Travel/Dining with babies

[Pezchef]

We will be going on vacation to Cape Cod in a few weeks. Does anyone have any tips, suggestions re: traveling and Dining out with my 4 month old baby. What to bring on vacation, what to leave home, any specific restaurants to try that would be baby friendly (we will be in the mid-Cape area). Any and all tips would be much appreciated. :

[MatthewB]

Cheesecake Factory.

[Schneier]

Cheesecake Factory.

Chuck E Cheese.

Seriously, at four months they're basically furniture. Feed them just before you go into the restaurant, and they should sleep through the meal.

Bruce

[jpr54_]

I breast feed my son-

he dined in the best of restaurants-

never had a problem-

joanne

[torakris]

You will be traveling with the baby at the best age, make the most of it In a couple of months you may never be able to leave the house with the baby in tow again!

At that age I would breastfeed while reading the menu, then slip the sleeping baby into the car seat/carrier under the table.

With a 7, 5 and a 2 year old I dream about those days now.........

[bushey]

You'll find most of the restaurants you go to are quite baby-friendly, especially after Labor Day when the tourist trade dies down a bit. Actually it's been a very tough season for restaurants at the Cape this year -- we were on Cape twice in July (including July 4th weekend) and in August and found business to be way off.

Since the baby will be mostly in a carrier seat you can prop it in an upended stool-type high chair to have the baby at table level or just place it on the floor. Even in higher end restaurants that don't have highchairs you'll probably feel welcome. We once brought our baby to Captain Elmer's on Orleans on Columbus Day weekend and even though she spent part of the meal awake, nobody even noticed. As we were leaving, there was a buzz around the place as we heard everybody saying "I didn't know there was a baby here".

Enjoy your trip! The Cape is wonderful at this time of year.

bushey