Highchairs are a fire hazard

lizzyjames

Says the hostess at the nice restaurant last night...

So she brings me a booster seat.  Which is essentially a useless chunk of hard plastic with NO straps. ??  HOW am I supposed to get my toddler to sit quietly in a booster without any device to strap her in??  The idea is to make the mobile child immobile so mommy can at least eat a piece of lettuce or something.

I was laughing my a$$ off that this restaurant would think that toddlers are civilized enough to eat quietly in their booster chairs with little disruption.  We need straps...or I need to become an octopus with eight hands.   

Meanwhile, my kid is throwing blackbeans and rice at Daddy whilst trying to get one leg on top of the table and then squirming and falling OUT of the booster so she can slide down the booth and run down the aisles screaming like a banshee.  I wish I was exaggerating. 

I hope our leash arrives today.   

MrsTotty

What stoopid-asss restaurant was this????  Just so I know NOT to go there?

gigimarie

Lovely! This sounds like our dinners and why we do not eat out as often. She thinks it is hilarious to throw food on the ground and put her feet on the table. I completely forgot about the leash I won at the Metroplex Mom's event it is so time to bust that thing out. Along with no longer liking the high chair she also hates the stroller, good times!

avz2azb

How are highchairs a fire hazard? I don't get it.

Mrs.Donkey

I am so getting a leash.

Jessibell

LMAO!!

We went out to dinner on Saturday and DH put A in the highchair. I swear I turned my head for a split second and she was facing the other direction about to crawl out.

DH hadn't strapped her in

lizzyjames

OH the food and service were EXCELLENT...but yeah...no highchairs.  Cantina Laredo.  I highly recommend it for date night sans toddler. 

I ended up tipping like 25% because of the tornado of a mess that my child left.  Sigh.   

I'm starting to understand why some nice restaurants hate babies.  LOL. 

flygeah

Oh my....

Ditto Totty what resturant is this I want to stay far, far away... I can only imagine the kind of terror Keanan would cause with food everywhere, pulling things off the table. 

CreamPuff06

Oh dear.  I am not looking forward to that stage...

T loves to play with her backpack and leash (birthday present).  It looks just like all her other puppies and she carries it everywhere. 

MrsTotty

lizzyjames:

OH the food and service were EXCELLENT...but yeah...no highchairs.  Cantina Laredo.  I highly recommend it for date night sans toddler. 

I ended up tipping like 25% because of the tornado of a mess that my child left.  Sigh.   

I'm starting to understand why some nice restaurants hate babies.  LOL. 

Yeah, I like CL a lot, they're owned by El Chico I think ... there are a couple of them over in our area.  I can't believe they're so baby-unfriendly though ... that sucks. 

lizzyjames

MrsTotty:

lizzyjames:

OH the food and service were EXCELLENT...but yeah...no highchairs.  Cantina Laredo.  I highly recommend it for date night sans toddler. 

I ended up tipping like 25% because of the tornado of a mess that my child left.  Sigh.   

I'm starting to understand why some nice restaurants hate babies.  LOL. 

Yeah, I like CL a lot, they're owned by El Chico I think ... there are a couple of them over in our area.  I can't believe they're so baby-unfriendly though ... that sucks. 

It may not be all Cantina Laredos though.  AND it was crazy busy.  I felt so bad for our waiter and the hostess.  I'm like sorry dude...there's avacado and black beans smushed in the seat and carpet...here's more money for your tip... 

bnljane1988

lizzyjames:

OH the food and service were EXCELLENT...but yeah...no highchairs.  Cantina Laredo.  I highly recommend it for date night sans toddler. 

I ended up tipping like 25% because of the tornado of a mess that my child left.  Sigh.   

I'm starting to understand why some nice restaurants hate babies.  LOL. 

I don't hate babies.  I hate stupid parents.

 As for the HC thing.....WTH?  That's about the dumbest thing I've heard today.

bnljane1988

lizzyjames:

It may not be all Cantina Laredos though.  AND it was crazy busy.  I felt so bad for our waiter and the hostess.  I'm like sorry dude...there's avacado and black beans smushed in the seat and carpet...here's more money for your tip... 

I really wanted to stay, but it was too busy for us.  So we went next door and I had a glass of wine and K had a bottle.  I can't get over how adorable Miss Addy is every time I see her.

lizzyjames

bnljane1988:

lizzyjames:

OH the food and service were EXCELLENT...but yeah...no highchairs.  Cantina Laredo.  I highly recommend it for date night sans toddler. 

I ended up tipping like 25% because of the tornado of a mess that my child left.  Sigh.   

I'm starting to understand why some nice restaurants hate babies.  LOL. 

I don't hate babies.  I hate stupid parents.

 As for the HC thing.....WTH?  That's about the dumbest thing I've heard today.

  Yeah they said that they don't offer high chairs because it's a fire hazard.  Were they lying about that?? 

char-char

Um, anyone else notice how at almost every dining place the straps on the highchairs seem to be broken??? I mean, in all honesty, it seems like virtually every restaurant we've ever gone to since Hudson was big enough to fit in a highchair has never had highchairs with straps that actually fastened and work properly. Doesn't help that kids just do NOT want to be strapped in there and are major escape artists once put in such a position! Oh the joys of dining with a toddler, lol!

lizzyjames

bnljane1988:

lizzyjames:

It may not be all Cantina Laredos though.  AND it was crazy busy.  I felt so bad for our waiter and the hostess.  I'm like sorry dude...there's avacado and black beans smushed in the seat and carpet...here's more money for your tip... 

