[MissEdie]

I like your idea, as the mom of a soon-to-be four year old we haven’t gone out to eat much because hubby and I agreed when she was an infant we didn’t want to take her to restaurant until she was old enough to feed herself and old enough to behave. I have taken her to several kid-friendly places and so far so good. Next time we go someplace, I will make sure I have a kit like yours to take with us. Having said that we live in a VERY rural area so there aren’t many restaurants to choose from.

[Mad Dawgg]

We also found that if we engaged her in picking out what she wanted to eat she would tend to be happy with what she got. She grew to love salads and good meals like turkey and dressing (Bob Evans has a good kid's menu!) because they were grown ups food. ( A little reverse psych got us there. "No honey you don't really want a salad because that is for grown ups. OK ,if you insist but you have to clean your plate or no more grown up food!")

Devious? Yes, but it worked every time!