Throwing food

[LisaC8]

DD has started to throw her food either at me or on the floor during mealtimes, frustrating when I know she is hungry and likes what I have made her. Any tips on how to handle?

what age is she? :)

I tried all sorts with my DD (now 2.5 and stopped doing it).
A firm NO - only worked occasionally but she ended up doing it for the reaction,
A disappointed look - she knows it's wrong but she ends up grinning,
Having somewhere she can lean over and put 'unwanted' food (kitchen worktop) is a good one but..
Complete ignoring. - Bingo! This is really hard to begin with and I don't offer any more. If it's gone, it's gone. She learnt quickly and if she's not hungry and hasn't been snacking, then so be it.
Also, if it's on the floor, she is made to pick everything up now and put it on the table before she leaves the kitchen, and she has to apologise, but I pretend I don't see it on the floor until I get her down from her chair. We have a dog who sorts out anything sloppy.
Today, we only had a bread stick on the floor (thrown because it was broken..!) but all of it was picked up, by her, and most of it was put on the table (she ate a bit too. The floor is quite clean despite having a dog and a few germs are good for the system).

Good luck!

What creativepebble said. Ignore, ignore, ignore!

Also try giving very small amounts of food at a time, then more of course if she asks for it. DS2 threw food and doing this really did help.

It depends on her age and why she's doing it. Dd used to drop stuff she didn't like over the side, but would give it to me instead if I held a hand out and said 'if you don't want it give it to mummy please'. At 16 months she will still hand back stuff she doesn't like, or will sometimes put it back on the plate if asked. She has just learned to throw balls etc. properly though and loves this new skill, so I'm anticipating there might be a different kind of food throwing phase soon....