4 yr old DS holding food in mouth

[Tallgirl]

My (nearly) 4 year old DS has been doing this for a few months - not all the time but just sometimes with certain types of food e.g. apple with skin on. He will take it and eat it and then keep some in his mouth which he doesnt want any more. My childminder (he goes 2 days a week) says it is a 'control' type thing and doesnt want it to get out of hand and become an issue. He will sit there for ages with it in his mouth rather than say that he doesnt want it in the first place. Sometimes get him to spit it out but would rather he swallows it or says that he has had enough or doesnt like it in the first place. Any ideas on how to deal with this? My childminder (who is great and very experienced but says she has never seen this before)thinks i should have a word with my HV but TBH have usually found them fairly useless. (No offence to any HV on here!)

Thanks in advance for any advice

So no-one else has ever seen this before or has any tips???

TIA

I'm trying to remember - but I think my ds did that with apple too - but he was younger (around 2). Wouldn't swallow it and just kept stuffing it in his mouth - and woudl eventually spit it out. Actually - he did it with a few things - satsumas, grapes - think he found the skins very difficult to swallow. He just grew out of it - so no real advice!

my 5 year old ds did & occassionally still does this. Once I picked him up from creche after lunch & he had a mouthful of soup he had been holding for about 30 mins! He mainly does it with food he doesn't like, ie won't swallow but won't spit it out. I just put a tissue under his chin & get him to spit.My ds has some sensory issues so it may be to do with this but I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. IMO if a kid knows something gets your attention the more they do it