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LO is 18 months. We don't order a meal for him yet, BUT we don't eat out much, and the only restaurant he regularly goes to with us is a local Mexican restaurant. We give him a veggie pouch and order a sliced avocado and let him eat that with tortilla chips, and then give him bits of whatever I order.
I've only ordered a meal separately for him one time, at a steak house, because I knew we were going to be waiting awhile for our food - he got a grilled cheese and fruit.
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Probably around 18 months? We do a combo of ordering food for her, letting her share with us, and bringing our own food. It really depends on the situation and what type of restaurant we are going to.
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LO will be 3 in September, and I haven't ordered much more than just fruit from a menu for him mainly because he's allergic to eggs. Chicken nuggets/chicken strips are actually one of those things that could go either way if they have egg in the breading. Same with bread for grilled cheese, and pasta. So we've been sticking to original ingredient things that I know wouldn't have been contaminated with egg.
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This is making me realize that I'm probably making things a lot harder on myself always packing her dinner! I think next time I'm going to try ordering something for her (but still bringing a few pouches as back up!).
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I wouldn't feel bad about bringing in your own food. But we did often order an extra side for our LO at that age. Sweet potato at one of our steak joints was always a hit for her.
We still do carry in food and she's almost 4. She doesn't care for Asian food, so we will carry in other food for her to eat. I figure if they have a huge problem with it, they will let us know and it's probably better for them to have us paying for a meal for us than not having us as a customer.
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Our LO is 25 months and still not eating enough to order something separate for him! He'll share with us, sometimes a little sometimes a lot. Recently we've been experimenting with ordering him his own thing, and it's been hit and miss.
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At around 12 months we would order mac & cheese for him or something kid friendly but now he's so picky (he'll be 3 in August) that it's just a waste of money if we order anything besides french fries. So we usually pack him a meal now. It is SO much cheaper, he can eat as soon as he sits down, and if he's still hungry then we can order him fries.
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We brought our own purées when she was tiny and would bring Cheerios for while she waits, but other than that, we fed her from our plates or ordered something else appropriate for her. Now that she's an older toddler (2.5), we often order from the kids menu. When she was younger though, we ordered a side veggie/fruit or appetizer. At 16 months, I remember her having her own scrambled egg and fruit when we went out for brunch. And I definitely remember her eating edamame and dumplings at our fave sushi place at 18 months! I guess I'm in the minority, but I think it's rude to bring your own food once they're regularly eating real food.
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the only time LO has had his own kids meal is when it was free with purchase of adult meals! he still just eats from our plates and is happy with that. I don't feel obligated at all to buy him his own meal at this age (14 mos also)
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