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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She screams so you let her out of the high chair? No.

Tomorrow before breakfast you calmly tell her that food is ONLY available during meals in her high chair. You tell her she can choose to eat or not eat, but breakfast is a minimum of 15 minutes and she must say in her high chair during this time. Set a timer for 15 minutes, and if she chooses to scream the whole time, that’s life. She may choose to get down when the timer beeps and not a minute before. If she doesn’t eat a bite, she’ll be nice and hungry for morning snack two hours later. Rinse and repeat.

You’re letting a three year old run your household. [/quote]

This is a tough approach, but…yeah. Since you’ve gotten in the habit of allowing her down and following her with food, I wouldn’t start with such a long time. Maybe 7-8 minutes. No food if she isn’t sitting at the table.

Also, one of the best pieces I got from a friend at that age is that toddlers aren’t hungry at dinner after breakfast, lunch, and snacks.[/quote]

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