Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise take Suri to Orsay restaurant on Wednesday night

Actors Katie Holmes, 28, and Tom Cruise, 45, take their daughter, Suri, 21 months tomorrow, to Orsay restaurant in New York for dinner on Wednesday. The family are in NYC for the promotion of Katie’s movie, Mad Money.

Photo by Bauer Griffin; Pacific Coast News.

Suri is holding a Playtex Baby Drop-Ins Premium Nurser in Pink ($4).

Suri is holding a Velvet and Chenille Baby Baby Blanket by Little Giraffe ($58).

Comments

Maybe she is so tired because they keep her up until 11pm every night. Did you hear the interview with Katie on Letterman? Personally I think letting a 2 year old stay up that late is a bit much….

- Lula on January 17th, 2008

You know I feel bad for this little girl. She needs her sleep and her parents drag her around like she’s a little adult. She should be going to bed like normal 21 month olds at 7pm…..not 11pm. Get a Nanny Tom and Katie even if it’s just for the evenings you want to go out.

- Leslie on January 17th, 2008

I saw the interview on David Letterman. I think that keeping a child up until 11:00 p.m. at night is absolutelyl ridiculous!

- Jane on January 17th, 2008

Lula, I was just going to write that … and I agree with you!!!
Oh well, I guess that’s the life of celebrities.

- Sara on January 17th, 2008

I agree Lula, even if she’s getting in enough hours, I don’t think 11 pm is right for a kid who’s not even two. Poor thing. Besides, you’d think her parents would want some time together after she goes to bed!

- Nicole on January 17th, 2008

It’s obvious to me that that little girl just wants to go to sleep. Why do these two have to keep dragging her everywhere around New York and to restaurants all the time. I guess staying in their hotel room wouldn’t get them any publicity or their picture on TV, in magazines or on websites.

- Beverley on January 17th, 2008

She has some of the cutest expressions. It really makes you wonder what she thinks of cameras following them everywhere! It is late but she is probably used to PST so it feels like it is 8:00 to her. We aren’t out & about that late with our DD but most nights it is so hard to get her asleep by 10:00 PM!!

- Amber H. on January 17th, 2008

hmm or maybe she doesn’t like having photographers in her face. Personally i think it is important to keep children on schedule and ideally a sun up sun down wake and bedtime, but that doesn’t work for everyone and i think each family needs to do what works for them. And most importantly to maxamize their time with their children, and if this schedule is the best way for them to do that-well that’s their perogative. I’m sure Angelina’s kids with all their traveling have strange hours too! But no one is critizing them. I think Katie’s schedule is not one we all use with our children, but we are all not movie stars either

- juliana on January 17th, 2008

Yea! A coat. FINALLY they dress her for the weather!

- Shan on January 17th, 2008

I saw the interview, too. Holmes says Suri sleeps until 9 am, which might be enough sleep. But all the traveling and inconsistent time zones and sleep environments must take a toll on a young child’s sleep patterns. I know the child is experiencing the world and a multitude of cultures at a young age, but we all know how important consistency and structure is in a child’s life. It’s not surprising that many of the pics we see show a very sleepy little girl.
Another question: Where are Cruise’s two other children? Who cares for them and provides consistency when dad travels so much? The celebrity life the Cruise family has chosen certainly seems to have some drawbacks.

Ok! Magazine is reporting that the the kids are staying with Tom’s sister in Beverly Hills

- S on January 17th, 2008

Some parents have to keep the kids up a bit later than they would like. My husband and I both work jobs that have us both up late. We have three-year-old twins and sometimes, the only way to really spend time with them, is to keep them up till 10 or 11. Kids and parents find times to fit together- not everyone can put their kids to sleep at 7 pm.

- Kay on January 17th, 2008

Perhaps shes tired because they keep her out late at night. She’s way too young for that. My 18 month old would be a disaster if he was up until 9, much less 11.

Let that baby be a baby. She needs rest.

- Noell on January 17th, 2008

I have to agree with you on that one. When I heard her talking about her staying up that late I felt so bad. That poor little girl needs some sleep. Do they even have a nanny for her?

- Dana Jacobson on January 17th, 2008

I should have posted under this post instead of the shopping one! Glad to see finally people agree with me!

