Let’s say your child wants to eat by himself.. do you allow him to? You know that if he eats by himself, he would mess the place around him. Or, are you are bothered about the mess and how the staffs would look at you? So, you make him sit there being restless and you try to feed him.. which can be difficult sometimes, as he is restless in his high-chair waiting to be fed.
I choose to let lil’ President feed himself. He can hold his spoon and feed himself, most of the time being accurate, sending his food to his mouth. Or, he would just use his fingers and feed himself.
In the course, there would be rice droplets around him. Accidents do happen.. he drops his spoon, he drops his small bowl. People in the next table stares! Why?! They were looking as if my son was making a criminal offence, dropping his utensils and messing the place around him. For heaven’s sake, he is a baby. You don’t expect him to eat as perfectly as you! (if they thought they are perfect diners)
So, what am I to do?
Am I to allow lil’ President be restless, cry and fuss that he cannot eat by himself or make sure the place around him is clean?
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hehe... I am looking for answers to similar problems... let me know if you get one :P
Maybe they were staring coz it was cute - i normally do but i smile but i know some ppl cant be so weridly fussy - kids what else do they expect
but maybe u can let him play with something or feed himself at a family restaurant
but if its not a family friendly one u feed him?
egghead,
You too? I guess as our children gets older the problems are resolved.. Hmm, but while waiting for them to grow up, what do we do? *sigh*
visithra,
No, they didn't smile. The whole table looked as if they have never seen kids before.. they look (or act) like high class people.
But we are all eating and he wanted to do what we do. In between of his plays, I was feeding him myself..
It was a family restaurant, just with air-condition. Even the restaurant management didn't say anything... its people that make it look bad. I have seen other kids do it too.. If they required that kind of environment, they should probably go to a hotel? ;)
thank God we are in India and i never faced that problem when my kid was a toddler. he would run around wih the waiters and even gain entry in to the kitchen area!
He was friendly and would even go to the neighbours table and take a helping from them.
But i never haunted any five star hotels here, then shayad mujhe bhi aise namoone mil jate , jo apna bachpan bhooljate hain!
we face the same problem here too..that's why we hardly dine out! sigh... i know what u meant by those stares... we just have to take the courage and pretend nothing happened..and let the kid have fun :)
do u agreee with me? hehehe..myself not very sure that i can do that..kekeke ;)
chitra,
Hi.. welcome to my blog :)
Is it the environment of the restaurant or people that make it possible? I guess most people there understand the reality.. that a child has to be a child ;P
But of course, we can manage our kids in a 5-star hotel if required, right ;)
Oopps, I don't understand hindi, so I don't know what you have written there :)
gene lim,
I don't think that this should stop us from dining out right? It's not fair. This is no harm in restaurants.. it's the people!
I didn't care of those stares, but I felt they should have more manners to not bother things like this! Not that he toppled the table or anything like that ;P
So, do you eat our with Ryan?
English translation: such typical people do come , behave as snobs and forget their childhood days!
chitra,
Thanks.
Yeap, you're right. Even the royal kids make mess, right ;P
Kids are kids..
oh i meant i know some ppl CAN be so weridly fussy - kids what else do they expect
hehe sorry But ignore those ppl - snobs
i love playing with kids so do my friends - so just ignore the ones who dont
visithra,
Yeah, I think it was no big fuss.. what is a bit mess, right? Not that he made a havoc out of the place. I have seen such kids too. My boys are angels compared to them :)
I think little respect to kids is important to understand their growing stages..
I found it odd coz' they had kids themselves (big kids). They must have gone through those stages.. or, may be the kids were trained like military... Ooo, scary :)
I know you do.. the way you read about my boys and the way you take pictures of them, I know you love kids. Yeah, let's ignore those kind of people :)
yea..not very often..i dare not go alone with Ryan though...has to go with Kit..least i have Kit to help me..hehehe.. Can't really afford to dine out too..overhere..very expensive to dine out..with the taxes and everything..i rather cook myself..kekeke ;)
gene lim,
Same here.. normally, hubby and I will be there to help each other when bringing the boys out together. Sometimes it can be tough handling them by yourself.
I know.. eating out there is very expensive, not like Malaysia.. RM 5 also can have a meal. :P
i usually try to give her something proper to eat before we go out - that way, all of us (including gitanjali)can enjoy our dinner - the other alternative is that i make sure she doesn't eat anything before, so that when we get to dinner, she is hungry and will clear her plate - which she usually does, i have to say...
sri,
Good ideas.. I too, will try one of those you do. But at this point, lil' President loves to immitate us.. and asks for the spoon and a plate :)
It works with Champion though.. I guess b'coz he is older and understands what he has to do at the dinner table ;)
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