10 month old throwing solids on floor

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Hi

My 10 month old was a good solid eater, but recently this has changed. She now throws most of her solids on the floor and looks very intentional about it. She will throw if with force.

I dont know if this is just a phase or there is a reason. Did your babies throw food when teething? I think her top front tooth maybe coming through, but she doesnt let me have a proper look. She is still on 3 bottles a day, used to prefer solids to milk but now it seems the other way round. Our routine is roughly

6 oz bottle 7am
breakfast 8am (2oz formula added to wheatabix)
10am-11.30 Nap
Solid Lunch 12pm
5-6oz bottle 2-2.30
afternoon nap can be between 3pm-4:30pm
Solid dinner 5-5.30
Bedtime bottle 7-7.30. (offered 8oz but doesnt always drink it)

Does my rouitne seem ok? I am just wondering if I should add any more milk if she isnt eating alot of her solids. Or is she having too much milk now? Should i be fitting in a snack somewhere

What did you do when your baby throw their food? Im trying not to react, just hard when shes barely eating her solids.

I just want to make sure I am doing what I can to stop her doing it, change things if needed or just ride the wave if its a phase.

Thank you in advance any advice would be great.

10 month old is too young to tell off
Don't worry, It's perfectly normal xx
When my son was that age, I just ignored it when he did it.

Up until the age of one, milk is still their main source of nutrients. Solid food is just to play and discover textures and taste.

Normal

Frustratingly normal!

Like clockwork at 10/11m! Discovering gravity, doncha know 😉

When mine did this more than once, I'd say 'All done' and take them out of high chair. Lots of soft foam balls given instead!

Normal behaviour.

Mine used to think doing this was hilarious.

Perfectly normal at that age. She’s just testing how things move when you throw or drop them. She’ll move on to a new (and probably equally annoying )skill at some point.

At 10 months she might be old enough to understand a firm no. But tbh, I’d just ignore and probably add some games where she can drop and throw stuff to the rest of her day.

Yep, absolutely normal.

Just take the food away if you don't like her playing with it. Or give her less so there's less mess!

Give her stuff, that if it dropped, she can be given it back. (Naturally clean the floor/put a clean mat down there!)

Buy a cheap shower curtain to spread on the floor under the high chair and revel in your little genius exploring the scientific method and learning about force and gravity 😀

If she's moving to preferring mil, then she might be a bit poorly and/or teething etc. milk is fine for her, don't worry, she's a baby! It's not like she's preferring cherry cola over food.

My grandson did this. Luckily it was when our dog was still alive. So he did the cleaning up

Oh he's at the throwing food stage?
He'll soon be at the peas and sweetcorn up his nose stage then!
You'll soon be on first name terms with the evening shift A&E nurses.

Dd had a "no thank you" plate for dgs so he could put anything he didn't want on there instead of throwing it. I was amazed that it worked and even better he cleaned up anything that he had spilled on his highchair on to the plate when he had finished eating.

Ah yes, the throwing food stage. Annoying but normal!

Thank you everyone that's really helpful!!! I will just get on with it then haha. As a first time mum just wanted to make sure it wasn't something I was doing like a off routine or something. Wish me luck!