30 Something Baby Doc

I had dinner tonite with a friend of mine E. I've known her for almost 8 years and we graduated from residency together. She also works here in town as a physician and is a single mother of 2 very young children 3 yrs and 6months. I don't know how she keeps it all together. We had made our dinner plans last week and she mentioned she would get a sitter. I told her that was silly and to bring the kids along.

As a single man, sometimes I forget about the unique circumstances surrounding single parents of very young children. I arrived at the restaurant 5 minutes before E. I saw her SUV pull up and she got and started struggling with the car seats. I went out to give her a hand. The 6 month old weighed a ton. I had to strain to lift baby and car seat. The hostess lead us to a booth to be seated. I was trying to figure out what to do with the car seat (with baby in it). Do we need a booster chair??? E told me "just slide the car seat into the booth". The hostess repeated the same simple instructions....LOL. The car seat slid into the booth with ease. I sat next to the 6 month old. E sat next to her 3 yo daughter, I quickly realized that I chose the best seating arrangement. The 3 yo was a handful. The 6 month old just smiled giggled and kicked his feet as I played with him. Both children are the cutest. All in all we had a great dinner and I definitely know I need a little more practice before I start having babies of my own:-)