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Posted on 11/30/16 at 2:15 pm to MSMHater
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Sorry OP, you should leave the 2 year old at home.
There is just an age range where they won't stop moving. Won't be quiet. Won't stop throwing. Won't stop banging. It's impossible to NOT be distracting to other patrons.
With both my kids, I think we just gave up on sit down restaurants for the 2-3.5 year old range. I wouldn't allow them to act an arse, so dinner usually ended with us leaving before food was delivered or eaten. It just wasn't worth the hassle. Pick up the food from your favorite restaurant and let MIL play with him/her at home.
Not all kids. My two nephews, 15 months and nearly 4 eat out with their parents and other family about 3 times a week and have since they were very little. They must stay in their seats/kiddie chairs and not be loud. So far, they do. Sometimes, they have an iphone or ipad and lots of time they don't. I think my niece had to take the older one out of a restaurant one time when he was very little and she realized he wasn't feeling well which was the problem, so they left. This is not at just family oriented or loud restaurants. The parents enjoy eating out and always have. They didn't change that when they had children. They just adapted the children and whatever they're doing works. She's a first grade teacher with a Masters, though, and she puts up with little to nothing.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:04 pm to lsulaker
I have the exact same age kids, cook a nice dinner while MIL plays with the kids
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:36 pm to CSB
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Well he was recommending that he give the iPad to a 2 year old. There is scientific research that proves that doing this to children so young does have lasting negative effects on children.
This is completely wrong. If you'd like to widen this statement to research about screen time in general then it's still wrong, all of that research is very inconclusive.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 4:40 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
Not to mention no one implied let your kid do it 24/7
He is such a try hard
He is such a try hard
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:03 pm to lsulaker
Home
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:12 pm to CSB
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Nothing bothers me more than a family out at dinner with their shite stain kids playing farmville on their fricking iPads the whole time. Just stay home.
I bet I know something that bothers you more......a hungry 2 year old becoming impatient and bored in an adult setting.
Stay on the rant and complain about stupid shite there.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:29 pm to lsulaker
I opened this thread interested in what restaurants people would recommend, but this turned into a shite show really fast.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:33 pm to Degas
Boudini's chihuahua gives him that extra juice to come into threads swinging.
And CSB is a try hard, like stated earlier
And CSB is a try hard, like stated earlier
Posted on 11/30/16 at 5:40 pm to CSB
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Well he was recommending that he give the iPad to a 2 year old. There is scientific research that proves that doing this to children so young does have lasting negative effects on children.
I have a feeling the one that typed the above is part of that research group.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 6:09 pm to lsulaker
Acme is pretty family oriented. I don't know if there are booths there, though.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:08 pm to lsulaker
Baton Rouge has 0 kid friendly places
Roux 61 is ok
Any Mexican
We do pimanyoils a lot
Roux 61 is ok
Any Mexican
We do pimanyoils a lot
Posted on 11/30/16 at 8:26 pm to djangochained
I have 2 year old twins and we rarely take them to nice sit down places. It is an age, where kids have full motion and are adventerous. They want to explore. Nothing wrong with it.
Most of the time they sit but some days they like to explore.
I would recommend Baby sitter if you are going to have a nice dinner so that you guys can enjoy the dinner.
Your MIL can take them to park, play with them.
Even Baby sit for you so you and your wife can get a break
Most of the time they sit but some days they like to explore.
I would recommend Baby sitter if you are going to have a nice dinner so that you guys can enjoy the dinner.
Your MIL can take them to park, play with them.
Even Baby sit for you so you and your wife can get a break
Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:02 pm to glorymanutdtiger
Good advice to all. I didn't think I would get so many responses. I agree that I'm no perfect parent and encourage my son to run around as much as he can. He gets bored after watching tv in five minutes and never plays on any iPads or phones. We go outside as much as we can. That attitude isn't conductive to being disciplined at a restaurant though.
I do agree some kids are trained better and can sit calmly, as someone's nephew here is. Mine just isn't one of them and I feel guilty for forcing him to sit calmly when he just wants to explore and play. Plus with the 2 month old we haven't been eating out much to get him used to eating out.
I really think we just need to go somewhere normal as you guys mentioned. Phils oyster bar or Mexican would work great. We brought him to eat Mexican a while back and he loved it. I really think he could eat chips and salsa for two hours straight. Eating always keeps him occupied. It's the waiting 30-45 minutes to get food that concerned me. Plus if a band is playing he would be on top of the world.
Thanks a lot everyone.
I do agree some kids are trained better and can sit calmly, as someone's nephew here is. Mine just isn't one of them and I feel guilty for forcing him to sit calmly when he just wants to explore and play. Plus with the 2 month old we haven't been eating out much to get him used to eating out.
I really think we just need to go somewhere normal as you guys mentioned. Phils oyster bar or Mexican would work great. We brought him to eat Mexican a while back and he loved it. I really think he could eat chips and salsa for two hours straight. Eating always keeps him occupied. It's the waiting 30-45 minutes to get food that concerned me. Plus if a band is playing he would be on top of the world.
Thanks a lot everyone.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:06 pm to lsulaker
Go with the chips and salsa! 
Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:09 pm to lsulaker
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Any advice on where we could take them?
I think people dining in at Golden Corral leave all inhibition at the door when they walk in and probably don't expect much from the "experience" (and I think kid's under 6 eat free or something like that)
Posted on 11/30/16 at 9:38 pm to lsulaker
All kids are different. The nephews run around all day and are very active, so a little sitting works with them. It doesn't work for everyone.
Sounds like a good Mexican restaurant may be an answer for you.
Sounds like a good Mexican restaurant may be an answer for you.
Posted on 12/1/16 at 11:07 am to MSMHater
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A restaurant is the absolute perfect place to let them have screen time. B/c if we're (and most other young families) at a restaurant, they have already been in school 8 hours, finished practice, and finished homework. What else would you demand of a 6 & 8 year old on a given day? They have finished their responsibilities for the day, and can do whatever they want. Just like you.
To each his own.
My take is a little different. I'd like my children to be able to have and hold a conversation, to learn to focus on the people around them, and to have good table manners. Playing video games absolutely prevents them from doing the first two, and significantly hinders their ability to do the third. If we are out to eat as a family, especially when it involves extended family, we want our kids to be social.
Posted on 12/1/16 at 11:09 am to Gris Gris
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They must stay in their seats/kiddie chairs and not be loud. So far, they do.
this is what I am talking about. If your children act terribly at a restaurant, there is a certain level of "well, he/she is two, so what can you do?" but most of this is setting expectations as a parent. Our kids (9, 7 and 2) go out to eat a lot. And they know that if they act like little shits they'll be in trouble. Period.
Posted on 12/1/16 at 12:33 pm to lsulaker
Taken our 2 year old to Eliza on Jefferson a few times and he's usually pretty hyper.
He has been good as there -it isn't too loud and he sits between us in a high chair.
Food is great too.
Good luck
He has been good as there -it isn't too loud and he sits between us in a high chair.
Food is great too.
Good luck
This post was edited on 12/1/16 at 12:34 pm
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