does any one elses 1 year old do this or is mine just bad tempered and greedy?

[micci25]

every one had a bowl of melon pieces after breakfast. dd2 was been given hers piece by piece as opposed to having the whole bowl so that she didnt just throw them all the floor. she was fine with this first time as she has never had melon before. but when i went to give her second piece she screamed threw it on the floor and started banging her head on her high chair in temper.

this was because every one had a bowl full and she didnt. as soon as she was given her full bowl she was happy.

do other toddlers do this if they dont get what every one else has? also she will do this hungry or not. hunger was not the reason for her temper she had just had a full bowl of cheerios. it was purely because she didnt have exactly the same as us.

I would have just given the bowl to her in the first place - she just wanted to be the same as everyone else. If my dd (4) has a bowl of fruit (or anything else) then ds (20 months) has to have one too

i usually do with things that she has had before. although strawberries usually end up either in or or the dog depending upon how good her aim is that day!!!

she is the same with everything. she even cries for dp's curries and spicy chickens and she eats them when she is given a taste!!!

and everytime she doesnty her own way she bangs her head on whatever is closest to her, im not really worried i know that she will grow out of it and although she eats a lot and will eat anything her diet is generally healthy. just wondering if any one else has a toddler this greedy and bad tempered.

I think it's completely normal that she wants to be the same as everyone else. It's not bad-tempered or greedy!

Agree with all the above. I'd look at it that you can take the opportunity to give her a range of tastes and textures whilst she is still willing to eat everyone elses food. At least it is about wanting to eat rather than not wanting to eat iyswim.

Asserting herself is def normal

Maybe look at it from her perspective?

Every other bugger has got a bowl full of melon and she hasn't. She doesn't understand why you done it, all she understands is she hasn't got what others have.

A bit like you going to a pub with friends, the person at the bar buys everyone a drink apart from you.

micci25, lol, you have got one dd who knows her mind.

I would say that, apart from not wanting to be shortchanged, she is also coming to the age where she wants to feed herself. It is a control issue.

My ds comes home from nursery covered in food. But he is happy and eats very well!

Micci how is the other behaviour going? You posted before about her acting out and breaking her toys etc

no dynamic that was dd1 she is getting better but still has her moments. usually now they are caused by boredom and quick run out with dog sorts her out.

i seem to have one extreme and another with eating. dd1 will eat nothing and dd2 eats everything in site, although she wasnt to impressed with her salad earlier but she ate all the hame and cheese and most of the tomatos!

my dd is 13.5mo and has a PROPER temper tantrum if you don't give her what everyone else has - that melon situation sounds so much like some of our meals - or if you GOD FORBID take something dangerous (eg live charger lead for ibook) away from her. I never thought such a little one could have such blatant tantrums but there you go!