https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:10:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747851 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:13:39 +0000 Ra 747851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: haha. Yeah, probably not 3. Lol. Didn't realize she was that young :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747850 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:12:29 +0000 Andrea 747850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I am fine giving her sips later but probably not at 3?<br /> :-) that is a cute idea about the kids beer for when she is older, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747826 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:41:09 +0000 Ra 747826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: We used to bug our parents for sips when were younger, too. Our parents let us have a tiny sip to try it. Luckily, at the time, we both thought it was gross and never asked again! I did however make the occasional "kid's beer" when I was little (I would mix coke and sprite and the coloring would be similar). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747809 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:12:49 +0000 Andrea 747809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sure, a drink with dinner is fine in my book. However, DD is getting to the age where she questions everything so if she starts bugging us to have sips that will be a problem! I hope she doesn't start asking too much yet. She wanted a taste of my wine the other day but I said no and she moved on. Whew. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747788 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:35:09 +0000 lamariniere 747788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm married to a Frenchman, so wine at dinner, whether it be at home our out, is a norm for us. DS, who is 2, often gets curious but we always tell him wine is not for children. </p> <p>As others have said, I think it is very important to be a model of responsible drinking. In any case, DH and I rarely have more than 2 drinks at a time. We don't drink to get drunk, we drink to enjoy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747728 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:34:59 +0000 Sapphiresun 747728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no problem with having a drink or two in front of kids. I'd be a little nervous about us ever both being too intoxicated to drive though, even if we were drinking at home and not planning to drive anywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747680 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:50:24 +0000 Grace 747680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have no problem having a few drinks, but I never want my children to see us drunk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747576 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:21:15 +0000 beachbee 747576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't drink, so we don't have to worry about this. But a lot of our friends do and I see them drink in front of their kids. My parents never drank (alone or with us) so I guess I can't see it from a child's perspective. I think as long as they aren't getting trashed and out of control or driving then it doesn't bother me much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747508 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:15:23 +0000 matador84 747508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a drink or two casually, nothing overdoing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747490 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:57:59 +0000 Smurfette 747490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! I think having LO see us drink responsible sets a good example. I grew up with parents that had a couple beers after work/with dinner. I didn't go crazy with drinking like friends in high school because of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747484 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:47:12 +0000 sarac 747484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that it is really important to model healthy alcohol consumption for children, so we drink in public the same as we do at home. For me, that means almost never with the very occasional cocktail that I don't finish. For my husband, that means one glass of beer or wine with dinner, maybe two if it's a weekend and we're out with friends and I'm not having any. I never drink to the point of feeling it. If I did, we'd make sure that one of us was totally sober at all times. </p> <p>My mother was raised by drunks and had really understandable fear and hate for alcohol all my childhood. I grew up thinking it was really scary and bad and awful and with just a really unhealthy attitude about it. I still don't care for it personally, but I really support my husband in making it a healthy part of his life and modeling that for our children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747257 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:46:33 +0000 mrsjazz 747257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't drive, so there are no worries with drinking &amp; driving. Because I'm breastfeeding it was sometimes tricky to drink but now that LO is nursing less, I will drink. I had a glass of Prosecco at her birthday party and the family-friendly cafe near me has a "Babes and Beer" happy hour every Friday. You don't have to bring your baby, but I love that I can! I wouldn't ever have more than 2 drinks while out with LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747256 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:46:20 +0000 MamaJ 747256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I will have one glass of wine or one beer (still BF) and DH usually has a beer. I only have one if I'm not driving </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-747247 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:43:32 +0000 yoursilverlining 747247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do. We don't get drunk certainly but we have a couple glasses of wine when out; with or without LO. I think it's problematic to hide drinking from kids - but maybe that's because the only people I know who do this are all alcoholics. (drinking in secret is a big alcoholic behavior). Alcohol is something they will encounter, and will have to make decisions about. I hope seeing responsible drinking will create a good example of healthy behavior for LO. I have a relative who sneak-drinks; and it's weird to not see someone drink, but then to see someone drunk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746929 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:56:55 +0000 Bookish 746929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I have experienced parents on both end of the drinking spectrum, and we hope to set a responsible example with our own drinking. If we are both out with our kids, yes, we will have one drink, but only if DH is driving, because my tolerance after one is way different than his.