Originally Posted by christinaskids:
I usually serve drinks after I serve lunch so they are maybe halfway through their food first. I personally also tell them if they don't eat their meal, then it is saved and eaten at snack time to prevent them saving room for whatever snack is coming. My nine year old step son does this and it is getting old as he is WAY too old to do it but I just stick by it.
I started doing this with the kids too. You got a drink halfway thru your meal, I found that by limiting their drinking consumption many had room for food.