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No. But she is 2. I don't personally like it for the future though either. Books, coloring, small toys, that's fine though.
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in general, i try to avoid., but there have been exceptions where we have allowed it in a restaurant - usually due to extremely slow service and/or being overtired (no nap at daycare that day) combined with my own lack of sleep.
We also don't go out to restaurants a lot with him because i don't find it that relaxing or fun yet. It is better than it used it to be, but depends on several factors. We would never give the device while eating, just while waiting for the check or if the food is taking forever to come. The way I see it, I can't fault LO for being unable to sit still for that long. If we are at home, we would never make him sit in a chair with nothing to do for that long. And we do try to entertain in other ways first.
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Never at home.
Yes at restaurants while waiting for food. She usually promises that she will put it away when the food arrives.
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We only go out to eat about once a month, and I really limit tv/app time at home, so yes when we are out I love letting her use our phone to stay entertained while we have a leisurely meal. I'm totally comfortable with how much overall screen time my LO gets.
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We almost never eat out because it's such a hassle, but will do it in an emergency. Once, our food took an HOUR to arrive because they messed our order up, and I was grateful to have my phone to placate E.
We're usually device free at dinner but the NLDS was on tonight, so it was a special occasion
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Usually only if food is taking a really really long time.
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We have not and I would prefer not to ever get into that. I'm afraid that once she knew it was an option she would want it all the time and wouldn't be happy with the other activities that currently entertain her at restaurants.
That said, she is generally pretty chill at restaurants, and is entertained by Us Drawing pictures for her and things like that, and she is a slow eater. So I usually pack something that I know takes her a long time to eat which usually lets dh and me finish our meals too. And we don't go out all that often.
I make no promises for when we have two kids to entertain at a restaurant!!
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If she gets bored of the crayons they bring out and food is taking ages, then we give her a phone to play with. Not at home though.
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Under no circumstances. Ours are 3 and 19m and we are shocked at the number of friends who do allow devices at meals. One even goes so far as to right when being seated asks if they have wi-fi!
I think it's so sad when we go out to eat to see kids with their faces in a phone or iPad instead of talking to their family. We go eat with our nephew and he won't even talk because he's so distracted by apps or YouTube...he's 8 and has had an iphone out at meals since at least 2 or 3.
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We don't eat out very frequently but when we do, he's generally okay, so if I were to answer this a few days ago, I'd be all "oh em gee never", buuuut we just met up with some OOT CBC friends who we never see and didn't have a heads up to arrange for childcare, so when LO got antsy towards the end of the meal, we whipped out the iPhone and let him go to town so we could spend more time with our friends. Zero regrets.
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We very very rarely eat out m. But when we do if the food is taking long or if she's done and I want to finally eat my dinner then yes. Meh, I'm sure others judge, but I could care less.
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Meh, we give him my phone to watch a video the few times we eat out and he has finished eating and gets tired of sitting or reading his books. He's not at the age to color or read yet, and he generally is done eating by the time my food shows up. There's only so much to keep his attention before he wants to start running around, and I want to eat my food. As he gets older I hope to phase it out because an older child should be able to participate in the conversation, but for now I'll take a toddler sitting quietly over chasing a toddler around a restaurant.
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