first public meltdown

MrsNJSwimmer

We tried to go to Outback last night to have a nice meal, and DS fell asleep on the way there.  Hm, probably should have figured that in, but neither of us thought about it before hand, and we've done this before.  We go in, there's no wait, and we get DS in his highchair.  He's reaching for me, but I get out his milk, and he seems ok, and then the waitress comes over.  She wearing one of those headbands with silver springy things on top that say Happy New Year.  DS is watching these intently... I thought he liked them.  She takes our order, and then leaves.

When she comes back to bring our drinks, DS has a fit!  wants out of the high chair, wants to sit on my lap, and even then he is crying.  I take him for a walk and he calms down, and we go back to the table.   He won't sit in the high chair and everytime the waitress comes over (we don't even have salads yet!), he freaks out!  He's always been so good in restaurants, this totally threw us off!

Long story short, DH took him for a walk and then it started to get crowded and DS was more and more unhappy.  I asked the waitress to wrap up our food to go, and we had to go (after really too long for them to pack up our food and get the check, etc).  So we took our food home, luckily it wasn't too cold, and we had it there. 

Just disappointing b/c our Christmas was cut short due to the storm last weekend, and DH and I were both sick (got that stomach virus that was going around) during the week, so we were hoping for a good weekend.  Not meant to be.  <sigh>

I took DS to the grocery store today to get a couple of things real quick, and that was fine until we were in line and the cashier was looking at him, apparently too long, and he started again!  OY!  I don't know what we're going to do with this kid!

redshoegirl

First - ack, I'm sorry! It's so hard when they're just not cooperative no matter what you try. (As a side note, I'm totally jealous that you can go out to dinner with your LO! A 7pm bedtime that cannot be tampered with no matter what isn't conducive to eating out. *sigh*)

Second, this made me laugh a little:

MrsNJSwimmer:

the cashier was looking at him, apparently too long, and he started again! 

Not in a mean way, but because Will has done this since he was about 6 months old. The wrong person looks at him the wrong way? Cue the hysterics! He'll even do it with people he knows if he's in the right (or wrong, I suppose) mood - I have a very good friend who he's seen a million times, but sometimes all she has to do is walk over and say, "Hi Will!" and he'll crack it. There's not much I can do other than try to distract him.

jaysgirljulie

Bummer! Hang in there mama. I'm sure I'll be writing these post very soon. I completely understand about wanting/needing a good weekend!

inamra

Eeek! Sorry for the rough outing =/ (and sorry to hear that you & YH were sick but hope you guys are better now!) I hope that it's just a phase (maybe he's had enough of dealing with lots of people due to the holidays?) and that he'll be back to being ok with all these random people looking at him in no time!

KShiz

Oh no   That's the worst feeling.  Honestly, we really don't go out to eat w/ E very often.  Even if she doesn't have a meltdown, at this age, she's just all motion. All. The. Time.

There's just no way to keep her in one spot.  And since my attention is on making sure she doesn't grab a fork and stick it in her eye vs. on my food or my H, it's really just not very fun.  I don't think it'll always be like this, but for now if we want to go out to eat, we get a babysitter.

 

 

mrspresley

awww bummer. sorry about all that.  miss A has been having some bad stranger anxiety so i know how you feel. we've been out w/her a few times but not often - it's hard to keep her happy and well behaved! i think it's just part of being a parent!

MrsNJSwimmer

redshoegirl:

First - ack, I'm sorry! It's so hard when they're just not cooperative no matter what you try. (As a side note, I'm totally jealous that you can go out to dinner with your LO! A 7pm bedtime that cannot be tampered with no matter what isn't conducive to eating out. *sigh*)

It was even early - we went at 4:30 b/c it was NYE, so that might make you feel a bit better

MrsNJSwimmer

inamra:

I hope that it's just a phase (maybe he's had enough of dealing with lots of people due to the holidays?) and that he'll be back to being ok with all these random people looking at him in no time!

We are hoping it's just a phase as well.  He actually did very well at Christmas at other people's houses, I was very surprised (pleasantly!).  I hope it goes quickly!!