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[quote=Anonymous]I thought we were doing well with eating at the table nicely but recently have had a regression where my newly 2 year old will sling his whole plate on the floor. I don't know what to do or what I did.

- Pre-18 mo he would throw food that he didnt want.

- I removed the baby seat on the Stokke high chair (as someone recommended) and it solved the problem. When he was done he is allowed to get up. I have enforced the "once you get up, you are done" rule and he was pretty good at taking him plate to the sink. For awhile he tried to sit in my lap or the floor but I held the boundary of sitting in his own chair and he seemed to be doing well.

- Was doing well for awhile. Food was staying on the table, if he didnt want it he put it on the placemat or on my plate. He would get up when he was done.

-In the past few weeks he has gotten unpredictable. Sometimes everything goes well, other times he drops things like his banana peel on the floor, clearly to see my reaction, and a few times he just wipes his whole arm across the table. I am always sitting and eating with him (im single so just the 2 of us)- which makes me think it isnt just for attention.

When he does this- I take away anything left on the table and make him (and if he doesn't guide him and his hands) to pick of the food off the floor and put it in the trash. I say "No", "Food does not go on the floor".

What is going wrong? Ideas on how to fix this? We don't go out much but I really want to a)enjoy meals at home and b)eventually be able to go out without this type of behavior.

Thanks! 
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