I really wanted to stay, but it was too busy for us.  So we went next door and I had a glass of wine and K had a bottle.  I can't get over how adorable Miss Addy is every time I see her.

  Thank you!   And thank you for showing up!  She was all smiles and giggles and WIRED last night.  She's all over any sickness that's for sure.  All she wanted to do was run up and down the aisles and when I would pick her up she would drop straight to the ground and pout.  Miss personality.  Heh. 

avz2azb

char-char:

Um, anyone else notice how at almost every dining place the straps on the highchairs seem to be broken??? I mean, in all honesty, it seems like virtually every restaurant we've ever gone to since Hudson was big enough to fit in a highchair has never had highchairs with straps that actually fastened and work properly. Doesn't help that kids just do NOT want to be strapped in there and are major escape artists once put in such a position! Oh the joys of dining with a toddler, lol!

I hate when I have to go through 5 grocery carts before I can find one with straps that work.  

lizzyjames

char-char:

Um, anyone else notice how at almost every dining place the straps on the highchairs seem to be broken??? I mean, in all honesty, it seems like virtually every restaurant we've ever gone to since Hudson was big enough to fit in a highchair has never had highchairs with straps that actually fastened and work properly. Doesn't help that kids just do NOT want to be strapped in there and are major escape artists once put in such a position! Oh the joys of dining with a toddler, lol!

  YES!  This always happens to us. But we never had to worry about her being a little houdini until recently.

flygeah

char-char:

Um, anyone else notice how at almost every dining place the straps on the highchairs seem to be broken??? I mean, in all honesty, it seems like virtually every restaurant we've ever gone to since Hudson was big enough to fit in a highchair has never had highchairs with straps that actually fastened and work properly. Doesn't help that kids just do NOT want to be strapped in there and are major escape artists once put in such a position! Oh the joys of dining with a toddler, lol!

Yeah I have noticed that, we always have to get a second HC because the first only has one strap on it.  One time we straped him in but the clamps did not stay and he almost climbed out of the damn chair. 

Lately the only thing that saves us when we go out is he love to eat, but God help us if we run out of snacks until the food get there. 

bnljane1988

Ok...so I've been thinking about this HC thing (because it's driving me crazy

0.....this is the only logical conclusion I can think of....

You guys were sitting in a booth.  Maybe she meant that they couldn't put a high chair at the end of the booth because it would block the aisle and that would be a fire code violation.

lizzyjames

CreamPuff06:

Oh dear.  I am not looking forward to that stage...

T loves to play with her backpack and leash (birthday present).  It looks just like all her other puppies and she carries it everywhere. 

We got Addy the cow one like Ts.  She has learned to say moooo so I hope she likes the cow.  LOL.

lizzyjames

bnljane1988:

Ok...so I've been thinking about this HC thing (because it's driving me crazy

0.....this is the only logical conclusion I can think of....

You guys were sitting in a booth.  Maybe she meant that they couldn't put a high chair at the end of the booth because it would block the aisle and that would be a fire code violation.

perhaps...if I would have known that I would have waited for a table....but it was soo busy and crowded and the poor girl was flustered so I give her a pass.  LOL.

pjoann78

lizzyjames:

bnljane1988:

Ok...so I've been thinking about this HC thing (because it's driving me crazy

0.....this is the only logical conclusion I can think of....

You guys were sitting in a booth.  Maybe she meant that they couldn't put a high chair at the end of the booth because it would block the aisle and that would be a fire code violation.

perhaps...if I would have known that I would have waited for a table....but it was soo busy and crowded and the poor girl was flustered so I give her a pass.  LOL.

 This is probably the reason.. we went to La Hacienda Ranch on Sunday and they told us we couldn't have a highchair at the booth for this exact reason.  BUT.. I would think they would offer you the option to wait for a table!

bnljane1988

yes, that hostess was extremely flustered.  I wanted to tell her to take a deep breath and remember that eventually, they all go home. (That has gotten me through many a New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day at the restaurant.)

mrsjones06

We have the FP Booster Seat & I really like it.  It folds up for carrying & is super convenient for restaurants & traveling to someone else's house.  I don't have to worry about whether there's a functioning high chair or what kind of germs it may contain.  I also like that it has a tray to keep him from grabbing things off the table, putting his mouth on the table, etc. 

https://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10727393

 

punkfiction

pjoann78:

lizzyjames:

bnljane1988:

Ok...so I've been thinking about this HC thing (because it's driving me crazy

0.....this is the only logical conclusion I can think of....

You guys were sitting in a booth.  Maybe she meant that they couldn't put a high chair at the end of the booth because it would block the aisle and that would be a fire code violation.

perhaps...if I would have known that I would have waited for a table....but it was soo busy and crowded and the poor girl was flustered so I give her a pass.  LOL.

 This is probably the reason.. we went to La Hacienda Ranch on Sunday and they told us we couldn't have a highchair at the booth for this exact reason.  BUT.. I would think they would offer you the option to wait for a table!

it IS the reason. its been that way at every restaurant i've worked at. some will just let it go once in a while, but you can't have a high chair in the aisle. it sucks. but its true. too bad they didnt tell you that.

jamie5315

Ah...dining out with a toddler! I have always left big tips but now I leave even more bc DS makes such a huge mess.?