restaurant w/ baby?

20thirteen

My dad is CONSTANTLY trying to get me to go out to dinner, even though I'm broke and prefer to eat at home anyway.  Before DD was vaccinated, I would tell him that it wasn't safe for her and that I couldn't go out to dinner.  Now that she got her vaccinations, he keeps telling me I have no excuse.  Well, now I tell him that I don't have a chair for her to sit in at a restaurant.  She can't sit up on her own just yet and I would feel weird keeping her at the table in her carseat.  Does anyone know of a good chair to bring along to a restaurant or do you guys think leaving her in the carseat is ok?  (I"m a FTM, sometimes I don't know what I'm doing...)

MrsWindyCity

use the car seat.

opheliainwaders

I just wear her at restaurants.

Eleventy11

Car seat is fine. We've been going out since our LOs were a couple of weeks old. It's much easier when they are still in the infant carrier.

blueturkey12

We've been out to eat several times since Lucas was born and always just leave him in his car seat. He usually fits next to me in the booth or some restaurants have a high chair type contraption that the car seat can sit in.

20thirteen

Thanks guys!

amandalgreene86

Use the car seat!

Once the baby is bigger, this is awesome and folds up small!

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12934515

BelhurstBride

I just wear baby. 

NKF312

I also try going to sidewalk cafes bc it's easy to just pull up stroller.. Good luck!

somerandomlady

The car seat or stroller works great. We don't have a 'travel system' carseat so we got a very lightweight stroller so we'd have somewhere to put her down when we go out to eat. Which we've done almost every day since LO was two weeks.

Re: germs just don't let people touch the baby or breathe in their face.

If the baby gets fussy, nursing is by far the easiest way to shut them up so I frequently eat with one hand at restaurants. It's less disruptive than having my husband get up and walk around bouncing her to soothe her!

Going out to a restaurant is NBD, especially at this young age where they soothe easily. I hear it gets harder with toddlers! But regardless, if you really don't want to go, just tell your Dad to stuff it. You're allowed to establish boundaries and enforce them. No means no. You don't have to make excuses to your dad--just say no. If he pushes you, hang up the phone or leave the conversation!

monkeybutt61612

We used a carseat until he was old enough to sit in a high chair. Does your dad pay when you go out to eat? If not, don't let him guilt you into going