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I fully admit without any shame that this is actually why we let her watch cartoons at the table (mine's 3.5). It stops the talking, she can focus on the cartoon and eating, and husband and I can have a conversation. Otherwise we'd pretty much never get through dinner.

I actually would encourage it. That's the best way to visit as a family.

Mine won't stay sitting during dinner! It's sooo frustrating. He's constantly getting up, trying to play, half the time he doesn't eat or finish his dinner. Not so much talking, idk, he just doesn't eat very much and cannot sit still for anything.

Every. Single. Meal. I seriously don't know what to do about it.

YES. He was never a very fast eater, but oh man, meals have become painfully long in the last year. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner all take forever. I love to talk with him, but we do that all day, and in any event, we need to move on (and wash the dishes!), you know?

I don't have many good solutions other than to have something fairly exciting to do right after eating (getting together with friends is always a good motivator), but that's impossible to do three times a day. I sometimes read to him while he finishes, but that doesn't often speed things up--he'll just stop eating to listen.