Spitting food out

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My ds is 15 months and all of a sudden he is spitting food out. Like now, he's eating an apple, apart from the fact that he chews it up and then spits it out, so I know its not because he doesn't like it.
I'm fed up of food splattered in to my carpet. I have tried saying no, tried taking the food off of him (screaming) and tried ignoringit as well as shouting but its just getting worse! Any ideas?!

Does he do it with all foods? I remember that mine used to do it particularly with apple, it seemed like they could chew it okay but not quite manage to swallow it?

If he does it with all foods, not really sure what to suggest except it's probably just an exciting new discovery to him that he can do this, so he's just trying it out - he'll probably get bored soon and forget all about it and find a new "thing" that will drive you mad.

Not much help, I know.

Not all foods, he does it with dinner when he's decided he has had enough or there is a "big" bit thats snuck in there.
I guess he's just aserting himself!

dd who is 2.5 still does this sometimes - usually it is meat which she has partially chewed - delightful ! But now I think about it she also used to do it with apple and other hard fruit and veg. I think it is partly teething related and partly having tired of eating and chewing that particular food.

I think they just get tired of chewing! My ds does that just with apple, takes too long to eat!

Mine does it too. He is 2 in April and if he has had enough he spits it out. He cant cope with meat or apple and it is revolting. IME dont react to it or he will know it winds you up. Once ds does it that is the end of the meal and I distract him with something else.

Bump as I am having this problem and am wondering if anyone has ever managed to solve it? {hopeful!!}

Bumping for evening crowd in hope!

Bump again. Someone must have solved this at some point please?

why dont you stew the apple and spoon feed it is natural if tired of chewing or to tough to remove it

as long as all other food goes down ok then dont worry to much a bout it we used to put old shower curtain or unused anyway on floor and didn't matter if food got spat out its kind of natural if you can work out what food he tires off you could puree it bit more or hard fruits steam and soften

once they get bit older they can tolerate it a bit more could his gums be hurting from teething? this was a oproblem so any really hard food we softened slightly

when chewed also the juices come out and your left with dry apple in your mouth i dont like that texture either so maybe stewing the apple would be better

my son does it every time i feed him cheese, he bites little bits off, rolls them round in his mouth then spits them out, ends up with a little collection under his chim, he also does it with tough meat, think he just finds chewing it hard as he's fine with everything else. Just give softer foods instead.

Thanks for advice so far dont know if this makes a difference but the child i've got who is doing this is 2 so not having puree'd food for over a year now. He does it with everything. He will also sit spraying spit for the sake of it.

i guess maybe you could then do a chart and maybe sit him in time out for spitting just to let him know its not acceptable and every time he eats something without spitting it out he can put his sticker on his chart and make a big deal of what a big boy he was children frive on praise and given time i'm sure he will love the fact if he gets so many stickers gets a small reward it s always worth a try

maybe one day get a small amount of different food and play a game with it and make him more comfortable with eating and not needing to spit it out jsu keep the praise going when he does good and remove him to time out when misbehaving and dont pay him attention

i think gradually he'll associate that good behaviour is rewarded and bad is ignored and will stop doing it good luck and just be consistant he'll learn

get him to help make chart and explain what it is for and make it clear that spitting is no longer aloud

maybe also just set up a house riule chart no spitting
no spitting out food and explain if he spits his food out he'll go to time out as not a house rule and if he eats like a big boy he can put a sticker on his chart get him to decide theme for chart so he really wants to do it

I think the chart would work with a child who understood it but he is only just 2 and i have tried giving stickers when he does well but it makes no difference. Im trying to ignore it completly then if he spits more than 3 mouthfuls out then the dinner goes in the bin (this is what hv has suggested) we are hoping this will work. Yesterday he ate 2 full meals without spitting but at dinner time i tried giving sloppy food to see if he would eat that and he wouldnt even try it just tipped it on the tray and flung forkfuls on ther floor until i took the plate away. really hope we do solve this soon though as dont want dd2 copying.

Have any of you found other children copy this, what do you do about that? I've taken to sitting them facing away from each other. Was sitting them facing each other hoping he would copy dd2 but she ended up copying him!