Baby in restaurant etiquette.

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Me and DP would like to go out for a meal for Valentine’s Day, and we would like to take DD.
We haven’t been out for food with her yet as I had a c section and she is only 5 weeks old at the moment. But we have been for short walks, trips round shops and into costa for a coffee.

She’s very content, not very fussy at all.. although that could well change in the next couple of weeks. Hopefully she’s still like this for Valentine’s Day as it would be really nice to take her out but I wouldn’t want to burden anyone else’s meal with a screaming baby.

My main concern is how we actually take her? I’ll double check with wherever we book they allow children and explain we have a newborn.
But do we take the whole pram in, and just leave her in the pram to sleep, or do we just take the car seat in and put her on a chair in the car seat?

I’m a first time mum and I’m terrified of looking like an idiot, so any advice would be much appreciated 🙈

@ScarlettBlaize that's a little scathing. I almost exclusively feed DS in cafes and restaurants when we're out and he hasn't ordered from the menu once. I'd say that's pretty standard for a baby actually. What I am I supposed to do? Stay indoors until he's sufficiently weaned? I think not.

My point was that not all nice places hate children

FGS, sick of seeing people preach and pretend their the perfect mother

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Who has done that?

@BitchyArriver but no one said they did. Loads of us take our children to nice restaurants. That, and your irrelevant anecdote, have bollock all to do with taking a newborn baby out to dinner on valentine's day.

Did you go?

My OH & I went out and in came a couple with their toddler. To be fair the toddler apart from a few times was quite quiet but the dad was awful.... in trying to amuse the toddler was loud, singing, shouting cheeeeese for selfies.... I was ready to bop him.... spoiled our meal & judging by others giving death stares most of the other diners