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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So they eat all their meals out?  And you want to eat out but are stuck at home with a sleeping child? Will your baby not sleep in the car seat? It is not realistic to expect them to change their schedule on account of a baby. How about you and your DH swap duties, you go for brunch one day, he stays home, and he goes out for dinner, the next day you go out for dinner, and he stays home with the baby.[/quote]

Not the OP, but I would not want to go out to eat with my ILs while my husband stayed home.  I would try to push for one meal to be more baby-friendly.  See if they can't move brunch later, and then see if you can't be more flexible on dinnertime.  [/quote]

Also, not everybody is like you. While my FIL can be a nightmare, he can also be a great guy and him and I love going out to eat, just us. More so than my DH likes to go with him. DH does not care for his Dad's rigidity in having this and that food at this exact time, and both FIL and I love, love food and I don't mind FIL's demands. As I am from Europe, he loved introducing me to some restaurants in his home town that he loves, he loved introducing me to Vietnamese food he used to eat while a marine overseas. I love it. This is something that we share and enjoy doing together. 
OP's post sounds like she would enjoy it too without her DH. She is their DIL and that doesn't mean they wouldn't enjoy her company without their son. I am also aware that FIL loves spending time with his son, one on one, and even when kids were young and difficult, I made sure that they could have that time without me being Ms. Scrooge. I bet you if OP sent her DH with the baby and she stays home while they are visiting, her DH would have no problem taking the baby and the car seat to a restaurant and handling some crankiness, or he might even just hand the baby to his mom and say, here is the cranky baby because you have to eat at 11.[/quote]

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