Infant in restaurants.....where to sit?

[Anonymous]

How come you don't want to hold her in your lap and feed her? Wouldn't that be the easiest? Then you don't have to worry about bringing anything!

[Anonymous]

Plan vacations that work with your new life as parents. Eating every meal in a restaurant is not a family friendly plan and you will just end up disappointed. The options everyone posted are great for occasional meals out, though.

[Anonymous]

Worked for us:
http://www.amazon.com/Chicco-Caddy-Hook-Chair-Red/dp/B000A7V1EM/ref=sr_1_17?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1324079725&sr=1-17

otherwise alternate holding her

[Anonymous]

We bring our stroller into restaurants all the time, large and small, local and chain. Only one restaurant had us fold it up and put it in a coat room. Usually they put us at a big table and take away any extra chairs.

do you know in advance that the restaurants on your vacation route veto strollers? And for the record, my DH and I are not entitled, pushy people in the least. We just walk in with it and the staff always finds us a spot without any comment. I guess we are blissfully ignorant that strollers are frowned upon?

[Anonymous]

I'm honestly curious why you wouldn't just hold your baby... We have been eating in restaurants together since our child was approximately 3 weeks old; he's perfectly happy perched on one of our shoulders watching other diners or sitting in a lap playing with a soft toy. Just go during times your child would be least fussy (e.g., right after a nap) and relax...it's easy. And, if your baby needs soothing, he's right there -- no wrangling him out of some contraption.

[Anonymous]

Do you have a stroller with a basinett?
Is there a restaurant within walking distance?
Put the baby in the carriage and walk to the restaurant and bring the bassinett inside and let the baby sleep

I one brought mine in with a 'moses basket'. 6 weeks old. Slept right thru in the basket on the seat