throwing food ?

stuck322 · May 2012

I know that LO is getting used to the food that we giving her. I understand that she is learning how to eat and textures and such. During every meal about 1/4 of it goes to the dog or on the floor and during her snack she insists on throwing all of it on the floor and then eating it. I don't want to discourage her in fact I try to encourage her to eat it from the bowl. I just can't pick it up anymore! Is it too early to "discipline" (I am using this term extremely loosely) her for this behavior? I don't want to always just given in since I know that will not get me far in the future. What do you do when LO does something constantly that you don't want them to do?

Spartanmama722 · May 2012

Ev was doing this too. I started either removing the food from his tray, or if he was at the end of the meal, totally taking away the tray. I noticed that he would start to throw food when he was sick of a particular item of food or when he was sick of eating. Taking away the food or the tray really helped.

The other thing I noticed was that if I gave him too much at once he'd start throwing it. Now I just give a few pieces of each thing at a time and he's more likely to eat it than give it to the dogs.

So to answer your question I don't think it's too early to discipline at all, and in fact it's worked really well for us.

pregarella · May 2012

We are done eating when she starts throwing food repeatedly. If she does it once, I chalk it up to not doing it on purpose, but when she gets angry about it, I feel like she must not be hungry enough to eat anymore.

sunshine336 · May 2012

Spartanmama722:
Ev was doing this too. I started either removing the food from his tray, or if he was at the end of the meal, totally taking away the tray. I noticed that he would start to throw food when he was sick of a particular item of food or when he was sick of eating. Taking away the food or the tray really helped.
The other thing I noticed was that if I gave him too much at once he'd start throwing it. Now I just give a few pieces of each thing at a time and he's more likely to eat it than give it to the dogs.
So to answer your question I don't think it's too early to discipline at all, and in fact it's worked really well for us.

I've noticed this too.

I also agree with PP that she's usually done when she is getting mad and throwing her food.

stuck322 · May 2012

Thanks! I never really thought about her just being bored or done with the snack. I figured that is what was going on when she fed the dog so I will change up her snack and see how that goes.

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