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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did restaurants a lot in the first 2 years, and smugly thought that the experience would prepare him for future good behavior in public.  And then it became soooo much harder for him to behave within reason. We tried to keep it up so that he would get used to it, but the fact is that 2 or 3 year olds aren't designed to sit still. We eventually stopped for a while because it wasn't fun for anyone.

We started going more often again when he was about 4, and he was much better. Now at 6 he is fine 95% of the time, but my guess is that most 6 year olds would be fine in a restaurant with or without extensive experience in one. [/quote]

I'm the OP and this sounds like a representative experience. We did take ours out early and often, and she was and continues to do well, even as a fairly loud extrovert. Our expectations (no electronics, we all engage) and the normalcy of it probably had some influence... But I'm skeptical that it's more than 20% of the cause.[/quote]

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