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screaming at the dinner table!

jstrat53jstrat53 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

I am having serious issues with DD at dinner time.  She eats pretty good for breakfast, lunch, and snack but come dinner, she never wants to eat.   She gets her last snack as soon as she wakes up from her nap, usually around 3 and we eat between about 5:30 so she should be hungry.  She will take like 2 bites and then just start fussing, sometimes screaming, dropping stuff on the floor, etc.  DH and I have resorted to turning on cartoons (tv is visible from the table) in order for us to be able to finish our meal.  I really don't want to start this bad habit but I don't know what else to do.  I have tried to just take her out of her highchair when she appears done eating and starts to fuss, but she doesn't want down if DH and I are still sitting at the table.  She just fusses for one of us to pick her up and sit her on our lap (which makes it difficult for us to eat).  I need some advice.  I think I am going to have to just let her scream it out but do I let her scream in her chair or take her out and let her scream on the floor? 

FYI- I don't give her a snack after dinner/before bed.  She never eats much at dinner but she sleeps through the night every night.  So getting her to eat at dinner isn't the concern for me, it is more the fussiness at dinner time when DH and I are trying to eat! 

Married DH September 2008
DD1 Born March 2012
DD2 Due November 2014

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Re: screaming at the dinner table!

  • KELLILOVESJOSHKELLILOVESJOSH member
    My DD does the same thing and nothing really helps. I've tried earlier dinner but that doesn't work for anybody. I am hoping its just a phase and she'll get better soon. Just trying to deal the best I can. Good luck
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  • Dee1028Dee1028 member

    The fellas go through this here and there. it is not fun but eventually one night they eat.

    I have kind of figured out that they do this when they have some teeth moving. May be coincidence but it seems to be when it happens.

    It's nearly impossible for me to get any food into my mouth when I am alone trying to manage this feat. Other nights, DH and I each finish our meals with a toddler on our lap grabbing at our plates. So glamourous! LOL

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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
    We have the exact same drama every night at dinner. We let him cry on the floor if he doesn't want to sit in his seat.
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  • SunAndRainSunAndRain member
    At some point I'd  be inclined to let her cry.  I notice that it takes about two times from my DD to realize that crying isn't going to get her what she wants.  Then by about the third time, she'll start to cry and then stop herself immediately and continue on with the regularly scheduled programming.  The first time we went through this I literally thought I was the most brilliant parent on the planet for not giving in to her!  ha!  (That feeling didn't last long...)
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