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How should I handle a messy toddler?

Cookie_monster_7 · 2010-09-03 20:50:47

My dd is 2.5 yrs and makes a huge mess out of anything. Mealtimes are a nightmare, whatever has been served up gets mashed up with her hands and chucked on the floor. She can use her fork or spoon really well but she just likes to get her hands in there and play with it. Tonight we had cous cous and it ended up…

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pukkamum Posts: 3,944 Forumite

4 September 2010 at 11:12AM

I love the kids having messy play but it really upsets my tidy ways so i bought two very cheap shower curtains and put them on the floor for messy play unless its nice in which case they do it outside i also used to use one underneath the high chair at meals times.

I don't get nearly enough credit for not being a violent psychopath.
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