- brannon on January 17th, 2008

I personally think that if photographers followed most parents around that often, every child would occasionally have pictures that show him/her looking tired. In regard to staying home and ordering room service for the sake or Suri or having the nanny watch her, that would be fine – but there is also nothing wrong with wanting to go out. They are not shown out every night – it just increases when they are out of town for press junkets and promotion – and with Tom and Katie’s movies having been released at close to the same time, it just so happens we have seen a lot of them. When Suri was first born and they were hardly out, everyone was up in arms about how she must have something wrong with her or not be Tom’s child or something . . . and now they take her out and it’s just another set of complaints.

- Jeanette on January 17th, 2008

Another no win is that everyone keeps saying, where’s the nanny, get a nanny, don’t they even have a nanny? But other posts the comments all say, raise your own kid, why use a nanny so much, oh it can’t be that hard when she’s got a nanny! Good for Tom and Katie for being involved with all the kids. I’m not saying to avoid a nanny if it’s at the cost of health, sleep or well-being of Suri – but there is nothing wrong on its face of a picture of a tired girl. We shouldn’t jump to conclusions. I look tired every day!

- Jeanette on January 17th, 2008

OMG! Look at all you child sleeping experts getting on your high horses….she gets more then enough sleep and maybe this has been her “schedule” since day one. Some families have to adjust there schedules in order to spend as much time together as possible. Bet your all wishing you got to sleep in until 9 am!!

- Angelina on January 17th, 2008

You know what? I can’t stand being around people who refuse to let life go on because of their children. You know, the kind of people who have to come over for dinner at 5 because the kids “just have” to eat by 5:30 and have to leave by 7 because if the kids don’t go to bed by 7:30, they’ll “just be terrible tomorrow.” In my family, every single one of the children (9 in all)stays up until at least 10 or 11 in the summer time and weekends. They can sleep in, and it’s no big deal. When we get together or go out to eat or whatever and all 9 cousins are together, all of them (ages 2 – 13) stay up until we go home, which is sometimes 3 am. They spend the entire time running around playing, watching movies, playing board games and being goofy. There’s not one of the bunch who’d become a “monster” or would become whiny and tired. The next day, they sleep in, as do their parents, and the world goes on. This is how I grew up and now how my siblings and I raise kids. We appreciated my parents letting us have a childhood where we were free to experience life WITH them. You should probably not judge people who enjoy spending time with their kids and have decided to let life go on as usual after having them. My deepest sympathies go out to those of you who feel obligated to work your life around your children rather than working your children INTO your life.

- Elizabeth on January 17th, 2008

This picture just sickens me. This isn’t appropriate at all. Sometimes I think they take her out this late just to show her off to the the media. How does she react to all these flash bulbs going off in her face constantly? She should be in bed. I have a daughter in Pre-K who doesn’t stay up this late. Ridiculous!

- Heather on January 17th, 2008

I’m afraid that I do not agree with the previous posts regarding Suri’s bedtime. My two year old daughter has ALWAYS been a night owl… in bed between 10 & 11 and up around 9-ish. And she is perfectly well-adjusted, smart, happy little girl– as I am sure Suri is as well. And while perhaps Tom & Katie do not need to take her everywhere with them, I do applaud them being such hands-on and attentive parents. Clearly, they could afford to keep a staff on nannies on hand, but they choose instead to parent their daughter themselves. To me, that is commendable for a celebrity.

- Tara on January 17th, 2008

I heard her on Letterman that suri goes to bed at 11:00 and wakes up at 9:00. Eleven? She was bragging too, like she had a “magical” child.

My daughter is 23 months and is in bed by 7:00 and wakes up at 6:30-7:00 the next day.

Also, what is with the bottle?

- MMM on January 17th, 2008

I’ve never seen a picture of Suri with so much as one tear, and her little life has been heavily documented! She is a happy happy kid, and so her parents must be doing something right. If they were truly asking her to keep an unreasonable sleeping schedule, you know that we would have seen at least one meltdown picture by now. Every parent of a two-year old knows that. I think you all are just jealous that your children wake you up at the crack of dawn, but Suri’s schedule lets Tom and Katie sleep in until 9am. Besides, do the math: 8pm-6am and 11pm-9am both total 10 hours of sleep, which I think is more than enough!

- Bethany on January 17th, 2008

funny how tom cruise’s other kids are not in the spotlight as much as this little one.

in most pictures i’ve seen of this little girl, it’s either taken at night or she’s all dressed up in pretty dresses. 11pm is way too late for a child to stay up. there’s not too many pictures of her in casual clothes. i hope this doesn’t impact her lifestyle and values.

