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[quote=Anonymous]This is pretty much what we did, although my kid's special needs weren't sensory and didn't impact his ability to sit.  I would note as a preschool teacher, that many kids who struggle to sit still for circle time, can manage a meal time because the activity of eating is pretty engaging.  Similarly, many of those kids can sit relatively still for 5 or  10 minutes while playing with a particularly engaging toy.

As to whether or not it's cruel, I think it depends on how you do it.  If you suddenly whip away your kid's lunch, saying "No food for you, you got up!" and then make them starve until dinner?  Yep, that's cruel.

If you invite your toddler to the table, and serve a particularly yummy snack, and when they get up say "Oh, you're done, let's go play", and then offer another snack (or the same snack, not sure why it needs to go in the trash) an hour later, the kid will learn that getting down is a signal that they're done.  Once the kid gets the connection, you can start doing something similar with meals.

I don't know your kid, so I can't judge whether they'd be ready, but I do think that many 2's can learn to sit until they're done eating.  [/quote]

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