Last weekend, a group of us went to dinner at Buon Gusto on the upper east side. I go back and forth between going it alone or bringing my daughter since it ends up way past her bedtime. I decided to bring her along and she was fabulous, behaviour wise, eating her dinner wise and plain entertaining wise. I think is smart enough to figure out that if she whines or misbehaves, she has to stay at home.
My daughter with one of her godmothers. She has two.
I'm sure this was a treat to her! I loved it when my parents took us to restaurants. They also did it more often if we showed them we can behave.