our 2 year old dd has one of those little wooden table and chair sets, anyways thats where she eats her tea, unless on the rare occassion she is eating at the same time as us (we often eat around 8pm)...

i am trying to teach her to sit at her little table and not walk away and play and then go back for food but it is a struggle.... when she walks away i pretend she is finished eating to which she cries 'i want to eat it!!!' and comes back and eats, but it goes on and on like this for several times...

anyways for me i try not to make a big deal out of it, as long as she is eating i'm not too fussed how she eats, i know for example she won't be running off and doing little dances after every mouthful when she is 5 - i hope!!!!!!!!!