SHE NEEDS HER SLEEP.

- MH on January 17th, 2008

Since you do not live their lives and there for do not know what time they go to bed and get up each morning you have not right to judge how much sleep Suri is getting. Sure, for the average kid, going to bed at 11 pm is really late but Suri is not an average kid because her parents are not your average parents. Katie says she goes to bed at 11 and wakes up at 9. How is that any different than my child who is less than a month younger than Suri going to bed at 8 and waking up at 6? Where is it written that your day must be lived during daylight hours only?

- finnaryn on January 17th, 2008

I just don’t get Katie. She refers to her daughter as a “woman” in an interview and then gives a nearly 2 year old child a bottle. Suri is not a woman and she is not an infant!

- MonkeyCox on January 17th, 2008

Poor little Suri. She looks exhausted. Maybe they could just let her go to bed and order room service, instead of going out to fancy restaurants, or let the nanny watch her so they can slip out for a night out without her. Maybe if they let her go to bed before 11pm she wouldn’t be so sleepy.

- Beverley on January 17th, 2008

Suri is so cute and she seems to be a blanket girl like my DD.

- Amber H. on January 17th, 2008

She is so cute, but don’t they ever let her just stay home? There is a new Suri picture practically every day.

- Kayla on January 17th, 2008

Her eyes are so piercing. Such a remarkable shade of blue/grey – Katie just looks gorgeous here!

- Shan on January 17th, 2008

I hate how they always drag her aroud. Does she even have playtime just to be a little girl? Also, why is she still on the bottle? Mine were off the bottle by 1 year. I know all kids are different, but she is almost 2 – how about a sippy cup or straw instead.

- Carey on January 17th, 2008

actually on the second pic is tom cruise carrying suri back to the hotel. i saw that pic in another website and is tom.

- meli on January 17th, 2008

I am sure Suri gets plenty of sleep. There is nothing wrong with her schedule if it fits in with her family life. My daughter goes to bed at 9:00 and she get’s plenty of sleep. If she is tired earlier, she can go to bed earlier but we love having that extra time with her. She is 17 months old.
On a side note, Katie and Tom seam to wear their sunglasses at night a lot! I guess to keep out the flashing paparazzi lights, but that is a bit annoying to me.

- Tara on January 17th, 2008

My dad worked late when my brother and I were babies and toddlers. My mom always let us stay up until about 11 so he would have some time with us after he got home. Growing up we never had to be in bed before 11 and we’re both fine. She allowed us to follow our own body clocks and decide when we were ready to sleep. Also, we would tend to sleep a little later in the morning, which allowed her some quiet time to get things done around the house.

What I do have issue with is poor Isabella and Connor not being with either parent. Both their mom and dad have gotten remarried and are completely focused on having their second biological families and leading these whirlwind international lives. I would assume they are with Tom’s sister in order to stay in their regular school, but it seems such a shame that they get foisted off on the relatives so much.

- Lindsay on January 17th, 2008

This child looks exhausted! Suri looks ready to go to bed not out to eat! Poor thing. I can understand wanting to bring Suri with them wherever they go but seriously, is it necessary? Maybe it was just the shot they got but to me it looks like this baby is ready to doze off to sleep!

- J.M. on January 17th, 2008

Jeanette and Tara I agree with you, I think katie and tom seem very hands on and in most pictures I see, suri looks like a happy child. If we were always seeing suri with a nanny, people would complain and than when she is out with her parents in the night people complain. It’s their child I’m sure they know what’s best for her. Considering all the pictures we see of suri, there is gonna be a time where she looks tired or cranky, it’s normal in all children. Sometimes there is no winning with celebrities, they get critized for everything they do.

- gianna on January 17th, 2008

Tara, I totally agree with you.
I’m not a Tom/Katie fan, but in this case i don’t think they are doing anything wrong, we don’t know Suri, maybe she is, like my 3 yr old daughter, as Tara said before, a “night owl” and she doesn’t want to go to bed early.
My daughter sometimes goes to bed around 11:30…and that doesn’t make me happy at all, but is almost imposible to make her go to sleep earlier, and she wakes up at 9am.

