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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 9yo DD literally inhales her food and I can’t figure out how to get her to eat slower. We were at a birthday party today and she ate 3 slices of pizza before more kids finished one. She was the first to finish her cake too of course, by far. Most nights at dinner she is done eating by the time I sit down since I serve the kids first.

DH and I are constantly telling her to put her fork down between bites and to not put another bite in her mouth until she has fully chewed and swallowed the previous one, but she never listens. She is constantly annoyed and it’s turning into a battle. Many family members have made comments about her eating habits because it’s kind of crazy.

While of course we want to correct this because her manners are awful (she shovels food into her mouth like she has never eaten before), the other issue is that she constantly asks for seconds because she eats so quickly her body doesn’t have a chance to feel full. We usually set a timer to see if she is still hungry before she eats more and many times she says she isn’t.

How do we fix this behavior without making it an even bigger deal than we already have? [/quote]

First, she doesn't get to ignore you. No seconds until everyone at the table is finished eating. Give her one bite at a time .[/quote]

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