my child roams while eating   

hmm its hard to say what to really do.my son was like that for many years and it can be very frustrating.turns out he has add tho.
do you still have her highchair? maybe if you put her in it and watch her reaction.if she dislikes it tell her she can sit on a big girl chair if she stays in it-if not she has to go back in the highchair.

You really need to have your child sit while eating.

She may be too young to understand it, but try to explain to her that she may choke on her food and there may not be anyone around to see it happen.

That is a great concern for anyone, and it should be one for you as well.

I would nip it in the bud NOW! If she wails to get out of her high chair, let her out but don't give her anything to eat. If you stand your ground she will soon learn. Right now she is learning that she is the boss because you are giving in to her. If you let her do this, you will have kids like mine. They leave wrappers, bowls and cups all over the house. Granola bar wrappers, cheese string wrappers, popsicle wrappers, popsicle sticks. The other day I went into my daughter's room and found 3 separate cups, all with juice still in them.

Also, when milk is spilled on carpet it must be washed well because it will smell. Gross! My kids take their bowls of cereal around the house, put it down, then do a cartwheel or something and knock the darn bowl over. We have tried to insist they eat at the kitchen table but at 10 and 13, we are not there supervising their every move. I suggest you stop it now before it gets as bad as it has in my house. And like I said before, she is manipulating you. You have to let her know who is boss.

my daughter is eight months old and she sits at a place whne she is really hungry and as soon as her stomach fills up a little she will start roaming around. This thing my son also did so What I used to do is while feeding them , I never moved from my place after them. I used to call them to me and they return and she also does when I call, her hopefully like it happened with my son she also will learn to com,e to food instead of food running after her,lol. You also do the same thing stop going over to her with food and keep sitting at one place , eventually she will come to you, may be you will have to feed her inthree shifts instead of one but keep doing that and in a week she will get the message that mom is going to keep me hungary if I don't go to her. Try feeding her when she is really hungry instead of fix time that also will encouraghe her to concerntrate on food and you will see slowly that only will match with your time schedule too.I hope it helps.

First off hun..you have to remember you are the parent.and u cant give in to things or she will always have u wraped around her pinky and know it lol..Its only common to arents that allow this..if u dont have a problem with it.go ahead..If u want her to sit in her chair and eat..make her sit there.,.and if she asks for food while walking..explain she cant that she has to sit..and when shes really hungry and learns your the boss about it..she will sit..i have been there,..and many many messes on the carpet and i wished that i enever let him in the first place..but i learned from my mistakes..but hun..its up to you..if u dont mind..thats your child and house and no one elses! but if u dont..ya best start now..lots of luck!

My suggestion is put a couple of toys on the highchair that we she is not borred with eating food. I do not know if you have tried that already but if not try it. That is the only thing i can think of or a boster for the chairs that are at the table and tell her that she is a big girl now and can sit at the table while she eats and you sit at the table and have something to drink that way she knows she has to drink at the table as well.

my my 19 month old grandson does the same thing. it drives his mother crazy. however she tries to put sesame street on while he is sitting in a walker. or put music on, because he loves music. and kinda make a game out of it, so it will be fun.keep her occupied with something while she eats.

my daughter used to do this too. she has a hard time sitting still for anything and would refuse to sit at the table to eat. so i put her food on her little table and let her walk around and come back for bites. at first i did find that this helped her eat more. but after a while she got too busy playing and would forget to come and eat. so at age 3 i said enogh of that cause she wasn't eating anymore. i put her at the table and she sat there the entire meal and never asked to get down. we eat at the table every meal now. so i just think wait a few months, then try putting her at the table again to see if she'll stay. if she's eating i don't see why you can't let her walk around.

There is not much that you can do and if it does not bother you to let her walk around while eating than it is fine. However in saying that you must also keep in mind that if you do in fact choose to let her walk around rather than just making her stay in her high chair than this will go on into toddler and childhood. My baby is two and i have a hard time keeping her from walking around although i do not allow it. She makes a big mess which winds up being the ultimate problem!

I think that you have to make your daughter sit and eat. I had a hard time with my son for a while and he oved to wander. I though it was no big deal but, since I allowed it to happen he started getting used to it and too advantage! I finally had to start making him eat at the table. It took time and effort but now he eats for me and site in one place! thank goodness.