How can I get my 2 year old to sit and eat at mealtime?

normal do not feed him extra

Put him in a booster chair. My 19-month old has been in one for a month and loves it. It's a whole different change of "scenery".....it's also a lot easier to use a fork/spoon, because the tray is a lot lower than the one in the high chair. Or, he may feel very privilaged to be pushed up to the "adult" table in his booster seat, and eat off his plate. With toddlers this age, it's all about "mixing it up". I think he would love the new booster seat!!!!!!!!!

Get something sweet like watermelon or something he likes and put it in the food, it works with my niece/way older sister's daughter*1 yr old*. Or just give him something sweet, healthy, and filling and make him see like you are going to play *as my sister calls it* "The Food Game", It is very good technique

This site might help! Good luck! I have a four year old nephew and he's a very picky eater...we usually let him eat and then go play and then he'll come back to eat. http://life.familyeducation.com/toddler/behavioral-problems/41736.html

Food is one of the only ways a toddler can assert their independence Do not give in to him. If he throws his food on the floor, just make him stay in his chair with no food until the rest of the family is done eating, even if he screams and cries At 2 he should be eating whatever the rest of the family is eating. Just put a bit of everything on his plate but don't force him or make a big deal. If he throws it, then he doesn't get any more And stop giving him so many snacks throughout the day or he is never going to be hungry enough to eat at meal time. Limit it to just one snack in the mid-morning and one in the afternoon - but make it something healthy like apple slices, grapes, carrot sticks, cheese cubes, etc rather than junk food.

its only a phase. eventually he will eat it