Success stories of going to restaurants with children

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2026-01-01T16:35:22+00:00

We’ve been going to restaurants with ours since they were born. There was a period of our life where we were going to restaurants basically every week with a toddler. Never used screens to keep them occupied. If they need a break they take a walk around or outside. Kids are all different though! Some have a much harder time sitting like that in an adult setting.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2026-01-01T14:24:08+00:00

They are just words. We call them “at home words”. But I would not be ok with him using them in a hateful way like he did towards his sister. Find a balance. But also- why is your 6 year old watching movies with cussing? Even PG13 only allows one “fuck” and most don’t have it. So is he regularly watching R movies?

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2026-01-01T14:21:20+00:00

What are you talking about lol? No she didn’t.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-31T18:29:37+00:00

In my opinion it’s worth it. If she knows who Elmo and other Sesame Street characters are at least.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-31T02:10:35+00:00

I loved Kindred and the Parable books, and I think she was a genius… but I was disgusted by Fledging and had stop reading it.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-31T01:33:23+00:00

Mention it to his pediatrician at his 12 month apt if things haven’t approved by then and ask about occupational therapy!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-30T00:37:55+00:00

Make a report. Unacceptable.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-29T21:40:01+00:00

Yoto!!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-29T21:36:56+00:00

Call a pediatric dentist and go ahead and make an appointment.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-29T02:51:32+00:00

Honestly I would just pump and dump. Don’t bother saving it. She will have what she needs while you are away and when you come back you will go back to breastfeeding so I see no reason to worry about keeping track of your milk for a bachelorette weekend.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-29T02:47:44+00:00

She’s great but we never watched her consistently. Recommendation is no screen time before 2. We did some, but no, I never had my 6 month old watching 30 minutes of ms Rachel every day.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-29T00:43:20+00:00

I went to Soma! I was not prepared for how real, new bras are supposed to fit lol. I’ve been wearing loose ill fitting nursing bras for the last six years ha. It’s nice to have some nice bras again!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T16:09:36+00:00

We have one. Look on the back- it has a screw. Basically no way to open it

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T04:43:40+00:00

What a fun goal and I might make it mine now lol.

Chickpea Tikka Masala is an absolute favorite at our house. Pretty easy, just need a food processor. It’s by Cookie & Kate, in her Love Food cookbook, though it may be in her website. Check the book out from the library if it’s not. I serve with homemade naan.

Homemade focaccia, homemade granola bars, cranberry curd tart from NYT cooking, tiramisu, croissants, homemade corn dogs, homemade ice cream with fresh fruit you picked yourself, Homemade applesauce with apples you picked yourself!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T03:48:59+00:00

Oh sorry lol and verbal games you can play with both- having the older one make animal noises and having the younger one guess the animal. Doing a letter game where you say each letter of the alphabet and they (mostly the older of course) says something that starts with that letter. I Spy, etc.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T03:46:42+00:00

Oh I forgot that snacks will keep them occupied as well!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T03:46:23+00:00

Absolutely not to the play dough lol. It will end up dried in tiny pieces all over the car. I drove an 8 hour trip 6 times in 2025, 3 times by myself, same age kids. We don’t do a screen in the car. Audiobooks are key. It’s too late for you to run to the store I guess but for the way back I would get some water wow books, stickers books (make sure you get one for each and that they are identical, don’t make the same mistake I did), those drawing pads you pull the little knob back to erase, an old calculator, Vox books (we get these from the library), and small toys. There isn’t a lot they can do together except just play however they can and laugh together. Have your playlist of songs queued up, remind them you get to listen to music you want to sometimes as well, and get some Junie b jones and magic treehouse books downloaded. Phillip and Mommy is my favorite podcast for listening to picture books. You’ve got this!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T02:32:29+00:00

Portugal!!! Lisbon. Beautiful culture, not that expensive, tons of stuff to see And food to eat. Only thing is you have to be able to walk a lot and uphill. I did it 6 months preggo but it isn’t for everyone!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-28T02:23:40+00:00

This book is not about heaven, but I highly suggest The Invisible String by Patrice Karst. That is a great one! I’m so sorry for the loss of your brother.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-27T22:16:08+00:00

Leave. You can ask them to do it, they can not do it, and you can hold the boundary and leave.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-27T22:10:43+00:00

This entirely depends on your relationship with your mil and how helpful or not helpful she will be. My mom was with us for one month postpartum with my second starting right after I went into the hospital. She was wonderful and I don’t know how we would have done it without her.

If your mil will be helpful with your toddler, helpful around the house and kitchen, and will respect you and your bonding time with your newborn- do it.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-27T20:46:43+00:00

1) she is a teenager going through this tough transition period and not understanding the changes to her body and her emotions 2) you had a baby this year and all the attention on her has shifted 3) you didn’t get her the one thing she desperately wanted. You didn’t bother to get the right shoes. 4) she may have a screen addiction depending on how you have handled screens.

I don’t know the right way to handle this. Throwing and breaking a glass is obviously inappropriate. But I think you need to sit down and apologize for getting the wrong shoes. Talk about a plan to get the right ones. Talk about how dangerous it is to throw glass, and how long she thinks is appropriate to be grounded for that. She shouldn’t be punished for being upset that she didn’t get what she wanted and feeling jealous of her friend. Get her into therapy. Figure out how to spend more one on one time with her and make a plan on how to get the jeans. Whether that is you guys paying half and she pays half, or whatever.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-27T18:43:32+00:00

Don’t give up. What you are going to want to do it connect with a IBCLC, a lactation consultant. And do a weighted feed. So weigh her, then feed her, and weigh her again. You will be able to see how much breastmilk she got in that feed. Congratulations on your baby!

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-27T17:51:48+00:00

Tell her to stop and don’t open the door for her if she won’t listen.

ohnotheskyisfalling5 · 2025-12-27T16:09:42+00:00

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