Any advice on discouraging dd throwing food all over the floor?

[JiminyCricket]

Dd is just 1, rarely eats anything off a spoon, but will now off a fork, for some reason, so most things she eats with her fingers. I don't care about the mess, but a lot of the time she throws things on the floor, and I want her to learn not to do this eventually. a few things we've tried to deal with this:

1. only give her one thing at a time
2. clear everything away once she starts throwing things on the floor
3. Really praising her when she passes food to us instead, when she doesn't want it, or reaches over to put it on a plate (this doesn't happen very often)

will she grow out of it or does it all depend on us 'teaching' her how to do it? any ideas?

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Yes, JC, she'll grow out of it, though I know it's frustrating.

In addition to what Twiglett's suggested I'd also say that often I'd find with my dd that at the point she started throwing rather than eating she wasn't particularly hungry or wasn't interested in what she'd got to eat. She still now starts messing about with her food when she doesn't really want it and she's nearly 2!!!

Totally agree with Twiglett not to make a fuss as they do think it's a great game. I found with dd I'd just sigh and say 'that's silly' in a dull voice and clear the food off the floor into the bin. She kind of got bored doing it after that.

Sorry to be the raincloud about this, but I posted a simialr thread a few weeks ago, because ds2 is still doing it aged 3 1/2. I've tried everything and it hasn't worked .

Ds has just (I think...) stopped doing this. He will be 3 in December. I tried ignoring, yelling, making him stay in his seat til I had cleared everything up, reasoning, time out in his room...I don't think any of it had an impact, he just grew out of it.

It is so frustrating though - ds2 was so damn fast, I could be sitting right beside him and in a split second the plateful of food would be spinning through the air.

OH NO please someone tell me their dd/ds grew out of it sooner...[skulks off back into the real world]

DS newrly 4 hasn't thrown food for ages - I can't remember when it stopped, but once he was old enough to understand he had a couple of warnings and then the meal was over. If he was hungry and messing about tough. He very soon got the message.
With DD, I told her no a couple of times and then put her on the floor. If she was hungry she woyuld cry to come back to the table and then I would say as I got her up "NO throwing". If she did it again she was put on the floor again. She is now 19mths and rarely throws anything. She is far to busy eating for that

Whenever ds3 (aged 19 months) throws food on the floor, that is a sign that he has had enough and the meal is over. I take everything away. If you do the same with dd, she will either get the message and stop throwing food, or you will know she has had enough. I don't think your problem will continue for long. Although ds3 is 19 months, he very rarely throws food down these days and only to tell me he doesn't want any more.