At what age do you expect a child to eat their meals without making a total mess all over their faces, trays, floor?? I have one little girl that dumps her food off her plate almost immediately, food gets stuffed down the sides of her seat, she can't drink out of a sippy without milk spilling from her mouth all down her bib, food comes back out of her mouth unchewed...etc. She is almost 17 months...am I being unreasonable to expect her to have outgrown at least some of this behavour? Obviously she's not going to have perfect table manners. I feel like she acts more like a 10 month old in most other situations as well, so that could be why I'm feeling so frustrated that I have to do so much cleanup 3 times a day.