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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend one told me, wrt to toddlers: "Do as you mean to continue."

So yeah, if my kids wanted to eat, they sat in their chair.[/quote]

This works if your kid is otherwise a good eater.  I had a kid that has always been a light eater and low on the weight charts.  She started hating the high chair at around 18 months.  We moved her to a booster which helped for a while, but the novelty of that wore off in a few months and she then wanted to sit on me.  I often allowed it because it was the only way to get her to eat.  She started resisting the booster, so we got rid of it and let her sit directly on the regular chair. She liked to sit on the "grown-up" chair by herself.  It was a bit ridiculous because she was so low, but she would just sit on her knees and eat that way.  She still sometimes asks to sit on me at meals (at 3 years old).  My rule is that she can sit on me after I am done eating.

Overall, if your kid is generally a good eater, I would stick with making them sit on their own, but consider trying a booster or other alternative seating arrangement.  Try to figure out why your kid is fighting the high chair.  Mine really didn't like being restrained/strapped in, so putting her in a regular chair fixed the problem for us.    [/quote]

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