Eating/dinner dramas

To add - I’m pretty sure she’s not teething but I’m aware it could be a factor. She’s been doing this for a few months

Hii, I was in the same boat a few days ago actually for weeks. It just gotten better. My son really loves the paste I make. I started making it more often and will add some type of protein like salmon or mice meat and mix it up. I’ll send the recipe following this but tbh I make it on the weekends when my husband is home and I give it to him for the first three days so it won’t go bad. I would also recommend limiting snacks because my nephew who is only 18 months wouldn’t eat at all. My sister would make him everything and anything he wanted but nope. He would ask for snacks a few minutes later, she cut off snacks and would give him only fruits at a specific time. Now he eats so much better which we all realised too.

Same here, my LO will eat a third of his food and then ask to get down from his high chair to run around. Sometimes he goes to the snack basket to ask some snacks. I use moxed approach. If he just wants to run around i follow him with his plate and feed on the go. It takes longer, but he usually finishes his food and then i give him a snack. I know its not the best approach, but it works for us at the moment. When he goes to his snack basket before finishing his plate i always say snack after finishing food, im lucky he does not throw tantrums yet, so its manageble. What you could do try to move snacks somewhere else and when she goes to snack cupboard open and say all finished, maybe this will decrease the tantrums.
Also while cooking its a nightmare, he also wants to be held all the time and grabs evwrything he can reach. I end up giving him whatever i can, spatulas, potato, carrot, lemon, a bowl to keep him occupied for few minutes. Also i cook for 3 days in advance, so only really need to cook for

2 days a week and try to prepare whatever i can night before after bed time, like cutting meat, chopping veg ect

I also have a hip saddle, when hes extra needy i hold him in it and my arm does not fall off after short time, really useful. Mind you hes big boy, about 15 kilos now

I have twins but i do find letting them choose helps they love gnoicc in creamy mushroom sauce

I usually prep dinner whilst he naps /eats his lunch so he’s not under my feet.. the rest of it I have no tips! Bar no snacks near meal time..
But hopefully it doesn’t last 🙏🏻

Mine has started to do this and will ask to get out of her seat just as I start my dinner! I’ve found offering her food off my plate helps sometimes!