James' First Restaurant High Chair Experience

James decided he was too good for his infant seat anymore, so we swore off eating out for 2 months and bought two convertible car seats, one for each car.  One car seat is at least 5 dinners at El Loro or 2 date nights, so we are going to be cooking at home a lot more.  Okay, fine, I'm somewhat lying.  Grandma Andy and Grandpa Brad chipped in and bought one of the car seats and Patric could never go without El Loro for more than 5 days.  And I can't cook.

ANYWAYS, we got the new car seats and then realized that every trip out with James was going to be so much more exciting.  If you don't have an infant seat, your baby actually has to sit in a high chair or ride in the front of the shopping cart.  By themselves.  Without the protections of an infant seat.  It was an interesting week or two figuring that one out.  I mean, it's not like he just wants to sit up, facing one direction, not trying to escape for an hour-long dinner or grocery trip when he's been in his infant seat for 6 months.  And I also was under the impression those high chairs were meant to flip over and put infant seats on top of.  What?  You mean a child can actually sit in the other side?  Without a 20-pound carrier designed to protect them from every little bump or bruise?  No way!

So we tried the high chair, and here's some pictures of James' first restaurant high chair, at the Mongolian Grill.  I'm sure we were tagged as the "first-time parents" seeing as we had about 4 blankets in the high chair with him.