Help! DS throwing food on ground

trigirl30

I'm really getting frustrated with this one.  Every night, I put a few food items on DS's tray for dinner.  He will start to happily eat.  Then, he starts playing-putting food-putting it in his hair, on his tummy....  Then, he starts throwing his food on the floor.  I will take his tray of food away, tell him no and hold his arms and stare into his eyes and say no repreatedly.  Then, I will move him up to the table, and put one food item on the table at a time for him to eat.  This works for a minute or two, then he starts to throw food on the floor again.  I then tell him all done, and take him out of his chair to go play.  He will then pick up and eat the food off the floor.  (Don't worry the floor is clean, because I have to wash it every night).  What else can I try?  I know he is ready to eat dinner, because he asks to eat.  TIA!

heats

My dd did the same thing. She would eat a few bites then the throw the rest on the floor. I would tell her no, she would cry, I would say I am sorry and give her kisses, she would want more food, I would give it to her and she would throw it on the floor again. It was not a good cycle.

So I started saying all done as soon as she started throwing it on the floor and we would be done with dinner, no second chances and we go into another room. I would say that seemed to help. She still throws food on the floor but it happens after she has eaten quite a bit and is truly done with her meal.

 Also, I stopped giving her a afternoon snack and made sure she did not have too much to drink before dinner, so that she would not fill up on water.

 

mbtortor

My DD does the same thing.. PPs advice is good, i am going to try to be more strict and limit the milk intake in the late afternoon.

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We have found that ignoring it has helped. We get caught up in conversation and start to ignore DS eating, so that is when he throws the food to get our attention. We look at him, say all done and then if he shows us all done sign then we take food away. If not then we go back to eating and not make a big deal of the throwing.