How do I stop DS throwing food on the floor?

[ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets]

He's only 1.5 but it's driving me mental.
He throws it on the floor then makes out that he's had enough, then when I lift him out of his chair he eats the bits off the floor
Will he stop by himself? When I use my stern voice he just laughs and keeps doing it.

[quoteunquote]

clean up before he gets out, then let him down.

He won't starve, but if each time he does it his meal ends, he will give up.

[ellesabe]

Ignore the throwing. Praise his eating. Clear up when he's finished. He'll soon learn that it's more satisfying to eat than to throw.

[ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets]

Thank you.
I think it's the laughing at me that's the worst bit. There's nothing more infuriating than someone laughing in your face when you're trying to tell them off!

[lorisparkle]

that is so true, my ds1 still laughs when I tell him off although his is a nervous laugh. still winds me up - and he knows it! with mine I gave them a smaller amount and as soon as they messed around I took food away calmly and waited until they were sat nicely. lots of praise for good behaviour.

[umiaisha]

DS (22 months) has only just stopped doing this. Very frustrating, but I was also advised to ignore it and think that may have done the trick. He is now very enthusiastic about tidying up his high chair when he has finished eating!

[FamiliesShareGerms]

Yes, positive praise for good behaviour, studious ignoring of bad behaviour (even when it is soooo annoying to see the dinner you have cooked chucked on the floor!) works best, I think.

[YBR]

When DD (1.2) starts throwing food on the floor we interpret it that she's full and take the rest of the food away. She is beginning to learn not to.

[prozacbear]

The laughing bit makes you want to weep, doesn't it? DS is 23 months and still sometimes does this.

Solution is always removing the food without making a big deal of it. DS knows the word 'no', so that suffices. Lots of praise for neat, efficient eating!

All food is cleared away before he gets down. I won't send DS to bed hungry, but am careful to give him boring things if he's hungry again in half an hour/an hour - for a brief period he wouldn't eat his supper and then would demand bread and jam after half an hour!

[SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius]

I will lend you my labrador and my lab cross - who will catch any bits of food before they even hit the ground. Then, as Prozacbear says, boring food if he is still hungry.