to think DS should be able to eat an apple nicely?

[Gracie123]

DS is 17 months old. He eats a wide variety of foods very well, but we have a problem with apples
Whenever he is given one, he takes a bite, sucks all the juice out and then spits the dry powdery stuff that's left on the floor. Despite this apples are his favourite fruit at the moment.
AIBU to not give them to him again until he is older?
How old were your DCs when they started eating apples?
I don't think it is that he is not able, because he will happily eat a raw carrot properly. I think it might be a learned behaviour because we introduced them to early, but how can I fix it?

[mindalina]

My DS did this annoying isn't it

I give him bananas instead

[Lizzzombie]

LOL! (sorry, no positive help here) My DS is 29months old and still does this. I have found its not so bad if I peel and chop the apple up into quarters, but generally I just find it all over the house. Its easier to give him one to eat when we are at the park or beach. I have no idea how to fix it, but keep giving apples to him as I believe they are generally good for his teeth.

[Gracie123]

It's not usually so annoying. I think I am PMS-sy.

I do peel and quarter them for him, and he still does it!!!

He does like banana, but it makes him constipated. I think Lizzzombie is right. We need to just make it an outdoor snack...

[Gracie123]

Yeah, we try to get a nice variety of fruit from our greengrocers, which leads me to another question...

AIBU for being furious at the greengrocer for selling me raspberries covered in fur?

I know I should have checked the whole packet before I bought, but I was buying a lot and we were in a hurry....

[Gracie123]

Wow, I think I truly am suffering with the PMS this month...

[Gorionine]

DD$ is 2 1/2 and she still does it! Give it to him on a small plate so he can spit dried up bit on it rather than the floor. (never worked with DD$ but maybe it will with your DS?)

[Castiel]

Have you tried locking him in the cellar? Or beating it out of him? Honestly, willingness to eat fruit far more important than the odd propensity to devour in a less than satisfactory fashion.

Don't worry about it. Have an apple some chocolate.

[Brightonrock]

jeez. I've heard it all now.
Sit down and have a think about how lucky you are that you can actually think this is an issue worthy of discussion because if this is your biggest worry you're a lucky (though bored) woman

[Egg]

My DTs (16 months) love whole apples but both take bites, eat the flesh and spit out the skin. They are not keen on them peeled though...

I don't really care except if I don't get the bits of peel off their clothes in time it sometimes seems to stain. Am still giving them apples most days as want to ensure they don't give them up.

DS1 did the spitting out thing and I stopped giving them to him and now he wont touch them (age 3).

[stleger]

If you cut it across the middle and not lengthwise you get a star effect which my children preferred!

[Gracie123]

Hi brighton - no, it's not my only problem, but the one that is frustrating me right now.
If you don't want to join the discussion please feel free to leave

St leger - i might give that a go, just for fun really, I'm not sure it will help, but might be pretty

Egg - that's what I'm afraid of. I like the fact that he gets so excited when he sees one, it's just so annoying to follow him around the house on hands and knees scraping powdery apple off the carpet.

Took some migraleve and feeling much better about it all now though...

[Egg]

Gracie I only give them apples when we are out . Then I can brush the bits of skin off onto the grass etc! Either that or in their highchairs to "contain" the mess better!

They practically salivate when they see apples so I am happy to carry on as we are!

[MummyDragon]

Gracie - furry fruit is a pet hate of mine; it makes me retch. I hate kiwi fruit with a passion. So no, YANBU re the furry respberries!!

As for the apple - I think YAB a tad U for expecting a 17-month-old to eat an apple nicely. It took my kids a good couple of years to be able to eat them without spitting bits out everywhere. Fortunately I have a dog who likes to clean up after them ... cue lots of boaking - yes thanks, I know what it means now! - from other MNers

Apples are tricky for little ones. They get the hang of it eventually. My DS, aged about 2 and a half, barfed all over Asda's floor when he got a bit of apple stuck in his throat. I had to whizz him upstairs and buy him some dry trousers!! The Asda staff were lovely and made a huge fuss of him, and didn't complaing about having to clear up after him either, bless 'em.

Have you tried just giving him a slice of apple? Less for you to clear up.

[MummyDragon]

i mean complain, not complaing

[Gracie123]

yeah, unfortunately it's not the skin he is spitting out (I am peeling it) it's the actually flesh. He chews it up into tiny pieces and sucks really hard (it's actually quite cute at this point - eyes bulging and head shaking with effort) the spits out dry powder.

TBH I think I was mildly impressed to start with. It's definately drier than the leftover pulp from the juicer.

He is my first and I had no idea this was a common problem. Why do kids find apples so hard? Are there other foods I should be aware of?

[MummyDragon]

Erm - all kids make a mess with pretty much all food, in my experience! Have you considered a) chilling out a bit (please don't take offence at this, I am saying it nicely, not having a go at you , or b) getting a dog? Labradors will eat anything and you never need to get the hoover out.

[Gracie123]

Yes mummy dragon, I am aware that I need to chill out, but thanks for saying it nicely

I'm not normally this stroppy, just having a bad day

[MummyDragon]

Would you like me to share my bar of chocolate with you Gracie?

[Gracie123]

That would be very kind, sniff sniff...

[MummyDragon]

OK, I'm on the Aero bubbles now - here you go

[ChippingIn]

Gracie - LO started doing that with all manner of things and after a while of just putting up with it (as you do) one day I got annoyed with her and told her to 'put that back in your mouth right now and do NOT spit out your food' in a very 'through-gritted-teeth' manner and she only did it once after that, when I gave her the old raised eyebrow technique and she's not done it since.... find your 'tone of voice' that means business! It will stand you in good stead for all manner of things to come!!

[Claire2009]

Dd is 3.2 and loves apples, eats them all (except pips) skin too.