toddler wasting food. am i being too strict?

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ds is 2.11. he has a habit of half eating something, throwing it away and then going straight for something else. it is getting quite bad so i have started today saying that he can't have anything else if he has thrown food/drink away. i mean things like fruit, snacks and juice drinks, not his main meals which he eats with no issues. so today he has been doing alot of crying and whingeing, asking for more juice or more banana after he has already thrown something in the bin. i am saying no but he is crying really hard. should i keep on with this or is there another way to get him to stop wasting?

Just give him one thing at a time and then say he can't have anything else until that is completely finished

god no i am with you on this one.
if mine throw something away then they wouldn't get something else straight after.

Stick to your guns.

he will learn quickly if you don't give in!

I'm with you. If DS threw half a snack away then he can wait til his next meal.

the fruit bowl is on the table. i dont restrict their fruit intake so they can come and eat it as they please. what i dont want is for him to eat 5 segments of an orange, throw it away and take an apple.

thank you all. it was his crying that made me doubt it was the right thing. i'll keep going with it.

I think that you should supervise the fruit bowl. It is going to be hard to stop them eating as and when and even what they like when they are older, when you are giving free reign now. You know you wont say no to any fruit so why not get them to ask that way you can control the throwing away. good luck

that's a good idea latootle. we live in our kitchen so i am usually here when they take stuff but yes, good idea to get them to ask. he has been much better today, not taking as much as usual so i am guessing he was just doing it out of wanting the tastes of all things rather than being hungry. he isn't whingeing for stuff today.

Definitely wait until next meal. He won't starve. He WILL get over it. I promise.

Ooohhh. DD 2.9 has just started this. I have just blown my lid at her as she has spent the whole morning whining for various things. She didn't want the cereal I put out for her and asked for Cheerios which she then ate one spoonful of. Then she whined and pestered for a bagel for an hour which she took one bite of and then started whining for chocolate and strawberries and now blueberries. And it's only 10am. And I am very very very fed up.

I am going to refuse her any more snacks or food choices for the rest of the day and she can have her main meal and fruit etc but nothing else.

It's the constant whining for things which is getting to me. Not helped by DS 9months teething and whining to be carried constantly.

Argh. Not sure what will work but sympathy!

yeah, I limit the fruit bowl too - DD had toddler diarrhea for a year and a half from too much fruit!!

YANBU either.

aww. poor DD teWi.

he's been ok so far today although has only eaten grapes for breakfast and no cereal or milk.