A Trip to Mcdonald's...

When En was a baby of a few months, we brought him once to McDonald's where he spent most of the time in his baby sleep..quite blissful..

Now that he is 7 mths, we ventured another trip to McDonalds' and its much more of an adventure for him..

First he sat in the baby sit, and he was fascinated with the surroundings and the kids runnning around the place.. that kept him busy for quite some time..

Then we provided him with some stuff to keep him (or rather his hands busy), and it all went pretty well.. we were able to carry on with our adult conversation and the food, while he was kept entertained by the novel environement... Definitely a potential McDonald's kid in the making!!

But what impressed me more was the fact that we should have more faith in him that he would behave decently when we bring him out to dining places.. my previous encounters of seeing wailing kids had always made me rather wary of bringing kids out - 1. I am worried that we won't be able to control him and 2. that will be such an embarassment on us as bad parents and disrupting the peace of the other diners, and finally, my worry that it will be a futile effort where parents struggle with the kid and will not be able to have our meal in peace as well.

Well, perhaps i should have more faith in En, or faith in myself that things will work itself out.. perhaps En is now at a stage where he is still softly babbling and his cognitive skills has not brought him to the stage of "tantrums as a means to manipulate your parents" yet... Until then, I shall try to bring him out more often and socialise him to the correct behavior at dining places..

then again, if younext see me with a wailing En in a restaurant, pls pardon me for disturbing your peace, I am only a parent trying to lead a normal life - with baby En.. well, I can'talways eat at home yah! :)