- sil on January 17th, 2008

Either way it is a no win situations for them, or any celebrities. Someone somewhere will point fingers and have things to say about how other people raise their kids.
Now everyone is saying to get a nanny. And in Heidi Klum’s case, everyone is saying why she needs 2 nannies? Does she do anything? Let’s just remember each child is different. Just because your child goes to bed at 7pm, doesn’t mean everyone else’s does.
Wasn’t it not long ago everyone was wondering if she really exists? Now we all say she is the cutest baby in the world!

- Liz on January 17th, 2008

I have to say that I do agree with everyone that a child of this age should be in bed earlier than 11pm. My kids are a mess if I change their routine in any way shape or form.

The other thing that I am noticing is that she is still on a bottle. She is almost 2! I know with some people it is hard for them to break the habit but it is time. every doctor and family is different but my pediatrician wanted my kids off the bottle by 1! Anyone else with the same?

- Mom of boys* on January 17th, 2008

I don’t think it’s bad that she’s up late, she could sleep in late as well. As long as she’s getting the recommended amount of sleep for her age who cares what time she’s awake?

- Rebecca on January 17th, 2008

I don’t know qualifies any of you to say that 11PM is inherently too late. You obviously are not researchers for the National Sleep Institute. It is quantity of hours, not the bedtime. Children in LA go to sleep when it is 11PM in NYC all the time. It is logically flawed to suggest that the quantity of hours is irrelevant. The time is only significant for when (and if) the child goes to preschool. Other than that, there is nothing inherently “right” about a 7PM or 8PM bedtime. Parents often select this time so THEY can get some rest without the child.

- Annie on January 17th, 2008

Suri will be fine!!!! My daughter who is now a second grader had no set schedule prior to going to school. I loved having her up to as long as she could last and she caught up on her 10-14 hours on the other end, sleeping late. Now that she goes to school she has to go to bed sharply at 8:00 p.m. They are only babies once and it’s such precious time that goes way too fast so I don’t really think that it will harm the baby in anyway. Enjoy your children more and worry less about conforming.

- meela on January 17th, 2008

When my second son was around 2 I realized he was such a night owl (like myself!) but that didn’t mean we went out on the town together, it meant that we stayed inside and played quietly or read books to get him relaxed and settled for the night. I feel sorry for Suri because it seems that she has to go to these fancy restaurants and out at night, etc. I know very few adults who would choose a fancy restaurant WITH their toddler. As for someone saying that Brad and Angie probably do the same….I haven’t seen many pics of them out at night with their kids. I also wonder about Tom’s kids with Nicole…of course they have to stay in LA for school or whatever but will the same happen when Suri is their age or will it be Tom or Katie insisting one of them stay with her. Anyway, give that baby a rest instead of dragging her out on the town!

- Tracey on January 17th, 2008

Beverly, I agree with you. I don’t really get the point of dragging a tired toddler out to dinner at a fancy restaurant at night (when she should be sleeping) unless you are doing it for publicity. If they want to spend time with her and the only time they can do it is at night, then they can stay at home and order in.

Why subject a toddler to all of those photographers all the time?

It’s not like they never have a chance to go out to dinner. I personally think they have been out to dinner with Suri every night this week to combat bad publicity Tom has received over the last few days. Suri is a baby, not a PR tool. This kind of makes me a little angry – I don’t think they have her best interests at heart here.

- PSB on January 17th, 2008

My daughter was breastfed until 15 months and then used a bottle until she was a couple of months past three. When I asked my pediatrician about it he said she won’t want to take it to kindergarten and not to worry about it. Just brush her teeth well and not to sleep with it. She’s five now and totally fine. Each family needs to do what works for them. I would agree with other posters that the bottle probably provides comfort since she is in different places a lot. My son is a couple of months older than Suri and still nurses, I don’t see a reason to cut a child off when they are obviously still young enough to need the comfort mechanism.

- Elizabeth on January 17th, 2008

That todler is up at 11 pm again! gee, talk about good parenting! More like irresponsible parenting, can’t they afford a nanny?

- Larice on January 17th, 2008

Look I agree 11pm is to late for her to be up …
But here’s my thing where are Tom’s 2 kid’s why don’t they ever take them out?

- Bobbie on January 17th, 2008

Uhm.. for all of you guys complaining about how tired she looks and its ridiculous that they are dragging her out to a resturant so late at night..
How in the HECK do you know what time these pictures were taken at ? Whos to say these pics weren’t taken at maybe 7 or 8pm at night? huh???

