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help with throwing food

raceyraeraceyrae
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We are at our wits end.  Natalie has started throwing her food again.  We were able to get her to stop after Claire was born when we implemented the naughty chair.  Not working anymore.  She's started up again (and it seems to correlate with me starting to work again) but it's even more aggressive.  She will whip her bowl across the room, throw her sippy, spit out food on the floor.  Most of this is when she's done or doesn't want to eat something we've given her.  We've tried time outs in the naughty chair, naughty corner, ignoring the action, responding to the action, not giving her any attention when she's about to do it, spoon feeding her (works with stopping her to throw the food by not giving her the chance but it's not teaching her to stop), holding her bowl down, ending dinner/snack at that point (but she usually does this when she's done anyways so it doesn't do much) and playing catcher (having our hands out ready to catch it when she starts to throw).  We are so frustrated!

 Any suggestions? 

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  • unc00refunc00ref member
    I'm so sorry - I don't have any suggestions, because we are still dealing with it too (at 2.5). I'm so sorry.
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  • MrsSavannahMrsSavannah
    Man, I was really hoping there would be some advice in the post.  We need it too!
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  • MRSGOLABONTEMRSGOLABONTE

    I checked out 12 parenting books from the library a few weeks ago just for this one issue! ;-) Every single books said that as soon as food gets thrown, mealtime is over. One day at lunch, she threw any food I gave her without even taking a bite. As much as I didn't want to end mealtime because I didn't want her to starve, I did take her out of her highchair. 10 minutes later she fell asleep and took her afternoon nap.

     At suppertime, what I've learned from Katie is that when she throws her first item of food off the highchair, she is thirsty and wants something to drink. The next time she throws something, I remove any food on her tray, give it a few seconds and then try something different. If she shows no interest in that, then mealtime is over, even if I don't think she's gotten enough to eat.

    My munchkin is only 15 months, so while those tips/tricks have worked for us at this stage, I have no clue if they'd happen for an older child.

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