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When do they stop launching food??

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ledkr · 13/02/2012 07:44

My dd is 12 months and has a combination of blw and spoon feeding. Left to her own devices she will completely clear the highchair of everything that she is not eating.She also throws her beaker as soon as she's had a drink.
So meals are a tad stressfull and messy. We cant all relax and eat a meal together as we have to put food on her tray bit by bit and pik up the cup every 2 minutes and wipe up the water.She cant have plate or bowl as she just throws it She is my 5th child and im pretty sure the others didnt do this.We went to tea with some friends and their baby who is 3 months older and i was surprised to see her given a plate of food and not consider throwing it until she had had enough to eat. Any tips on how to help her stop this?I have the sticky bowls but she seems to be able to foil them.

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ledkr · 13/02/2012 09:33

Bumps with the trusty dustpan and brush in hand.

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thistlemuncher · 13/02/2012 10:50

I went with the warning "don't throw food" then took the food away. Meal over. Only had to do it twice...(DS likes his food!)

(then gave him a larger or earlier snack or more milk before bed depending on which meal it was.)

pinkpeony · 13/02/2012 11:30

Watching with interest as my 13 month dd does exactly this... Never had the issue with ds.

SuperSesame · 13/02/2012 11:58

We had some of this too but it has stopped most of the time.
What I did if a cup or food was dropped was from some trial and error, this is what I do now:
-Don't pick it up immediately, if you do it becomes a game and dropped again.

Wait a few minutes or until its absence is missed so they he knows its not in his interest to drop it.
Pick it up in silence so that there is no attention to be gained from dropping it and place it back on the tray.
Give him attention when he's being good at putting food and drink back on the tray.

He still does drop things on purpose but now its only at the end of a meal so we know to take him out as thats the only way he can tell us that he's finished.

RealLifeIsForWimps · 13/02/2012 12:00

Sad to say that DS also still does this and he's 17mo. He's ok until he decides he doesn't want anymore and then he just picks up the plate and launches it, or, if I don't give him a plate, just sweeps the whole lot with his arm

I think I'm going to do what thistelmuncher suggests as getting heartily sick of it. The most annoying thing is that he doesnt do it when we're out. In restaurants he's a little angel who attracts the compliments of random strangers. But at home......different story

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gobblygook · 13/02/2012 13:23

Thistlemuncher - how old is your DS? Mine is 14 months and doing the same. It drives me crazy. Is my DS old enough to understand no more food? It feels really mean - but I really want it to stop too. He is busy throwing everything at the moment.

thistlemuncher · 13/02/2012 19:21

He's now 26 months. But I did this when he was 13-14 months. The first time he did it it was pasta and tomato sauce on my nice white walls and I decided drastic action was the best way!

It does feel mean, but like I said, it's not as if he went hungry. I gave him a larger snack or brought forwards the next meal time a bit/gave him more milk.

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