Dinnertime Dilemma: Eating Out With Small Children

I never felt unwelcome in a restaurant. I got a free ticket to come back to a movie because of "noisy baby" – that was embarrassing! I got the evil eye for breastfeeding in the corner in a kids’ shoe store while my husband worked at trying shoes on a toddler.

Keep the restaurants open!

Polly Thomas, M.D.

Summit, N.J.

Dining Out, and Away From Kids

I am 63 and I work in a private pediatrics clinic. My husband is 38, and we do not have children. When out for dinner, we ask for a table as far away from children as possible. We usually sit at the bar. We both feel that restaurants should have separate rooms for families with children.

Linda Holland Ojeda, M.D.

Phoenix, Ariz.