</p> <p>I *never* saw my parents drink, whereas DH's parents are alcoholics. I think we will find a happy medium that shows alcohol is fine and enjoyable, as long as you are responsible with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746837 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:24:39 +0000 blackbird 746837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think drinking responsibly sets a good example. We plan on drinking around our kids--a beer or wine can certainly enhance the flavor foods. I don't want them to see it as a forbidden or taboo thing, or think that anyone who drinks is irresponsible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746821 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:18:25 +0000 mrs. wagon 746821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>aaaaabsolutely. But like many others, I will only have one drink because I'm still pumping breastmilk. And we're usually out and about long enough where driving will happen several hours after the last drink. We're not really in the drinking to get buzzed or drunk phase of our lives anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746753 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:53:43 +0000 mrbee 746753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually don't drink before the kids go down, just because it sometimes put me to sleep! Maybe when I'm better rested, l'll have a glass of wine with dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746749 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:52:32 +0000 Honeybee 746749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we're out to eat or over at a friends' house, we might each have a drink. I think having a drink in front of your children is a completely different issue from drunk driving, though. Neither my husband nor I have ever driven drunk, and we never would. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746748 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:52:03 +0000 pui 746748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we have kids, I will probably almost never drink infront of them. I will have a drink or 2 at dinner for special occasions like Christmas, ect, but otherwise I'll save alcohol for after they are in bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746744 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:50:52 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 746744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I can be a light weight. If I have drinks with dinner I have to cut off at 2 lighter drinks because I have to drive. I usually only have one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746735 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:48:01 +0000 mamimami 746735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't give it a second thought. Drinking alcohol (not excessively) is a part of our culture and our life. When we're not working, we're almost always with our kids. At weekend lunches or dinners out, my husband almost always has a beer, and I do sometimes as well. Even children's birthday parties! </p> <p>PS Now I know there's a reason they have beer at Chuck E. Cheese LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746731 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:46:29 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 746731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: agree! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746730 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:46:09 +0000 heffalump 746730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I don't drink ever..... but I think it's fine to have a drink in front of the kids. Not a lot of drinks, but one or two would be fine. Drinking and driving is never ok, kids or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746728 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:45:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 746728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we have LO with us we always decide before arriving who is driving, that person does not drink (or only has 1 if we are there a span of a few hours.) I never drink if she's in the car with me, not worth it to me. I grew up with my parents drinking around us and I don't think it affected me negatively. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746726 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:45:10 +0000 mediagirl 746726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I see why you would be very concerned about this!!</p> <p>We don't drink much. I'm breastfeeding still so I can't have more than one drink. If my husband starts drinking, I don't have any so I can drive us home. He usually has more than one when he's drinking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746722 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:43:08 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 746722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add that in my head when I typed this up I was imagining a couple eating out with kids. </p> <p>Also we are currently childless. My views may change in the future ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746689 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:32:21 +0000 MamaBehr 746689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that drinking in front of children is alright, but being fall down drunk isn't ok. And if you are fall down drunk, you sure aren't driving! I have certainly had a drink with dinner before, I don't think there is something wrong with it! DH doesn't drink at all, so he always drives, but he always drives regardless. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746683 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:29:49 +0000 .twist. 746683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: I agree. I think it's MORE responsible to show your kids what responsible drinking looks like than to forbid it in hopes that they'll just know. I feel like seeing it around all the time when I was a kid and seeing how my parents could have one beer or one glass of wine really helped me as a young adult to know my limit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-drink-when-your-out-with-your-kids#post-746671 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:24:58 +0000 lovehoneybee 746671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've each had a beer when we've gone out to dinner with him, but only one. </p>