https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 07:31:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044739 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:40:10 +0000 Freckles 1044739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have the FP booster seat? We usually use the restaurant's chairs, but the straps are useless in fighting her desire to stand on the chair. When she's strapped in the FP seat, she's a lot more well-behaved.</p> <p>LO (16 months) is pretty good at restaurants, as long as we're not pushing an overtired baby. I keep food on hand to give her before our meals come. I have stickers and paper handy which can occupy her for a while, and i bring a few megabloks for her to play with as well. Then i'll start handing her utensils to play with.</p> <p>The longest she held up at a restaurant was 1.5 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044673 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:55:06 +0000 Dandelion 1044673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, but he's 6, now, so he knows expectations.</p> <p>He was good when he was younger, too, unless he had to wait too long. I always had to have an arsenal of distractions in my purse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044670 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:54:18 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1044670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: hey, I thought E was pretty good on Friday night! She sat on your lap so nicely!</p> <p>DD is wild. I mean like.... running around the restaurant and patting people on the back kind of wild. Asking the strange waitresses to pick her up. Throwing food on the floor. Spilling water in my lap. She can't sit in the high chair for longer than 5 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044666 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:52:55 +0000 GrapeCrush 1044666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's only quiet if there is a constant stream of food flowing into his face haha and it better be the food he wants, or watch out! Lol we don't go out to dinner much with DS </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044647 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:40:01 +0000 lemondrop 1044647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: hopefully it's just a phase for her! And a brief one at that... </p> <p>LOL- I can TOTALLY relate though, yesterday I overdid it on some house projects, my husband suggested going out to dinner at one of our favorite breweries. We haven't been to that one in a year with C (he was still in the infant seat at the time) and couldn't remember if we'd ever seen a high chair there. I told him flat out that if they don't have a high chair, then he is on C duty. There was ZERO chance of me chasing him around last night, that I would rather cook than fight the boy. Luckily they had one high chair, and we claimed it- victory!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044645 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:38:39 +0000 Bookish 1044645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha not really, as @rawrasaur: can attest from our Starbucks run today. She doesn't like bottles if there's a boob around, so restaurant outings are really hit or miss. If we're lucky, she sleeps the whole time....if not, she melts down a bit. I don't blame her, she's only 7 weeks. I just can't wait until she's able to sit in a high chair!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044629 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:32:26 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1044629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: She's good if we can get her into her high chair and keep her strapped in (which is most nights). Once she's buckled, she will sit and eat her food, but once she's done with eating, she wants up. I will be honest and say that some nights, especially now that I'm pregnant, I just don't have the energy to fight her. This is just a recent thing for her... she was always so good before - not sure what got into her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044598 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:23:07 +0000 HLK208 1044598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD, no...although, DS has always been pretty good in restaurants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044595 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:22:02 +0000 ShootingStar 1044595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: How is she at home during meals? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044590 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:17:20 +0000 banana 1044590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was horrible at dining at at that age. We had to walk around with him constantly and it was exhausting. But that only lasted a few months. And then all of a sudden, he was really good at sitting there and eating with the rest of us. I think it had to do with the fact that we always ate together as a family for dinner. And also after dinner snacks/desserts. I'd always pack up some "desserts" for him (cut up fruit usually) so that he can sit there and eat dessert while we were still eating our main course. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044588 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:17:05 +0000 lemondrop 1044588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, but we have a routine- boosters don't work for us, so we have to use a highchair. Otherwise he sees a booster as an excuse to escape. </p> <p>We start with an appetizer of cheerios or animal crackers along with a sippy cup of water. </p> <p>When he gets done with that I give him my straw and hold my water or iced tea cup for him to dip the straw and transfer to his mouth a million times. </p> <p>When the food comes, that usually occupies him for some time, he gets a fork, so he can spear food- which takes forever since he isn't very coordinated, buying us time to eat our dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044587 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:17:03 +0000 Mommytotwois 1044587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 used to be extremely well behaved in restaraunts, now I can't stand taking her out with us, except last night she was great (surprisingly). Once DD2 was born she started climbing out of the high chair, or getting out of her booster seat, and trying to run rampage through the restaraunt, she wil climb over the back of whoever is sitting with us, yell at the waiter so she can say "Hi I'm Ivy!" make big messes (she never used to do this so it isn't "normal" for me), etc. DD2 is great, usually sleeping or happily playing in my lap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044566 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:07:58 +0000 pelikila 1044566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the most part yes, C lets us eat out without much trouble. He is an observer though so as long as he gets to watch people he's pretty content. Also, he's big on chips and bread sticks and such so if he has a little something to nibble on that everyone else has as well while we wait for food he's pretty good.</p> <p>ETA: And we gave up on high chairs and booster seats by 2 years. C would rather sit on a regular chair or booth so we don't push it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044564 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:06:56 +0000 T-Mom 1044564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are in the same boat. Sometimes we resort to using the iphone and letting DS watch Thomas the Train. I know that is not necessarily a popular choice, but I look at it as us being conscientious of other diners (I guess some people would say don't eat out at all, but I don't really think that is fair or very nice). It's actually getting a little better now, but mainly because we are sticking to going really early when the food can be served quickly, or going to a buffet type place for immediate dining. I feel your pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044548 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:01:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 1044548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are out with her this week. As long as I kept my nipple in her mouth we were golden. Try to move since its obviously empty and she's barely even sucking and little lady gets pissed! But she's 4 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044537 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:57:40 +0000 heffalump 1044537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So you mean dine out? She's actually pretty good at restaurants. Waiting for the food is usually the big issue. Someone usually has to walk around with her which we wait for the food. Crayons don't keep her attention long enough. But once the food comes, she's good as gold :) She's a good eater so that keeps her busy for awhile. We actually get a ton of compliments about how well she behaves at restaurants from strangers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044536 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:57:40 +0000 heffalump 1044536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's actually pretty good at restaurants. Waiting for the food is usually the big issue. Someone usually has to walk around with her which we wait for the food. Crayons don't keep her attention long enough. But once the food comes, she's good as gold :) She's a good eater so that keeps her busy for awhile. We actually get a ton of compliments about how well she behaves at restaurants from strangers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-let-you-dine-in-peace#post-1044528 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:54:54 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1044528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine doesn't :-( </p> <p>DD is 19 months and she can't sit still. She used to be so good but now she refuses the high chair, and the booster seat only lasts about 10 min. She would rather color on the table or eat the crayons than actually use them on the kids menu. By the time our food gets to the table, she's ready to leave, and not quiet about letting us (and everyone around us) know. We try to make her understand that we're not leaving until we finish our food, but it usually ends up in one of us walking her around while the other one scarfs down some food... and then we trade. </p> <p>Oh so much fun!! </p>