Quote Originally Posted by 33 Daiseys View Post
you could try
I heard you xxxxx, you may be done, but the rest of us arn't, and we sit like a family at so and so's. If she continues then I would say to her if you continue repeating yourself, you will sit at the table by yourself while we read a story, so that you can learn to sit nicely.
She may be a bit to young for this, but I had to do his with a 3 year old a few years back and it took two days of said child not getting to watch he after lunch video, to learn to accept it when I say that I heard you.
Mind you she would spend her day repeating everything dozens of times, and it was driving me nuts. Almost makes me feel as if parents do n't stop what hey are doing at home to actually listen to their children.
Funny you mention that. This child lives in front of the tv at home. I was talking to my friend about her because she just does odd things. My friend worked in an autism program. I dont believe this child is on the spectrum but I was asking her if she knew of typically developing children that stand there completely parroting speech, whether me talking to someone, me reading a story or the tv. My friend suggested this child gets little interaction at home and has learned to talk by just parroting because there is no back and forth talking. I really dont know if thats the case. She was very late to start talking but has more or less caught up to the lower end of norm for her age now.

Perhaps the table behavior is part of this plus the fact she doesnt have these expectations (staying at table) at home. Bedtime isnt an expectation the last 6 or so weeks either, snacks and tv until 10-11pm when the child finally decides to go to sleep...parents blame the time change. Gahhhhhhh. Head shake.