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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP thank you all this is very helpful. I think anxiety is definitely playing a part for the 4yo, he has some anxiety about other things as well. How do you get your kids to STAY at the table for the full meal? Often 4yo will come to the table and see whats for dinner and refuse to even sit once he sees what we're having. We tell him he doesn't need to sit just keep us company but he will just wander around moaning about how terrible dinner is. We usually make him sit in his room while we finish eating but then he doesn't eat. Thoughts?[/quote]

Can you just have a glass of wine with dinner and not worry about it so much?

Enjoy your meal and your time with your family.  If he wants to eat applesauce and milk for dinner and a peanut butter sandwich before bed, then great.  Play a game at dinner, like the rhyming game or “rose, bud, thorn.”  Show him that you are enjoying your food and your mealtime with your family, and that’s where he will expect that he will do when he’s older.  Who cares if he’s watching from the couch in the other room?  He’s still watching you, and he will learn, from you, what it’s like to have pleasant meals that aren’t fraught with anxiety.  [/quote]

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