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

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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.

me too. Can't stand when people come on talking about their home country and how is do superior in every way to the US (except apparently in the job market since none of these people seem to be employable in their home country) and then they won't even tell where this supposed utopia is.

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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.

My 18 month old loves it too.

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Sorry, we were at Bethesda RC last night and there were zero children there.

A few teens, no toddlers.

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Definitely the troll then!

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Man, all I can say is, if I went to bed thinking that it was for the night, and someone woke me two hours later to drag me out to a steak dinner at a restaurant, I would be so pissed and cranky.

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Anonymous wrote:Man, all I can say is, if I went to bed thinking that it was for the night, and someone woke me two hours later to drag me out to a steak dinner at a restaurant, I would be so pissed and cranky.

totally - how does any child tolerate being woken up after going to bed for the night and then being dressed up and taken out? my dd is 4 and i can't see her enjoying that at all - it would be so disruptive to her sleep and get her all confused.

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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.

NP here, glad you had a good time as well. please dont let people like on DCUM stop you from doing something you feel is right. Go with your heart. I laugh at how some people on here are with everything, from daycare to tv time to well everything!!!

Happy New Year OP!!

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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.

Those who cant believe a child would still use a stone age product like an etch a sketch let their snowflake play with a $200+ ipod or ipad. Certainly not something I allow my kids to play with.

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I can't believe the vitriol this post engendered. You should try going to Barcelona some day - it would open your eyes to alternative - and more fun - ways of living.

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This is all about could versus should. Could you bring a toddler out for dinner like this. Sure. And you did. Should you? No. Not if you are child-centric and/or aware of American culture. I'd be pissed if I spent $ on a babysitter and had to be bothered in the least by your darling DS on that night at that time. Wonderful that you felt you needed to go out but it was all about YOU.

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Anonymous wrote:This is all about could versus should. Could you bring a toddler out for dinner like this. Sure. And you did. Should you? No. Not if you are child-centric and/or aware of American culture. I'd be pissed if I spent $ on a babysitter and had to be bothered in the least by your darling DS on that night at that time. Wonderful that you felt you needed to go out but it was all about YOU.

Asked and answered about 14 pages ago, sweetheart. Keep up.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the vitriol this post engendered. You should try going to Barcelona some day - it would open your eyes to alternative - and more fun - ways of living.

Totally.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry, we were at Bethesda RC last night and there were zero children there.

A few teens, no toddlers.

Aha! So it was a troll! Good one, OP. you still have quite a following.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe the vitriol this post engendered. You should try going to Barcelona some day - it would open your eyes to alternative - and more fun - ways of living.

Totally.

I'm there now, and it is awesome. Happy children playing and eating at all times.

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Even if it is a troll the Led Zeppelin reunion/Inn At Little Washington/Two Naps and a Etch a Sketch tour must happen!