9 month old throwing food on the floor . Loosing Battle?

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My 9 mo dd when she is full or doesn't like something she just throws it on the floor. This does frustrate me lots a little.

When she does it I say a firm No, and move her hand back onto her tray if she is just about to do it. Problem is she just laughs at me.

Shall I just ignore for now and start again in a month or two (with something else rather than the throwing food thing) or keep persevering?

I do take her tray away when she is full, but she does it part way through her meal too.

Can I just add that I don't expect her to be perfect, she drops food etc, which is perfectly acceptable, but its the taste and fling that gets me.

I went thru a month or maybe two of this at that age. I remember finding it really dull. But I think kids do it to work out cause and effect and to know you'll be there for them.
So you sound like you're doing the right thing - being calm about it and consistent in your reaction.
They really do grow out of it (or mine did) so fear not - she now carefully hands me ;) the plate, cup etc when she's had enough.
Now she's a bit older (20 mths) if there's any mucking about I say 'no' quite firmly with no smiling. But I think at that age, I just kept picking the stuff up - 'oops let's pick that up' sort of thing. Don't know how I was so patient, looking back ;p - good luck!

I had to lock the dogs out the kitchen! I had this a couple of months ago when dd turned one.

Little Madam would look you square in the eye, laugh and then fling food/drinks away. We tried saying "No!" calmly but firmly, and she would burst into tears. It could escalate quickly into a full blown tantrum, if you removed the food/cup to stop her repeatedly throwing it!( Despite the tears, she had a lethal aim and a plastic cup can do a lot of damage to your pets!)

I was flummoxed at how to find something postive to focus on, insted of just telling her off, as praising her for eating nicely was not helping at all!

I found that when she raised her hand to chuck something, I took it off her and gave her lots of praise for giving to me, eventually she offered it to me first (to get the praise) and she has more or less stopped doing it. It wasn't overnight but it really made all the difference.

I think all kids go through it...I was more worried that she wasn't eating enough and I couldn't be brutal and say "tough you've thrown it away", as was suggested by one of my friends!

Normal.

Wipe up. Carry on. And breathe!

Yes its just a stage they are learning about gravity, cause and effect, all that stuff. She will get it after a bit but I would think not for quite a few months.

We have a plastic tablecloth under the highchair that can be folded over between meals to keep it dust free. And replaced once its really manky.

Important thing is to keep calm about it, however annoying it gets. I tried not to comment at that age and only now at 18 months am I trying to get him to learn more acceptable ways of behaving at meals as he seems about ready and now he's moved to a booster at the table.

Yy to keeping calm and emphasising the positive - and encouraging her to hand it to you. But yes, think they're just learning at this young age and it will go on until she works it out. Some ple say to put newspaper or (as above) a mat down - I never quite got round to that (but have wood floor so not as crucial as if I had a carpet...).

absolutely normal. DS did it for ages, still does occasionally at 2.5 but now he gets a telling off and made to pick it up. Probably a bit young yet but friends of ours got their DC out of the chair and down of the floor EVERY time she threw something for a week ad made her pick t up and she stopped. I couldn't be faffed to do it but could be worth a try.