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With our daughter, she does better with food if there is not so much on her tray. A little at a time. She is also into utensils now, so she stays entertained when she has a fork and tries to pierce food chunks on her plate. Also, if she does better if she is hungry at the meal (sometimes I have had to feed her before a meal, if she just got too hungry).
A friend's son would sometimes drop food on the floor--she would warn him, then take the food away and feed him herself (like databits).