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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]

I’m PP who said we don’t allow kids to pick what they eat. When the kids were little we made mealtime fun with music, conversation games, and even books to finish. There is definitely an attention span issue at this age. They will leave not bc they are full but bc there are toys nearby. The important thing is to train them, like anything else you want them to do. I had roughly an idea of what I was aiming at — three square meals with plenty of veg and protein — and then structured accordingly with limited snacks etc. If you let them fill up on milk and snacks between, they won’t be hungry. If it’s always at different times and sometimes it’s just toast for dinner, that’s what they get used to. We invested time in cooking a variety of things and making food fun and tasty, so it was something they really looked forward to and they wouldn’t get in a rut and eat only one thing.

That may be over the top for some — food is really important to us though for cultural reasons and just because we enjoy cooking and eating out and trying new things. It was important for us to raise kids who could appreciate that.[/quote]

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