Wow, was I super surprised at how well it went at Outback last night!  Tyler did extremely well there.  When we first pulled his highchair up to the table, he spent some time checking out daddy's glass, then spent some fun time chewing on the cardboard coasters (until he managed to chew a small chunk off...).

After we fished the cardboard out his mouth, he sat there drumming his hands on the table, as if to say "hmmm... now what?  getting bored now.....".  Wanting to head off any trouble, I broke out what ended up being the secret weapon of the night -- a maple flavored teething biscuit.  He proceeded to sit there and contentedly chew on his biscuit for a good 30-40 minutes!  He just sat there, happily dribbling maple down his chin while he watched in wide-eyed amazement as people walked by.

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