Parenting 101: Teaching Your Toddler Mealtime Manners

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Rule No. 2: Teach your toddler that mealtime manners are a must.

Teaching your toddler proper mealtime etiquette is a cinch. The following simple and easy-to-grasp concepts are a great place to start:

1.  Greet fellow dinner companions with a polite smile.

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2.  Keep elbows off the table.

parenting tips, teaching toddlers mealtime manners

3.  Use utensils at all times.

parenting tips, teaching toddlers mealtime manners

4.  Nose-digging is a no-no.

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Mealtime manners certainly are a must. With a little bit of instruction and a lot of patience, you’ll avoid mealtime disasters and extreme embarrassment in the company of guests.

Guaranteed.

22 Responses to “Parenting 101: Teaching Your Toddler Mealtime Manners”

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Claire (19 comments) twitter: @LactatingGirl

Awesome.

Drives my in-laws nuts that Peanut won’t use her utensils. :-P




Kristi (3460 comments) twitter: @TweetingMama

Alana’s just now starting to use her utensils, which is pretty exciting. In all honesty though, I could care less. As long as they’re eating, right? :)




Maya (139 comments) twitter: @MarfMom

M. still isn’t really using his. I have a feeling this will irk my grandmother, lol. He also just discovered nose digging this week. He loves it! :-p
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Kristi (3460 comments) twitter: @TweetingMama

Hooray for little nose pickers. lol




MomAgain@40 (39 comments) twitter: @karentoittoit

LOL Where have you been with all these insightful tips! ;-)
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JDaniel4's Mom (51 comments)

JDaniel can use utensils at two and half. He says that hands are better.
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Sarah (43 comments) twitter: @lovinmylifeblog

Ha ha! Love it!
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Justmom420zaks (8 comments) twitter: @justmom42

BWAHAHA
I love the polite smile.
Or kids must have trained at the same finishing school!
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Kristi (3460 comments) twitter: @TweetingMama

Haha! That’s quite possible! :)




Jen (76 comments)

LOL! Oh that face in the first picture, priceless I tell you. Priceless.




Ms Diva (13 comments) twitter: @janinemilitello

Hahaha!!! OMG!! What a fabulous post!!!!
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KLZ (64 comments) twitter: @TamingInsanity

When I offer Alex food, he sometimes eats it out of my hand. Like a dog.

Which I frown upon in others’ company but when it’s just us, I vastly prefer that to his habit of throwing it on the floor.
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Kristi (3460 comments) twitter: @TweetingMama

Haha. I don’t blame you. I prefer my child eating like a dog opposed to her throwing the entire bowl of yogurt on the floor, which she does quite often. Glad to hear I’m not alone, KLZ. :)




Beth (12 comments)

Oh these are just too cute. Thanks for posting them. I’m still working on some of these with my 4 year old, can’t wait to start in with the 9 month old too. :)
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liz (155 comments)

OMG about the tampon in the mouth! How did he not immediately wake up?!?
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Kristi (3460 comments) twitter: @TweetingMama

He did, but he was in such a haze that he didn’t notice the tampon in her hand or the fact that I had just taken a pic. The first time he saw it was when I posted it on the blog. It was hilarious!




Sara (39 comments)

Pie has started taking huge mouthfuls of food then blowing raspberries, sending said food all over the joint. With these additional tips, she’ll be so proper!
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Kristi (3460 comments) twitter: @TweetingMama

That’s hilarious and annoying at the same time. I sure hope my little one doesn’t learn that trick. lol




Ihilani (15 comments) twitter: @pupukababy

love it!
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Marni (15 comments) twitter: @marnitiani

Hahahaha!! I don’t know how I ever survived without this guide! ;) Cute!
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