Eating out

We have been doing a bit of eating out recently with some success and with a lot of learning for the future!

First was a trip to Costa Coffee near the Grand Mall.
Best bit:  BLW in action when Leila had some of the chicken from my wrap as the banana I had brought for her wasn't ripe enough.
Lessons learnt:  #1 Get a big enough table so that nothing you don't want her to grab is within her reach!  We were too modest when choosing a table and Leila took a liking to Scott's lunch which wasn't BLW approved! #2 Always have something to put on the floor or use a 'crumb catcher' bib to avoid constantly bending down to pick food up!





I took the P's and Leila to Cairo Kitchen when they were over last week.
Best bit:  BLW in action again as Leila demolished chicken and roast veggies.  Also the great food that they have is so yummy - and they deliver!  Why roast a chicken again?!
Lessons learnt:  #1 Just because a place has high chairs doesn't mean that they will come up to the table!  Leila was at 'head bonking' height against the table with the high chair they had, so she had to sit away from the table and be handed her food to eat. #2  Always keep an eye out for a reaction.  Leila has been fine with peppers but seemed to come up in a red rash this time round.  Thankfully a wipe of the (much loved) wet flannel helped and it went down within an hour.

 

This weekend we had lunch at an old favourite, Lucielle's.  Note that Leila is in a clamp-on high chair that we brought with us to avoid the problem we had at Cairo Kitchen (thanks to the P's for bringing that out and to the Dudley's for passing it on!).  She is also eating red peppers without a reaction, so who knows what the problem was last week.

Best bit: Leila has now had some of the world's best burger!

Lessons learnt:  Bring something to help entertain while waiting for food! 

 

Some of our meals out have been a bit stressful, but we're still glad we have done them and want to do more as it is fun to be all out together and eating :-)