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[quote=Anonymous]We started going out to restaurants with our DD from the time she was an infant. First trip was probably when she was 2 months old.  She slept through it.  The trick was that one of us would keep the baby engaged while the other parent quickly finished their meal, and then the other one would do the same. We were prepared to leave the restaurant if she was uncomfortable.  Of course, this meant that we were not going to restaurants to sit around and talk and socialize.  It was literally just ordering, eating and leaving. Some places we could pre-order and tell them that we are coming in with a baby and want to be in and out and they would accomodate us.

People would often stop by our table and comment on how polite and quite my kids were. I guess it has paid off and they are well versed in dining out etiquette.

On the other hand - for the first few years of their lives, when we took them to restaurants, it was not a grown-up dining experience.  We only went to chain restaurants like Olive Garden with them.  It was only later that we started taking them to fancier restaurants. [/quote]

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