Stuffing mouth...

CheriLooWho

DD has taken to stuffing her mouth when she eats.  I mean she puts chipmunks to shame.  She crams in cheese, fishies, eggos, fruit, everything.  She seems fine; she can breathe, chew and swallow.  But I don't know how to let her know that she doesn't need to eat her food real quick... it's not like she has a twin, a dog, or fellow prisoners to compete with.  lol

I keep telling her to finish what's in her mouth first.  I try to limit what's on her tray/plate.  Nothing works.

Thoughts? Ideas?  Tips?

TIA  

rcollier_17

I always say, "Is it ironic that when DS stuffs a bunch of bananas in his mouth it makes him looke like a monkey?" Yeah, my little man does it too. I mostly just try to limit how much food I put in front of him.

Not to say this is safe, because it's not, but I also had a nephew who did this a lot and he REALLY stuffed his mouth full, it was over the top! Well he's 3 now and is doing just fine...

Hopefully it'll pass!

mistywhite400

Emmie started to do this a while back and I would hold my hand out and say, give me some of that and she would take some of it out of her mouth and put it in my hand. (Gross, I know) I would put it back on her plate (unless it was really nasty and slimy, then I'd just chunk it and give her a fresh piece on her plate). She's pretty good now, but if she stuffs her mouth I can tell her to take some out of her mouth and she will take some out and put it on her plate! GL with your little chipmunk!

diana.filipi

This phase will pass :-) She's not choking, she can breath, etc.  We just talk to DD and use the low tone, 'that's not the way' voice, then move on to a different topic.  We don't dwell on what she's doing.  I should say we don't dwell any more since she rarely does this any more.

melody921

DS eats like this. I just have to limit how much food I put on his tray at one time. Telling him to chew first just elicits laughter.