Mealtime Etiquette for Almost 3 Year Olds
Posted on January 22, 2010 - Filed Under Kids, Mom Stuff | 7 Comments
We’ve been working on manners lately and it’s a looooong process with Dante who is still unable to eat a single meal without spilling his drink at least twice, dropping food on the floor and needing a change of clothes when he’s done. Dorian has always been a neat freak, so Dante is a bit of a challenge in this area, but I have to admit that even his faux pauxs are funny after the fact.
So, without further ado, here are the rules that are acceptable according to my almost 3 year old.
1. It’s ok to take a bite out of every piece of chicken at the picnic . . . how else would you know that they all taste the same? Not to mention, when all is said and done, you get ALL the chicken to take home because no one else wants it with a bite in it.
2. Washing one’s hands in one’s juice is completely acceptable. If your hands are sticky afterwards, you can ask for a cup of water and wash them again in that.
3. If you don’t like something, don’t tell Mama, just drop it all onto your chair when she’s not looking. No one will notice all the peas smashed up on the bum of your pants.
4. Hurling potatoes at your brother is an excellent way to tell him you love him.
5. Climbing on top of the table is a good way to make sure everyone is paying attention to you and you can then dictate your demands with one foot in Papa’s soup.
6. Tables were made for resting your feet on after dinner. If someone objects, laugh and throw a smushed pea at them.
7. When you’re too full to finish your food, tortillas store very well in pockets. Especially with beans in them.
Hopefully this list will be banished by next year when he’s an almost four year old!
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5. Climbing on top of the table is a good way to make sure everyone is paying attention to you and you can then dictate your demands with one foot in Papa’s soup, and whilst your there, do a dance as well!
Love these ‘rules’ he has thought up… If nothing else, he is a funny kinda guy hey!!
HAHA this made me laugh out loud. thankyou.
He is most definitely our clown, Bernie! He can get us to laugh almost every time.
7. When you’re too full to finish your food, tortillas store very well in pockets. Especially with beans in them.
But of course, Mama! Waste not. My little brother used to store peeled, hard-boiled eggs from breakfast into his pockets to play school. So that he can just fish them out and munch on it without having to peel them first. It was perfectly acceptable and hygienic to him.
Love this entry.
Too funny! I guess it’s a boy thing then? I know I would have balked at linty tortillas or eggs myself.
This is possibly your best post ever. I will share this with my students today- expect some comments from a bunch of 7th graders.
Sweet! I’d love to hear their comments!