is it normal for 2 1 /2 year old to sitll spit food out?

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keeps asking for oranges but simply sucks them and spits the mush out

also used to eat loads of veg but now strating to spit anything with skin/strings

and meat - used ot devour it - now spitas it all out

comments appreicated

My dd has done this in the past. Loved grapes for ages then started refusing and spitting the skins out. We stopped offering them for a while and then when we did give them to her again she ate them ok. She now has them for her snack at school most days. It is probably just a phase and will pass.

yes my dcs have all done this after I thought they'd got to the age of not doing it!
my ds is now 2 and he has started objecting to things he previously enjoyed but my older dcs have also started not liking things they used to like. Think maybe tastes change as they get older but also at 2 they are less aware of nice table manners and get a bit picky for no apparent reason other than to be picky!

DD is 3.4 and a year ago was quite happily eating satsuma segments 'whole' but will now only suck out the inner orange bit and spits out the skin. Peas that were once a great favourite are now avoided like the plague. I'm hoping its a phase too.