Food throwing!!!!! - today a babybel hit me between the eyes!!

[pelvicflawed]

DS is 17 mths and often takes to throwing his food - I don't mind it being dropped etc etc - but I do object to the forceful throwing - today a babybel cheese hit me on the forhead. I've told him no etc but he just thinks its a game - I'm fed up with it. On a positive note its been noted that he has good throwing skills for his age (especially with balls). How do you get them to understand thank flinging food with force is not ok??????

LOL

Tonight I had to duck from malt loaf and a spoon - I'm trying to ignore it but I'm sure he can see me flinch and duck

With or without the red wax?

Without the red wax - but I didn't realise how rubbery the dam things were until it bounced off my forehead.

So sorry but I can't stop lol!

I'm taking the same route as wulfricsmummy. DS is almost 20 months and only ever throws food he doesn't want.
Not had any noticable effect yet, but I can't think of anything else to try, so will be watching this thread.

Are you sure it was your ds and not an escapee from an advert!?

Pelvicflawed - You could be describing my DS (he's got good ball skills too)!! Although it's usually spoons of food I get hit with.
I've not worked out how to stop the throwing either....

My DS is only 12 months and he's already an artful thrower. Though not yet babybels with force but the whole lot goes if I have the audacity to offer a spoon of something at an "inconvenient" moment

He's well and eating great now, but he had a couple of phases where he had no appetite from illness and his weight gain wasn't great at the time - am hyper senstive about his weight me thinks

Is it too early to adopt the "go without" strategy or must I too suffer babybel incidents in months to come?

Thanks all for your comments - its good to know I'm not the only one - the logical side of me agrees about letting him go hungry ie he can't want it that much but the anxious mummy side hates it (apart from it hurting!!!!!)because we had a lot of problems early on with weight gain. We've re-named the area round his hi-chair 'Father Jack's corner' (If you remember Father Ted - Father Jack's chair always had dodgy stains round the wall!!!!) - Off to buy a crash helmet today!!!

LOL father jacks corner

May be its related to our anxiety with them eating enough - I think it seems obvious to most people to give up as soon as missiles get launched but I totally understand the anxiety over wieght - it always seems worth a go to get another couple of mouthfuls on target.

Mind you, as a friend said to me, they'll generally eat when their hungry and it does seem that the total amount eaten generally balances out through the day. HAve just implemented a "use it or lose" tactic with great success this evening after jelly covered the dried bolognaise splatterings on the ceiling
though I then gave him a biscuit with his milk later so I shall probably go to hell

Looks like you DS is a thriving Physicist! I approve!

my daughter is doing this, almost all of her dinner got throw along with the plate on the floor.
she had hardly eaten two mouthfuls.

she is old enough to understand she shouldnt do it, i think i too will impletment, use it or lose it!

Thanks all - feeling a bit more confident about doing a use it or lose it approach - strangely after chucking much of his lunch, dinner has been gobbled up (possibly because we was a tad hungry???????). Thanks for the support.

Your title is too funny!

Can I just hijack this thread please - anyone else's dc have a thing about opening Babybel's just for the hell of it - ds takes one bite and then discards it but the opening keeps him busy for ages!

My 10 month old is probably not old enough to understand - she seems to throw everything for fun. I got covered in yogurt the other day and had to really control myself not to get cross. How old is the right sort of age for once-it's-gone-it's gone?
And how do you teach them that some things are for throwing?
Pelvicflawed (it is a great name btw) - I also worry because my dd is very little and never eats that much. Sometimes she seems to do it with excitement rather than boredom/ being full.
That was a wittery unhelpful post, sorry.

We did take the food away when he started to throw today - gave him 5 mins to cool off (and think about whether he wanted it) when we brought it back (yes we are too soft!!) he did eat a bit more and looked a bit sheepish and passed it over to us when he had finished. The whole - its ok to throw somethings but not others - is a bit of a nightmare as I'm sure our problems started not long after I taught him (and congratulated him on his skill - what a fool I am) - at throwing bread to the ducks in the local park. I just keep trying to explain the difference - probably to young to understand but one day it will sink in - perhpas!!!

Pelvic, I know just what you mean about it being OK to throw somethings sometimes, but not others. Very hard to emphasise to 18 month old that it is OK to throw a ball to someone, but not at the cat, or OK to throw a soft ball but not a wooden block at my head etc etc.

oh, i can sympathise! my dd is only 13 months but chucks anything she doesnt like the look of - usually, systematically, one bit at a time and checking i can see her do it !
that's when the mealtime stops!
her best aim was with a pot of apple and banana dsesert that made the kitchen look like someone had vomited up the walls it was everywhere!

LOL

We let dd throw and drop as much as she wanted til about 10 months then -

DD: (about to lob carrot)
ME: In the bowl or in your mouth.
DD: (watches with interest)
ME: Uh-uh, bowl or mouth?
DD: (puts in mouth/bowl)
ME: Mmm... yum yum, in your mouth/yay in your bowl

or

DD lobs anyway
ME: (ignore. beat.) ooh look where's your peas?

repeat ad nauseum. Does click eventually. She 18mths now and doesn't really throw food. Apart from when friends come over with dog - whole new game of 'feed the dog'

LOL Olivo - DD is the same age and does exactly the same! Only if you are watching I have starting doing the dusting/folding laundry etc whilst she eats which has helped alot. If she really does not want it she still throws in on the floor, then leans over and looks at it then at me as if to say "come on then pick it up!"

Tom throws his toys as well as his food! He threw a stacking up and broke a wine glass that was up on a table the other night. He's thrown toys at me before, but never food!

Mine is nearly 2 and we've been mopping up yoghurt etc. for the past year or so. From what I've read/been told, the best policy is to totally blank it when they chuck food about. If you snigger or tell them off you are just giving them attention for what is basically an undesirable behaviour. It is hard not to lose your cool when they are chucking something you've spent ages preparing, or messing up the kitchen for the nth time that day. But I have to admit it does get less frequent with time. Your only real alternative is to give them less messy food, but then you might end up restricting their diet or giving them an aversion to sloppy food later on.

HTH.