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DD won't eat in high chair - need ideas

teach2183teach2183 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months
So DD has decided she doesn't want to eat in her high chair.  Instead, she throws the food on the floor.  If I take her out and put the food on a chair so she can stand and eat, she'll gobble it up.  So for now I've decided to just put food out for her to nibble on when she wants.  Right now I'm just putting it on a kitchen chair that is at the right height for her to stand and eat from.  But that limits what I can feed her so the chair doesn't get really sticky.  Any ideas on what I could put the food that she can't throw but will protect the chair?
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Re: DD won't eat in high chair - need ideas

  • Ready4lifeReady4life member
    Most babies will throw their food when they are not really hungry anymore. I'd maybe calmly tell her she must be finished. And then take her out of her chair and clean it up. She'll learn that throwing her food means she doesn't get it anymore. Some people worry that they will starve their babies, but they will eat when they are hungry. Just try again  later. Sounds like she just wants to play.
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  • Sept0906Sept0906 member
    I put DD in her Bumbo seat with a tray on the table when DH & I are having dinner.  She really seems to like being right there with us and eating dinner at the same time.  She would get pretty fussy in her highchair.
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  • teach2183teach2183 member

    imageReady4life:
    Most babies will throw their food when they are not really hungry anymore. I'd maybe calmly tell her she must be finished. And then take her out of her chair and clean it up. She'll learn that throwing her food means she doesn't get it anymore. Some people worry that they will starve their babies, but they will eat when they are hungry. Just try again  later. Sounds like she just wants to play.

    We've tried that.  And for the past 5 nights she's been waking to nurse 2-3 times.  That is not an okay alternative for me as I am now exhausted.  I'm not forcing her to eat by giving her food on an alternative surface.  She has also been 5 percentile her whole life, so I'm not worried about overfeeding her.

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  • AgrippaAgrippa

    DS went through this too.  He had to be pushing the object around the house too though!

    Is the chair hard or cushioned?  If it is hard, you could pick up some of those disposable placemats:  https://www.amazon.com/Neat-Solutions-ECO-FRIENDLY-Disposable-Placemats/dp/B000WG42N8 (I found them at Target) to protect the chair.

    Ultimately, what worked for us was putting DS at the table in a booster seat.  We got a placemat that suction-cups to the table, and he eats with us like a big kid.

    DS is on the small side too--he probably just fell off of the chart again--he just isn't interested in eating.  He'd rather play.  I'd ignore the mom of the 6 month old.   Smile

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