This may be idiotic but I'm wondering if you use a tablecloth on your table if your child eats at the table with you. We don't use one and never have, but instead have some very hard corkboard placemats which are durable. The problem is that since we've pulled the tray from his highchair and pulled him up to the table, DS is just covering his area on my nice Lexington cherry table with spilled milk, bits of food, etc. He's not overly messy, but he is two, so there are just smears, etc. It's becoming a hazard to the future of the finish!

I want to protect the table, but I'm concerned that if we had a cloth he would just yank on it. I'm tired of cleaning the mess on the wood every meal. What do you do?

Allison
Mommy to Matthew Clayton, who is TWO!