Would You Be Upset if We Take Our Three Year Old With Us to Dinner Tonight for New Years Eve?

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I'm working on the t-shirts.

Little Washington 2013: The Ruth Chris Reunion Tour!

[Anonymous]

I couldn't believe anyone would really drag their kid out late on NYE until I heard a toddler babbling away during a movie last night. So bizarre!

[Anonymous]

isn't OP going to come back and gloat about how perfect her little one was and how she's so glad she doesn't have to change any of her traditions to have a child?

[Anonymous]

This is OP and I just wanted to come back and post that things were fine last night and actually went very well. My daughter took her usual nap at 12sh and then I put her down to sleep again around her regular time at 7:30. We arrived at the restaurant and had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. My daughter was very excited to be with us at dinner and kept herself entertained coloring and playing with an etch a sketch. Interestingly enough when we arrived there were NUMEROUS children at the restaurant - most were older than my daughter - but I cannot say that they were better behavior. They were definitely noisier than my daughter (in fact the whole restaurant was rather loud last night).

So, everything ended up okay and just goes to show that you have to trust your instincts about how your child will act in a situation like that. I knew my daughter would be fine and she was.

Happy New Year!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I just wanted to come back and post that things were fine last night and actually went very well. My daughter took her usual nap at 12sh and then I put her down to sleep again around her regular time at 7:30. We arrived at the restaurant and had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. My daughter was very excited to be with us at dinner and kept herself entertained coloring and playing with an etch a sketch. Interestingly enough when we arrived there were NUMEROUS children at the restaurant - most were older than my daughter - but I cannot say that they were better behavior. They were definitely noisier than my daughter (in fact the whole restaurant was rather loud last night).

So, everything ended up okay and just goes to show that you have to trust your instincts about how your child will act in a situation like that. I knew my daughter would be fine and she was.

Happy New Year!!!

Good for you! Happy New Year. Glad you didn't listen to the braying herd here.

[Anonymous]

OP I'm glad you had a great time. I would totally not worry aobut the crazy people on here. No I wouldn't take my kid so late, but I don't think its the end of the world either. People are way too uptight and in the rest of the world this is totally normal. Happy New Year!

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OP,

Kudos to you for keeping your plans and celebrating the new year as a family.

I'm glad you went and came back to share how the evening went.

Happy new year!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I just wanted to come back and post that things were fine last night and actually went very well. My daughter took her usual nap at 12sh and then I put her down to sleep again around her regular time at 7:30. We arrived at the restaurant and had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. My daughter was very excited to be with us at dinner and kept herself entertained coloring and playing with an etch a sketch. Interestingly enough when we arrived there were NUMEROUS children at the restaurant - most were older than my daughter - but I cannot say that they were better behavior. They were definitely noisier than my daughter (in fact the whole restaurant was rather loud last night).

So, everything ended up okay and just goes to show that you have to trust your instincts about how your child will act in a situation like that. I knew my daughter would be fine and she was.

Happy New Year!!!

There is absolutely no way this is true. I am not buying "numerous children" at ruth chris at 10 on new years eve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I just wanted to come back and post that things were fine last night and actually went very well. My daughter took her usual nap at 12sh and then I put her down to sleep again around her regular time at 7:30. We arrived at the restaurant and had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. My daughter was very excited to be with us at dinner and kept herself entertained coloring and playing with an etch a sketch. Interestingly enough when we arrived there were NUMEROUS children at the restaurant - most were older than my daughter - but I cannot say that they were better behavior. They were definitely noisier than my daughter (in fact the whole restaurant was rather loud last night).

So, everything ended up okay and just goes to show that you have to trust your instincts about how your child will act in a situation like that. I knew my daughter would be fine and she was.

Happy New Year!!!

Op, why did u bother to post the question then? Glad all went well and hny.

[Anonymous]

Seriously. Etch-a-sketch for a 3 yr old???

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Etch-a-sketch for a 3 yr old???

My three year old uses one. doesn't make anything we can recognize, but she enjoys it.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously. Etch-a-sketch for a 3 yr old???

Of course an etch-a-sketch for a 3 year old. What on earth is weird about that?

I swear some DCUM people would criticize the sky for being too blue. It's repugnant but fascinating.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I just wanted to come back and post that things were fine last night and actually went very well. My daughter took her usual nap at 12sh and then I put her down to sleep again around her regular time at 7:30. We arrived at the restaurant and had to wait about 20 minutes to be seated. My daughter was very excited to be with us at dinner and kept herself entertained coloring and playing with an etch a sketch. Interestingly enough when we arrived there were NUMEROUS children at the restaurant - most were older than my daughter - but I cannot say that they were better behavior. They were definitely noisier than my daughter (in fact the whole restaurant was rather loud last night).

So, everything ended up okay and just goes to show that you have to trust your instincts about how your child will act in a situation like that. I knew my daughter would be fine and she was.

Happy New Year!!!

Good for you! Happy New Year. Glad you didn't listen to the braying herd here.

Me, too. I'm glad you had fun.

Any person in any restaurant at any time who is acting appropriately and following the rules is OK to be there, regardless of age.

[Anonymous]

Oh, Americans...never cease to amaze me at how much they seem to just barely tolerate children no matter what they say to the contrary.

Glad all worked out OP. The criticism on this thread was making me lol at the pure ridiculousness over something so trivial...

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, Americans...never cease to amaze me at how much they seem to just barely tolerate children no matter what they say to the contrary.

Glad all worked out OP. The criticism on this thread was making me lol at the pure ridiculousness over something so trivial...

Move back to where you came from then. If you don't want to be subjected to American culture, perhaps you shouldn't live here. I'm so sick of these comments.