(sorta) s/o: do/have you taken dc's out to eat alone before?

Jen2124

..as in just you and the kid(s)...no other adult present?

Temp159135562506975

i have eaten alone with DS a couple times.

knmommy

yep, several times.

firefightersgal

Yes, but I just have one kid.

maybaby519

Yes and MH does it a lot more than me..

melmax

yes, several times.

summerbrideDC

yes, a lot! ?I love to take Ethan out to dinner!?

Bellisimo

When there was only one...yes, all the time.  Now that there's two, it's only happened once that I can remember.

DevonPow

DS and I eat lunch out together at least twice a week. I have only done dinner out alone with him a few times, though.

Sulla

I do it all the time; my h is away way too often for me not to. I actually took them out to dinner tonight. (Is that unusual?)

brightning

All the time because my DH is OOT most of the week. But I only have 1.

Mominator

Lots of times. I'm a SAHM so I usually take the kids out to lunch once a week.

august0605bride

At least once a week we go to lunch, and we have also done dinner. ?It beats the hell out of cleaning up my own kitchen

Jen2124

Sulla:

I do it all the time; my h is away way too often for me not to. I actually took them out to dinner tonight. (Is that unusual?)

I don't know if it's unusual, actually! I also wonder if it's more common when someone only has one child, and more "unusual" if there are more than 1...esp toddlers and under.

I have only done it a handful times...mh takes the boys out to eat alone weekly though.

august0605bride

Oh! I also do breakfast with one or the other of them every Saturday before Little Gym (MH and I trade off who goes with whom)

r9stedt

Goldie_Locks_5:

i have eaten alone with DS a couple times.

ditto. Sometimes it is easier when MH isn't there!!

Ashley&Bryan

yes, of course!

sarahgcapecod

Yes, often. I would say once a week I eat out with DS#1 and 2 alone.

 

Sulla

Jen2124:

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 I also wonder if it's more common when someone only has one child, and more "unusual" if there are more than 1...esp toddlers and under.

You mean like because tonight, when I put Alec down for one second so I could gather up the stuff on our table and pick up my diaper bag, he was (literally) already out the door and around the corner?  

cnybride2be

regularly.  because dh is at work in the evening.  i looove the no prep, cook, or clean up. i swere i take matt and sean out to dinner just to keep my kitchen and dining room clean sometimes.

~Kat~

I actually haven't! I either just do drive through, or we are meeting other people. LOL! It looks like I am the weird one!

TwoChickens

If I want to go out to eat, the kids have to join me...and the only other adults are the other diners in the restaurant.

cristiana

Not very often. When it was just DD, I did it more.

emiliemadison

Yes. I like to take the kids to lunch quite a bit and sometimes dinner when DH has to work and I dont feel like cooking.

Jen2004

A lot, they both eat like lumber jacks so we have a good time eating out. LOL!

Zenya

many times.

SpartanGirl

Many times

shopgirl78

yep with two kids too

AnneUCSB

I go out all the time by myself with the boys.  Just tonight we had dinner together while DH was at a movie with his guy friends.  I started tackling meals alone with them when Kyle was 2 months old and have been doing it regularly every since (lunch sometimes during the week or nights when DH isn't home).

UGAbride

Yes, I take the boys out quite a bit during the week.  We meet friends a lot (so, obviously those are other adults), but it's just us sometimes too.  I agree with the poster who said it's sometimes easier when DH is NOT there...he just gets stressed more easily with the chaos that comes with having any small child in a restaurant, and is more "helicopter-y" than I am so we kinda clash in our styles out in public. 

Jess101604

Yes.  My dh used to work very, very late on Fridays.  The girls and I went out to eat quite a bunch by ourselves. 

marrymemylove

Definitely! Well I only have 1, but whenever DH is out of town more than a night we do at least 1 dinner out together. In fact I'd say DS is way better behaved for just me than he is when DH is with us. I think he likes to play us off, and it sets up a whole "don't talk to each other talk to me" thing... which doesn't happen if its just me and DS.