My middle school ex-boyfriend, Neil, is now a rookie dad to a toddler (ain’t facebook great?). He likes to take his son, Graham, out in the Burley trailer for coffee dates. Neil drinks the coffee while Graham sips his leche.
Graham drinks his latte
Neil reports:
Even in the fun Portland winter weather, I like to take Graham out as much as I can. He’s recently been asking to go for rides in the Burley, so I take him to a coffee shop that’s ~1.5 miles away. He usually falls asleep, but didn’t yesterday. We did that trip again today. 3 for 3 now. We’ll see what he does tomorrow.
Don’t underestimate the power of sitting and sipping your normal beverages in a special place. I used to watch parents of toddlers serve their sons little demitasse cups of foamy or whipped milk at our corner cafe. Adorable. And sometimes free!
The baby version of this activity is Pretend You’re in Paris.
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Love seeing the dads on here at Rookie Moms!
My son (14months) makes the BEST lunch date! We’ll have to plan a latte date now that cold weather is among us here in New England!
This is fabulous! I also love those meals (or coffees) alone with the little ones!
I love doing this with my son but I had never thought to order him his own drink. I usually will meet a friend who we haven’t seen for a long time and Caleb just loves the atmosphere in the place. They even have an old phone that he can play with and the owners of the place we go to are really good about letting him run around if it’s slow. Next time i think I will order him his own milk
I’m glad I’m not the only one with a 2-yr old addicted to “STEAMER! STEAMER! STEAMER!”s.