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redshoegirl
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blowing raspberries while eating
redshoegirl
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Will has started doing this lately and I'm about to tear my hair out! He's definitely hungry when I feed him, but he still wants to play with his food and his mouth by blowing raspberries while getting a spoonful of food.
I've googled for solutions, but there are soooo many opinions out there: totally ignore it...say "no"...remove the food for a few minutes...switch to all finger food...slap on cheek (am NOT doing this one!)...the list goes on and on.
I know this is a really common problem, but it's still making me crazy and every meal is turning into a battlefield. Has anyone dealt with this? What did you do? Do you think any of the above solutions are worthwhile? We've tried ignoring, saying no and taking the food away temporarily but none seem to be effective - I'm thinking of going to all finger food. Thoughts?
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Re: blowing raspberries while eating
We went the ignore route. It doesn't solve the problem right away, but after a while, she stops trying to get a reaction w/ whatever it is that she's doing.
I think taking the food away sounds like a good idea too, sorta like if you want to eat it, fine. If you wanna play with it, tough nuugies.
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I agree with ignore it...if he sees he's getting an emotional reaction from you it'll fuel it even more, IMHO. I think eating for babies should be playful...they'll learn manners older when it's more age-appropriate. In general, I let Libby explore her food...as long as she's not throwing it (when she does, the meal is over...I don't get upset, I just say "all done" with the sign for it and then take her food/tray away and clean her up).
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we haven't had this happen w/her food but she blows bubbles a lot when drinking from a cup. usually she does it at the beginning of the sip and then proceeds to drink so it isn't a big deal so i haven't tried to get her to stop
she only gets a few things spoon fed - things that have to be, like yogurt...otherwise she eats all finger foods (she won't even eat avocado from a spoon, she insists on eating it w/her hands - what a mess!) so i haven't had this problem
i think i'd go w/the ignore route or stop the meal.
as an aside, she'll throw food like Libby does but i don't stop the meal for that. we just started telling her "if you don't want it, give it to me" and hold out a hand (or bowl) and she usually puts it in my hand. some food still ends up on the floor as well but it's usually just her way of telling me "i'm done with this item, give me something different" and i don't know how to teach her how to communicate that to me otherwise so i let her do it. i honestly never thought of ending the meal b/c of it - probably a good idea but she already takes 1 hr to eat each meal i'd hate to see how long it took if we kept starting/stopping!
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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I found my post from my local board when this happened:
https://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/38575806.aspx
Thanks! It's good to read more opinions.
For now we're just trying to ignore it - when I say "no" he just grins and laughs so I think he's taking any attention as good attention, kwim? Hopefully ignoring it will help him to move past this phase faster!