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[quote=Anonymous]We have been struggling with table manners ever since DD2 (13 m.o) began solid foods at 6 months. She will eat but also likes to throw food on the floor. DD2 learned to blow raspberries a few months back and ends up spewing food in the process. Our table and any person sitting next to her get spewed with food. Sometimes her behavior is due to a tantrum, other times she seems to just be having fun playing in her lunch. My older DD (3 years) eats all of her meals at daycare but eats with our nanny anytime she is out for holidays, sick days, etc. Twice in the last two weeks the nanny has put the girls to bed hungry. She implemented a rule that after three warnings the kids will be removed from the table if they continue to throw or spew their food. The problem is that nap time is immediately after lunch, so DD2 has a hard time falling asleep because she is hungry. Older DD has never been a good eater. She falls asleep easily. She also seems to better understand the connection between throwing the food and not being allowed to remain at the table. I don't necessarily disagree with the girls being asked to leave the table when they are being disgusting, making it unpleasant for anyone else to eat with them. But, DD2 cries for an hour unable to fall asleep. We seem to have traded one problem for another.

I would love to suggest some other strategies to our nanny so that we can address the bad behavior - just not by putting the girls to bed hungry. Any ideas?[/quote]

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