dinners out with baby?

do you go out to dinner with your baby? we pretty much don’t because she’s typically asleep by 7ish, which means she’s winding down and fussy after 6pm. my in-laws want to do a meal at 5:30pm for christmas in a few weeks and i just feel like i won’t be able to enjoy it with a baby who’s bound to lose it once bedtime nears. but maybe i’m being dramatic? the last meal we had with them was a late lunch that lasted 3 hours, we eventually had to leave because she was so done. when did restaurants become manageable again? (it was fine before four months as she just slept)

she’s 7.5 months