Another weekend, another lunch date for Munchkin... This time we met up with some former work colleagues. Since our friends are childless, we always have to pick the venue. They live in Brighton and don't drive so we generally pick them up and go somewhere in the Brighton or Lewes area. I stumbled upon a site called Child Friendly Brighton & Hove, which is a godsend for finding Munchkin friendly eateries.
We went to The Half Moon in Plumpton. The food was really good. Munchkin and I both had sausage and mash. We promised to leave some for Daddy to try but it was so nice, we scoffed the lot. The children's menu was £6 for two courses. The children's dessert was anything you like, as long as it was a scoop of ice cream... The children's facilities were good, but not as good as we were expecting after the write up on Child Friendly Brighton & Hove, for example there were no crayons and paper on offer. The play area in the huge garden was great. Munchkin loved the slide and the sand pits. However, the pub let itself down on service and we wouldn't rush back for this reason. Strike 1: Our drinks didn't arrive. It turned out that they'd run out of stout. Rather than telling us, they just forgot our whole drinks order. Strike 2: The wrong menu had been put out and the dish Angmering Daddy wanted wasn't available. Strike 3: I couldn't find the baby change promised on CFBH. The waitress told us they didn't have one so I changed Munchkin on the toilet floor. I later discovered there was a tiny changing table tucked away in one of the toilet cubicles.
Yesterday was a little dramatic. Munchkin has finally worked out what the toilet is for so I bought her some training pants. I've gone for the fabric variety since these are meant to promote quicker potty training. She had a tantrum and refused to get dressed yesterday morning. I gave her the choice of a nappy, disposable training pants or the new pants. She settled on the new ones, but the tantrum didn't subside much. Five minutes later, I found her standing in a puddle. Thankfully she'd been thoughtful enough to stay on the changing mat. Note to self: Training pants hold a small wee, not a torrent. The morning didn't improve much. She had a friend round to play and spent the first half hour avoiding her and the second half hour screaming.
Munchkin has a busy Easter weekend ahead of her. She's going to two Easter egg hunts and may be going on a day trip to Butlins in Bognor and/or a trip to see Thomas the Tank Engine.
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