do you take your baby to restaurants in the evening

[Floralaura]

The first time Jacob went out for a meal was at about 5 days old..and loadsa times since! We tend to eat out 2+ times a week so Jacob comes with us..he doesnt go to bed until 10.30 though so it doesnt disrupt his bed time..
My older DS has been going for meals out since birth too and is well behaved when we go now as he is used to it..we always go to family friendly places though, places with play areas etc so if someone goes to one of these pubs and expects there to be no kids then that's their problem! x

 

[kookygirl]

We've done it a few times from when she was about a month and everytime she's been brilliant (sits/sleeps quite contentedly in her carseat/stroller) *touch wood*. We sort of stopped, not intentionally, when she started to go to bed regularly between 7.30-8pm. A couple of weeks back we had our first family holiday in Fuerteventura and had to have dinner out every night. We usually got back to our room at about 9-9.30pm but it didn't phase her. Most of the time she napped in her stroller or charmed the waiters and other diners while we ate and when we put her to bed once we got back to our room she went down without any fuss at all.

 

[Cattia]

We just did it for the first time last week as we were on holiday with my parents and we could not find anywhere that started serving food until after half six (her bedtime routine normally starts at 6). She had a latenap but it was still hard to keep her going until we had finished eating and I felt bad about mucking up her routine, although she went to bed no problem at 8.30! I would not do it again, but if she had a later bedtime I probably would. I do take her to dinner at friends' houses and do her routine there, then put her down in their bedroom, she transfers home without really waking up in her pram (we walk there) and then I feed her and put her back in her cot. It works OK as they have a quiet room for her to sleep in.

 

[Mrs Dot]

I think because it's a family occasion then take her, it's not as though she's going to be running around and if she does get unsettled there will be plenty of people there to help you out too. Also if family are moaning that you're not going, pass her over to them to look after and that'll shut them up! I'd say because her routine isn't bed till later on then go for it - just be prepared yourselves to have to go early xx