Enough with throwing food on the floor!!

mbtortor · February 2010

DD is always very good at following the *rules*. Her teacher even says that in school she always tells the other kids to sit down, etc. Well the only thing she does that drives me nuts is throw her food on the floor when she's finished eating. Every night we go through the same thing of me or DH telling her that she can't throw food, tell us when she's done and we'll take it away, etc etc. She is def doing it on purpose because she has this little smirk on her face when she does it. We've resorted to time outs and having her clean her mess (which she actually likes to do). Not sure why this is her one thing to get us with but what else can we do?

neverblushed · February 2010

Make sure your reaction isn't feeding into her desire to do it. Keep your reaction to a minimum. Even really "good" toddlers need to rebel in some way or another. She may be smart enough to figure out that this is a pretty safe way to do something satisfyingly "naughty" that gets you riled up, but doesn't do any real harm.

When you see her "in the windup," tell her no calmly. If she throws food on the floor, calmly put her down, take the food away and hand her the paper towels or whatever. Don't gratify her sense of mischief by giving her a reaction. If you can outlast her, she'll grow tired of the game and find something else to do.

mbtortor · February 2010

neverblushed:

Make sure your reaction isn't feeding into her desire to do it. Keep your reaction to a minimum. Even really "good" toddlers need to rebel in some way or another. She may be smart enough to figure out that this is a pretty safe way to do something satisfyingly "naughty" that gets you riled up, but doesn't do any real harm.

Yes, this is her, exactly. Thank you for verbalizing better than I could. Your advice is good... i'll give it a try. Thanks!

mbtortor · February 2010

neverblushed:

Make sure your reaction isn't feeding into her desire to do it. Keep your reaction to a minimum. Even really "good" toddlers need to rebel in some way or another. She may be smart enough to figure out that this is a pretty safe way to do something satisfyingly "naughty" that gets you riled up, but doesn't do any real harm.

Yes, this is her, exactly. Thank you for verbalizing better than I could. Your advice is good... i'll give it a try. Thanks!

neverblushed · February 2010

mbtortor:
neverblushed:

Make sure your reaction isn't feeding into her desire to do it. Keep your reaction to a minimum. Even really "good" toddlers need to rebel in some way or another. She may be smart enough to figure out that this is a pretty safe way to do something satisfyingly "naughty" that gets you riled up, but doesn't do any real harm.

Yes, this is her, exactly. Thank you for verbalizing better than I could. Your advice is good... i'll give it a try. Thanks!

My own DD was very much like this. She would never have done anything seriously "bad" or "wrong" as a 2 y/o. She's a smart cookie, and at that point already had the gist of right and wrong. And she was an angel for other caregivers. But she loooooooved to find some little thing that would push my buttons! The more of a big deal I made, the more it would fuel her desire to be a pest!

I had to become a master at underreacting! Even now at 9, she can still be like this.

jenuine · February 2010

DD did this for the longest time, then just stopped. Same thing with chewing food, then spitting it out. I tried to ignore it, as frustrating as it was. It's a stage. The less attention it gets, the more likely she is to stop doing it. GL!

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