Dinner situation with 3 month old

[cathyshos]

Our next trip will include our 3 month old. We also have a 5 and 3 year old .
Our annual trips never posed a problem with our table service meals as the youngest age of kids of previous trips was 11 months old and a highchair was involved. BUT with 3 children and one the age of 3 months old, can I put a stroller with or without the car seat attachment in a spot at the table,??????
This is tricky Because we were only going to rent the city many double as we always do and usually just bring a Maclaren on the plane and leave it in the room A three-month-old can go in the city mini double but I cannot bring a double stroller to the table I presume.


Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[Allison]

If I am remembering correctly many restaurants don't allow strollers inside because there is not room. Can you bring something to carry the baby across your torso?

 

[MandiC]

I didn't see strollers in any of the restaurants we ate ate at in the parks. I am not sure what the official policy is since we didn't have a stroller with us. Have you thought about bringing a baby carrier, even if it is just for dinner? I also wonder if they might have something for babies in the restaurants? Hopefully someone who knows a little more can help

 

[NjMamaMouse]

We were recently there and all the restaurants allowed us to bring a single stroller right up to the table. They were very accommodating for our DD 4 months

 

[MichaelaF]

The party line is that technically they don't allow strollers up to your tables. But because it's Disney, they usually do try accommodate, and we were mostly allowed to bring our stroller up to the table. Only twice was there an issue - at the Brown Derby and at California Grill. At the BD, we were like: "Hey, we know you aren't supposed to bring in strollers, but it's his naptime and we are hoping he will nap.." And they found us a corner table with a great place to put his stroller next to us. At Cali Grill they wouldn't let us bring the stroller upstairs at all. I had him in a carrier on me (he was asleep) and they gave us a booth so he could lay down. He slept the whole time! It was lovely!

 

[Angel Ariel]

There are some restaurants that have infant high chairs available (they are reclined, no need to be able to sit up) - I know Chef Mickey's has them, as we used it for DD on her first trip.

We also found many restaurants - especially counter service restaurants - to be very accommodating and when I explained that DD was unable to sit in a high chair, they let us bring her stroller in. We did this at Be Our Guest, Pecos Bill's, the American pavilion @ epcot, flame tree BBQ at AK.. I'm not sure, though, how accommodating most table service restaurants are. We tried to use a high chair at Tony's, her stroller wasn't allowed in, and it didn't work well at all. We did eat at Coral Reef after Tony's, and at CR we just passed her back and forth between people as we ate and she sat on our laps.

I would definitely have some kind of carrier or wrap as a backup in case they tell you you can't bring in the stroller.

 

[kruegeme]

The only time we were allowed to bring the stroller into a TS restaurant was when our child was asleep when we arrived or if they feel asleep at the table while eating.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

if you get to bring in stroller watch where they have you park it. I have to use ECV and as I was being brought intone table serve, a family had parked their sleeping baby where they thought out of way as I was brought in a side door I bumped the stroller that parents refused to move as CM asked them to do. bump woke baby and parents complained as i was allowed in side door where they had parked out of way and they had to carry their stroller up the stairs. child was not hurt, just woken up and they had to deal with baby besides watching their older child

 

[UCDSmalls]

We are traveling with our 4.5 month old in September and our 4 year old, so we will also have a city mini double. I have been trying to find something that might fit under the stroller and provide necessary support because I can't imagine do a buffet holding the baby the whole time. I will have my Ergo, but I have also found these seats that I might try:

http://www.boppy.com/shop/boppy-baby-chair/ (I don't know if this one provides enough support or collapses enough to fit under the stroller)

http://www.target.com/p/the-first-y...zKqwk_68nwppFHtdJ0TsokbSIKU_kPpyyoaAmM68P8HAQ (this one provides the needed support, but would need to easily snap apart to fit under the stroller)

I feel like there must be something out there that would be portable and provide the necessary support, so I could set her down at meals.

 

[Miumiu4me]

If I am remembering correctly many restaurants don't allow strollers inside because there is not room. Can you bring something to carry the baby across your torso?

I was allowed to bring the stroller in before my baby could sit. This happened consistently, at different times of the year. However, I did not have a double and I think it's still cast member discretion. But I'd explain that your baby isn't sitting yet when you get there and hope for the best.

 

[lovemygrowingfamily]

We are on our way home from Disney and our youngest 2 turned 4 years old and 8 months. We have a graco couple stroller and if the baby was sleeping or if he fell asleep while we were eating we were allowed to bring the stroller in. If my 4 year old was sleeping we just woke her up and carried the baby. We would take turns going up to the buffet at chef mickeys. We would pass the baby once ours arms tired while we were eating.