9 month old DS being very jealous about food...

[boundarybabe]

DS is 9 months. He is on proper solids and has 3 meals a day (is a v. good eater and feeds himself). The only thing is he is very vocal and grabby when other people are eating. EG. if I am eating lunch after he has finished he will crawl over, pull himself up on my legs and yell until I give him some!! At nursery they follow his routine but I have let them give him lunch later at the same time as the older children to avoid the problem.

I don't mind sharing my food with him at all, but I don't know if I should be starting to say no to him a bit more? At nursery they will obviously tell him no that's x's lunch etc. which is fine, but am I causing a problem by not reinforcing the message at home that food isn't always for him? Or is he too young to start learning this? I geuinely don't know if at this age it would be responsible or mean to eat food in front of him and not share.

Anyone?

Anyone?

It's lovely to hear he's enjoying his food!
I wonder if either he's still hungry, does he have two courses, and snacks between meals. Or he may be really sociable and curious and just wants to have a bit of what you're eating.
I would try and eat together and just go with the flow. Wouldn't limit his eating either.

Thanks Drooper. I don't think it's hunger, I think he just doesn't like being left out! I was just worrying that it's a discipline issue and I've no idea if he's old enough to be told 'no'. I don't want to be one of those mothers who raises a wild and antisocial toddler!!!

He sounds so funny! I can imagine him begging for scraps, even though he's just stuffed himself!
Do you think he's just finding it all so interesting he wants to try a bit of every food in the house?!
I wouldn't say no to him,just save him a bit of yours to try.

My girls did this too. In fact, they still do (they're 3 and a half) but now they do it in a lovely polite kind of way - "Mummy, can I try some of yours....?" which is fine. Sounds like he's just exploring his surroundings and using all his senses to discover things. I don't think you should worry. It won't turn him into a horrid grabby brat if you let him try your lunch.

He is quite funny. The other day we were at my friend's house and she served out some chocolate cake - he came straight to me (rather than his father or the other 4 people sitting there ), demanded some cake by yelling loudly (he is just babbling, no words yet), and then once I'd finished he moved to my friend and demanded some mince pie! Bless. No idea where he gets it from

A scavenging gourmet!

I think at 9mo they're pretty young to understand this myself. Same reason I had no problems with DS's almost 9mo friend scratching his face with her nails. She doesn't understand yet that it hurts, and tbh DS - who can crawl, and she can't btw - didn't seem bothered, so I'd assumed he was fine else would have had the sense to move...but maybe that's something they learn later too?

But I have no idea how I'm going to teach DS any of this stuff, so maybe listen to somebody else .

share?