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What keeps your kids entertained while dining out?

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It happens all of a sudden. Your sweet, content little baby is now a child with no interest in sitting down at a restaurant. You frantically hand over spoons and napkins while trying to keep all knives, plates and bottles of hot sauce out of reach.

Perhaps your older child is a squirmer and would prefer to make a mountain out of ketchup and mashed potatoes on his plate. It sounds like it is time to get prepared.

I've learned the hard way never to go to a restaurant empty handed. For my daughter, we pack several staples and hope that one will pique her interest. I bought some travel-sized Play Dough containers (you can get them at Target or Toys R Us) that I keep in my diaper bag. We also have a travel-sized Magna Doodle which will hopefully get us a few minutes of peace until the meal comes. Then, of course, there's the Tootsie Rolls I have hidden in there for the really desperate moments.

It is harder to keep my infant son entertained, though a baggie of bread, raisins or cereal has done the trick. We also keep a plastic tube (found in a goodie bag at a party) that makes noise when you turn it in there.

What, if anything, do you bring to restaurants to keep your kids entertained? What works the best? The worst?

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