Arrgghhhh Tea Time Meals!

Is there much time between teatime and bedtime? Does she still have a day sleep? I wonder if it's because she's tired. Is she expected to stay at the table until everyone has finished dinner? What about other meals? (Sorry 20 qu's LOL)

I don't really like getting into food fights, there are still some foods that I won't eat because I developed such a bad 'taste' of them after being force fed (to some degree) by my parents when I was young. With my girls I say if they've had enough, they can get down. I'm just going through a phase at the moment where they have been changing their minds so I need to put the plate up on the bench when they say they've had enough. Just an idea with Miss Lucy?

with Jack we leave him to eat what he wants if he doesn't eat much we offer him a piece of fruit, if he doesn't eat that then thats it he gets nothing else.

As soon as Jack finishes he gets let down to play. Hes normally grupy at that time anyway so a lot of the time I just ignore his grizzles or try and distract him.

If shes eating well for the rest of the day I wouldn't worry about tea.

Lisha, I feel so sorry for what your going through. My 1st daughter did exactly the same thing at about 18mths! It was so frustrating, we used to sit her at the table in her high chair and after trying so many different things(different food, ignoring her, cuddling her etc) anyway eventually we bought her a little plastic table and chair set and just put by the table. She loved it! But I'll admit it was a lot of mucking around because she would get down and play then sit and eat more then feed her teddy. Since then she now sits at the table with us and it just isn't an issue. In a way we were sort of giving in to her but the truth is it was such a relief for her to eat and for us to be able to relax instead of strses at mealtimes.
Maybe this would work for you, if not hang in there I'm sure she will grow out of this phase in no time.