Who cares what her bedtime is or if she is on the bottle. It isn’t your child so don’t critize peoples parenting decisions. Suri is a happy and beautiful child and she seems to get tired just like any other child but also seems very happy.

she’s a cutie and I think tom and Katie are doing well with her considering on how happy she looks in almost all of her pics.

- Alyssa on January 17th, 2008

Isn’t Suri a little old to still be on a bottle?

- Stephanie on January 17th, 2008

Alyssa I agree with what ur saying ..

I love watching Tom and Katie and the baby
and yes they are doing a great job.
But what about Tom’s 2 other kid’s we never hear or see anything about them ..

We never hear about them going any where with Tom or Katie..

Why?

- Bobbie on January 17th, 2008

Bobbie- From what I have read, they stay with Tom’s sister (who lives with the Cruises) in LA, and she homeschools them. Unlike Suri, they are teenagers and have school, sports and other activities, and social lives.

When you think about it, other celebs with teenage children aren’t usually seen with them very much either. The fact of the matter is, it just isn’t as easy for a teenager to hope from plane to plane as it is for a baby, toddler, or younger child. Angelina Jolie even alluded to this once by commenting that she and Brad realize that, as their kids get older, they may have to start staying in one place.

As for the other comments….As long as Suri is getting the recommended number of hours of sleep for her age (which it sounds like she is), then I see nothing wrong with her bedtime. Also, PSB, I hardly think they’ve been out to dinner with her EVERY night this week. In fact, the only two nights this week I have seen pictures of them bringing her to a restraunt are Tuesday and today. There were pictures of her yesterday, but she and Katie were shopping, not going out to eat.

Anyway, I don’t think that they use Suri for publicity. Honestly, if we started seeing a lot of pictures of them without Suri, we would be back to “Where’s Suri?”. Tom and Katie just can’t win, no matter what they do!

Oh, and regarding the bottle: I’m guessing that they are in the process of weaning her from it, as there has been at least one set of pictures of Tom carrying a sippy cup for her.

- Annoyomus on January 17th, 2008

Oh, and as far as Katie calling Suri a “woman”, I’m pretty sure she didn’t mean it literally. She was probably just using it as an expression.

- Annoyomus on January 17th, 2008

The “expert moms” on here can say what they want, but it’s pretty obvious that Tom and Katie are doing something right. Suri looks to be a healthy, happy & active child.

It’s unfair to compare the lifestyle of celebs to us “normal folk.” There could be a multitude of reasons – which are none of our business – as to why Suri still has a bottle. Who cares? It may not be what we would do, but it’s not necessarily wrong.

It just baffles me. I remember the days when people were desperate for a peek at Suri. Now there’s criticism for her being out too much. Guess they can’t win.

The judgmental comments are getting old!

- gargoylegurl on January 18th, 2008

She must be a real well-behaved toddler since her parents take her out to eat at restaurants all the time. My 22 month old won’t sit still and constantly wants to get down from her highchair so we don’t bother going out to eat very much.

- vanessa on January 18th, 2008

gargoylegirl- ITA, and I couldn’t have said it better myself!

- CelebBabyLover on January 19th, 2008

Orsay isn’t really fancy. It’s an upscale French Brasserie. No biggie.

- Yeah on January 23rd, 2008

ALL OF YOU NEGATIVE JEALOUS PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS IF THAT CHILD GO TO SLEEP AT 11 SHE MAY WAKE UP LATE SO WHO’S TO SAY SHE DON’T GET ENOUGH REST AM QUITE SURE SHE TAKES NAPS, YOU KNOW THAT FEW HOURS OF SLEEP KIDS GET DURING THE DAY!! KATIE & TOM ARE DOING A GOOD JOB. LESLIE, GETTING A NANNY IS SO MUCH LIKEYOUR THROWING YOUR CHILD OFF SHE DO THAT & THEN ALL YOU PEOPLE WOULD COMPLAIN OF HER NEVER HAVING HER CHILD.

SO BASICALLY IT ALL COMES DOWN TO YOU PEOLPE RAISE YOUR KIDS TO THE FITTING OF YOUR LIFE STYLE & ALLOW KATE & TOM TO DO THE SAME!!!

LOVE LIVE LIFE

- TAMMI on June 23rd, 2008