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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Next time, remove your kid, take her outside, to the car and you will avoid the stinky eye. Simple.

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and you'll hold my infant for me?

note that DH tries to help but infant and toddler are going through a phase that both will only be content on mom's lap. we're still adjusting. we can try to reason with the toddler but as some of you know it doesn't help. and unless DH is wearing a shirt bathed in breastmilk and my swat the infant won't stop screaming on his lap.[/quote]

I posted at the bottom of the first page and will offer a couple of scenarios.
1. When you went out with the iPhone, take the toddler with you.  (You didn't say that infant was also melting down)
2. Send DH out with the iPhone to load it, with one or both kids with him.
3. One adult leave with both kids, the other stay to get the check and the food to go.

In all cases, smile and apologize to the other customers. "Sorry, bad day in toddler-ville today!"  Acknowledge that you and your family were disruptive as you were also actively trying to fix the situation.  From an outsider's perspective, watching an adult walk away from a screaming toddler probably didn't look like you were dealing with it.

As for the whole "it was only Chipotle" thing, that's a pretty elitist attitude from all posters.  For many people, Chipotle or restaurants of its similar caliber are the only dining-out treat that they can afford.  Or, it's the closest thing to their office for a quick respite from the workday.  Doesn't mean they don't have at least a reasonable expectation of civilized behavior.  [/quote]

thanks for putting it in such a nice way. i really appreciate it. we're frequent in that place, the owner knows us and when we walk in he always rushes one of the guys to prepare a table with 2 highchairs for us. he knows our orders so when our turn comes in line he asks "are you having your favorites?" he knows by heart how we make our bowls. that's why we come back. it's a family friendly place, there are always several families there and we often go after 2pm because there's nobody there. DD wakes up from her nap and we go there for lunch.

like i said before we sit all the way in the back, close to the bathroom where there's a back exit so if we need to rush out we can do it easily. just today i could not do it because i was *gasp* feeding my NB in the sling. (i bet someone will flame me for NIP now LOL) anyway, i just grabbed the phone and ran to load the movie, it was the quickest way to get DD's attention and she only melted down because she thought i was walking away. i told her i would be right back and as soon as she saw me walking back she stopped. it didn't take more than 10 seconds, seriously. the way the guy looked at me (i was already embarrassed enough) made me feel so ashamed... the anger came only later on. really, who does that to someone who's already embarrassed and trying to fix the mistake? who does that?

but he'll have his own kids and he'll remember this day... don't we all remember one thing or other about judging parents when we were young and single when our kids act out?[/quote]

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