My toddler is IMPOSSIBLE at dinner. She cries to go IN to her chair, climbing it all day, she then eats two bites and cries “out” and then will only continue eating if she’s on me or my husbands lap.😫😫😫

Tbh I let my daughter watch old Disney movies on her tablet while she eats. She doesn't really get a ton of screen time other than when she's eating..it gives me a chance to wash dishes or cook or actually converse with my husband while we eat too. Might be frowned upon but it works for us. She will feed herself and when she's done she asks to go down

I try to figure out if it's situational to the day/teething vs long standing. Long term or a week of this. If it's short term, I chalk it up to a leap and try to ride it out with gentle encouragement. Suggestions: try a different chair situation. Try not giving snacks 2 hrs before meal time so she's hungrier at meals.

This is my life but with the car seat. Girl hates going home but fights getting into the car seat to leave the house. Obviously fights when leaving somewhere and then fights about getting out of it when we get home 🫠

My 3rd went through this. We got to the point where we’d let him down and tell him “all done” and then he’d cry to get back in the chair. We definitely had the phase of him sitting on our laps and picking through our plates. Sometimes it’s okay to just ignore the behavior. My son got really good at trying to get a reaction out of us and then based off our reaction he’d react a certain way. Ignore it for a few bites of your food and ask your toddler a question or say something silly to your SO. Your toddler needs to understand that there’s a nice way and a mean way of getting your attention. Ignoring behavior for short periods at a time has really helped with my sons outbursts. He gets sober really fast now that he knows I don’t want to be screamed at. (obviously step in if they’re throwing/hitting etc)