dropping things from high chair

lana22

my son has been dropping his milk and water from his high chair. he doesn't do it all the time, but i usually give him one warning and if he drops it on purpose again then he doesn't get it back for the rest of the meal. he's 15.5 months, and understands a lot. not positive he understands the concept of "don't do that again or you won't get it back" but i'm almost positive he understands when i tell him not to drop his drink.

how do you handle this if your kid does/did something similar? 

pettycrocker

Mine doesn't really "drop" things, she throws them. We don't do warnings, if she throws it, she loses it. I'm not trying to reason with a crazy toddler. We've done this for so long that she will either nicely put her cup back down on the table, or she'

JennaNAaron

Mrs Castillo:

Mine doesn't really "drop" things, she throws them. We don't do warnings, if she throws it, she loses it. I'm no

gracefulruby33

He understands, but he is testing limits. Just take the cup away and give it back later when they ask for it (DD reaches for it when she actually wants to drink). I also hold the bottom of the cup so if she is tempted to drop it, I have a hold on it befor

nikki2246

I know DD understand what she is doing when she throws her cop and food. She tends to do that when she is bored with her meal or done eating. I have started taking the cup away and taking her dish away also when she starts throwing food. I tell her that w

Jen0204

We take it away and don't give back but they couldn't care less.  What I've started doing is when I hand it to them I make them look at me and say "do not throw this.  When you're done hand put it on your tray and hand it to me".  Then if t

SheLovesMrHip

Mrs Castillo:

Mine doesn't really "drop" things, she throws them. We don't do warnings, if she throws it, she loses it. I'm no

mben1119

DS does this. It usually signals that he's done. He also says "uh-oh" every time he does it, even when it is intentional.

jgallegos0316

This all sounds very familiar! My LO drops is sippy cup, puffs, pieces of food everything from his high chair. Usually it's bc my dogs are around being scavengers, but I try to tell him as soon as he picks it up, to put it on the table when he's done. His

lmfrye23

Our daughter does this too and it's just to get attention.  It's mostly the cup so when she drops/throws it off the chair I tell her no and that she is not getting it back right now.  Then after a few minutes when she asks for a drink I will giv

TiffanyBerry

I think your approach is excellent, we would sometimes have to take DD down from the table instead, it it was more a "just want to throw anything" thing. He will continue to test to see if the rule has changed or it there is a way to skirt the rule. Just

MommyKayla11

Mrs Castillo:

Mine doesn't really "drop" things, she throws them. We don't do warnings, if she throws it, she loses it. I'm no

Wingit

Mine too but it's getting better.  I consulted with her day care teacher and found out she does not do this at school. I 'm not sure if it's because we have dogs at home and even if the dogs are put away she still throws things on the floor and I thi

lana22

Wingit:

Mine too but it's getting better.  I consulted with her day care teacher and found out she does not do this at sc