About me

Hi, I’m Britta,

Dining out with babies can be difficult. The struggle is real. Baby’s fuss and cry. Diapers are filled and blow outs happen. Conversations get interrupted and time is often spent on entertaining baby. My husband’s mom could turn a cloth napkin into multiple items for baby to play with. I tried this with my own grandchildren but the best I could do was create a head scarf.

Five years ago, on a visit to Chicago we took our 2nd grandchild, Noah, and his Mom and Dad out to a charming neighborhood restaurant known for their brunch which included a “Make Your Own Bloody Mary Bar” with all the fixings. After getting our drinks we sat at our table for four. Well two of us sat, one held the baby and the other wiped down the high chair and table. Quickly we moved our drinks, menus, condiments and vase of flowers, to the other half of the table that Noah couldn’t reach. Noah had a very impressive wingspan for a one year old. We struggled with space at the table or lack there of. Can you relate?

When we returned to their home we all looked online to purchase a tray that could attach to that type of high chair.. We searched the web, sure that it existed…but it didn’t. We wanted one. We needed one. We couldn’t find one so we had to create one! This began the journey to dot the original dine out tray.

We now have 9 grandchildren. Kersta, Noah, Theo and Elin grew out of high chairs while we were creating. Axel, Hugo and Bjorn got to try out the different prototypes. Ava and Ike are using dot currently. And if we are so blessed, our future grandchildren will as well.

So while we can’t stop your baby from fussing, crying, or blowing out, we can help you give your baby a clean eating surface and safer space while dining out. And by doing this our hope is that you enjoy dining out with dot as much as we do.

Cheers!

Britta Anderson