I just gave birth to my beautiful baby Gabby in January of this year. The birth has been particularly hard on my three year old son Chase. I planned a "special day" for Chase on Saturday. Steve took Ethan and Gabby to soccer and Chase and I headed off to Toast Restaurant in Bucktown for an early brunch. I've never had an extremely friendly reception there when I have brought kids but it is so close to my house, sometimes it is too convenient to pass up. We had a pleasant brunch until the end when Chase took a little extra time to eat his pancakes. The hostess came up to me and said "do you know when you will be finished? I have a seven top that needs to sit down right now." I then pointed to my son who was still clearly eating. When the hostess noticed that I was a little miffed (that is not very good restaurant etiquette) she came over and apologized. She then followed her apology with "When you come to a busy restaurant on a Saturday, there is only a limited amount of time you should eat." I paid the bill, picked up my son and marched out, upset and irritated.
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