Kids

Everything you think when you go out to eat with a toddler

By Lilian Brijl | #!30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:002030#30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:00-12Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam202330 20pm30pm-30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:0012Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam2023302023Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +02004512454pmThursday=9#!30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam4#04-20-2023#!30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:002030#/30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:00-12Europe/Amsterdam3030Europe/Amsterdam202330#!30Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:45:20 +0200+02:00Europe/Amsterdam4#

If I go through the list below again, I must honestly admit that I sound like a somewhat stressed, sour mother. That's not how it's meant, but just as mothers among each other: I'm certainly not the only one who gets total panic from a tablecloth and those grabbing little claws or is sitting on the edge of her seat waiting, waiting, waiting and wondering where that food is with a ticking terrible two time bomb next to her? Everything you think when you go out to eat with a toddler... That's quite something, right?

Eating at 5:00 PM already (because the child wants to sleep right at seven) and then still complaining that it's very uncomfortable because there is absolutely no one else sitting.
Holy shit: almost a hand in the candle. Who puts a candle here again? Heart attack.
Lovely, those glass vases with flowers, but before you know it, your child is chewing like a cow on a piece of straw. #true story
How long ago did we order? Feels like two and a half hours... Where's the food, guys?
Shit: there are also ‘just’ knives and forks on the table. So inconvenient.
OMG, that tablecloth. And of course, it's hanging at the perfect height for those naughty grabbing claws. If. That. Goes. Well.
Okay, I've now become one of those parents who brings an iPad to the restaurant. I can still hear myself saying: ‘I'm really never going to do that, so uncomfortable.’ Just think twice now, girl. LIFESAVER.
And why am I even trying that coloring book? The only one coloring nicely at the table is me.
Nooooo, only 6% iPad battery left. Panic in the tent.
Seriously? Is the food still not here? Oh wait, it's only 5:15 PM...
Why is our neighbor child sitting so nicely? And why are her parents looking at us all the time?
And why don't they have a play area here? And yet a children's menu? So confusing...
Table 5 really needs food now, the ticking terrible two time bomb is about to explode.
Shit, what did I actually order again? Or did I already order for him earlier and have we forgotten ourselves now?
The child next to us is now eating ice cream, hopefully he doesn't see it... Too late. ‘Maaaaaama, ICE CREAM!’
The food is here! I'm blowing myself away, how hot can a fry be?
‘Would you like a dessert?’ NOTHING PREFERABLY. But no, never mind. Let's get out of here.
Next time maybe just ask the babysitter? Haha.