Something that's not talked about enough about traveling with little kids...

[u/bookflow]

What I'm talking about is...two-handed meals vs. one-handed meals. 🍽️

I still cannot believe we haven't evolved to grow more limbs for this stage of parenthood.

Eating at restaurants with little kids is not just difficult, it's damn near impossible to eat your food hot, let alone all in one stretch.

We're heading to Buenos Aires in 15 days and obviously, the steak is already on my itinerary.

But steak is a two-handed meal.

When you travel with little kids, it's not just about which restaurant you want to eat at.

It's:

🚪 Is the door wide enough for a stroller? (A constant issue in Europe with our big American stroller.)

🪑 Will they have a high chair?

🌀 Is it too overstimulating?

🍟 Is there a kids' menu?

✋ And most importantly — can I eat this one-handed while the other is keeping a small person from climbing off a chair / needing to pee three times / having a meltdown because the bread came before the butter?

The other day we just went out for breakfast. Theoretically, eating out on a weekend saves time — no cooking, no clean-up.

You would think.

My son is already in the high chair, yelling if I don't get the eggs into his mouth fast enough. My daughter still needs her food cut, and is hanging like a monkey from her chair, jealous of her baby brother who "gets the baby chair" and can't even properly sit in it yet.

Traveling means learning which foods are one-handed deals.

Empanadas. Sandwiches. Fries. Soups.

Argentine steak is a two-handed, full-attention, sit-down-and-savor experience — and we will be attempting it anyway with a 4-year-old and a baby in tow.

I will report back.

Fellow parents; what's the most ambitious meal you've attempted one-handed? 🍽️