We have taken Falco lots of places, but they are always quick trips that involve us leaving the house right after feeding him and then getting back home before he is due to eat again. Matt’s parents and brother are in town right now, and today we took Falco downtown to hang out with them. We fed him at 11:30 and then loaded him into his stroller and left as soon as he was finished eating. We rode BART downtown and met Matt’s fam at their hotel. Then we went to Lori’s diner for lunch. We expected Falco to just stay in his stroller, where he was sleeping, through lunch, but there was no room for the stroller where we were seated. So, I took him out of the stroller and put him into the sling and held him there throughout the meal. He stirred a little at first and I was afraid he was going to wake up and start crying, but he rested quietly the whole time. I was very proud of him, and it was a milestone for us to go out to eat for our first full meal with him.

After we ate, Matt’s mom and I went back to their hotel room for a feeding and diaper change. That took 30 or 45 minutes, and then we put him back in his stroller and we all went to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. We were there for an hour or so, and Falco slept through the entire thing. By 4:30, we knew we were pressing our luck since he would wake up hungry again soon, so Matt and I headed home. He kept sleeping through the entire BART ride home and the walk from BART to our house. When we were less than a block away from our house, he woke up and started crying quite loudly to let us know he was hungry, which was perfectly understandable. We fed him as soon as we got in the house, and then he was a happy camper again.

It was a little frightening to plan to take him away from home for such a long time, but we couldn’t have asked for it to go any better. He’s a very good baby, and Matt and I were both very proud of him today.