:29:00.000-08:00We've take Aurora out with us regularly and have b...We've take Aurora out with us regularly and have been, at least since she was 2.5. She's always been expected to behave and not bother others, and we always take her out of the restaurant, if necessary (which has only been twice in almost 5 years). I've never sensed a problem with servers because of her. I've taken her with me to casual dining places and more formal places (where they don't have a kids menu!)<BR/><BR/>Personally, I don't think too much about kids being in a restaurant unless they start misbehaving, screaming, throwing things, running around the restaurant, making a huge mess. I also have no problem complaining about other people's kids to the management or to the parents. <BR/><BR/>As long you make your kids behave, they have every right to be in a restaurant, especially a casual dining one that caters to children (kids menus and the like).Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04160618906962839764noreply@blogger.com