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post #1 of 9
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Or something very similar lol. We tried to go out to dinner tonight. We set Nicole up in a high chair (we would have used a booster, but they didn't have any). She managed to escape. We said fine, you can sit in the chair, but DO NOT climb on the table. Well she climbed on the table. So we put her back in the chair. And then she started the screaming. So I picked her up and walked her outside until she was calm, then I told her "You need to sit in your chair like a big girl so that you can eat your dinner, or else we will have to go home." Then we went back in. I went to put her in the chair. She started screaming. So I told Daniel to go ask for the food to go, and I took Nicole out to the car and told her that I was very disappointed that we would have to go home to eat. Daniel came out laughing though, the cashier told him that she had never actually seen parents get up and walk out like that. Daniel said "It drives me nuts having to hear other people's kids scream while I'm trying to enjoy dinner, I'm not gonna make anyone else deal with mine."

That was frustrating though... How many stores and restaurants are we gonna have to walk out of? And then there's the always nagging question... Did I handle it properly?
post #2 of 9
I would walk out of a restaurant too. I can't stand other people letting their kids scream and I wouldn't let mine scream.
post #3 of 9
I think you handled it wonderfully I doubt it will happen often. Maybe with Daniel just getting back and the excitement of her birthday she was just overwhelmed. to you guys!!
post #4 of 9
You may end up walking out a lot. The only problem with walking out is sometimes the kid learns that she has the power to get the family to leave and do what she wants. My dd got that way. So we just ignore her now and she shuts up pretty quickly. It may annoy other diners, but you know they do things that annoy me too. If it's a family restraunt, then that's part of the deal. Frankly, my dd has never behaved as badly as some teens and grown ups I have seen.

We used to take our dd out too and go home, but it just got worse and worse. Now, she knows she's going to sit there until we are finished eating and most of the time she behaves. Were other kids being rowdy and awful? Sometimes my dd thinks she can get away with stuff because some other kid is doing it.

Yesterday, there was a handicapped woman acting up something awful (I mean really putting on a show) and my dd picked right up on that and she was awful too. So it doesn't even have to be another child. Even seeing an adult misbehaving can spur a child on.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
post #5 of 9
We've left our share of restaunts too.
post #6 of 9
IKWYM we don't go out too much anymore.
post #7 of 9
I think you handled it perfectly.
post #8 of 9
we don't go out to eat much anymore b/c of that... and if we do it's like burger king or mcdonalds..lol
usually if we want something different we get it to go
post #9 of 9
You did great! I get very distressed when this happens as well.
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