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1 year old food thrower

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DisneyGirl2387 · 14/11/2021 10:35

My just turned 1 Yr old DS is a food thrower and I need help! He is very much a picky eater as in he loves to feed himself little bits of toast, cheese, pancakes, carrot sticks, peas, tomatoes, fruit etc. He will eat off a spoon but only if he can do it himself. I put the food on the spoon and leave it on his tray and he picks it up and feeds himself. He won't eat a meal of say spaghetti bolognese, shepards pie etc just picky bits. Anyway, we literally have to feed him one piece of cheese at a time otherwise it all goes on the floor. If i give him 2 bits of cheese he will chuck one straight away and eat the other. If I gave him a selection of things on his tray that I know he eats they would all go on the floor except one. This morning I tried with blueberry and banana pancakes that I made him and I put small pieces on his tray and they all went on the floor apart from the one he ate. He is exactly the same with his water. He loves water and drinks loads but as soon as he is done he chucks it on the floor. I don't react to it as I know he will treat it like a game. It is frustrating but manageable at home as I have a mat down so it isn't much food waste but it is so hard going out. We can only eat in very child friendly places and either me or DH is constantly on our knees picking food up off the floor or trying to catch his water bottle before it hits the deck. It is getting to me now. What can I do? Does anyone have any tips? I know things are bound to end up on the floor with a 1 year old but I can't keep giving him one piece of food at a time forever. FTM here and at my wits end!!!

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DisneyGirl2387 · 14/11/2021 10:37

Also forgot to say I've tried food on his highchair tray, food in suction bowls/plates, big bits of food and small bits of food. It makes no difference!

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Theresamagicalplace · 14/11/2021 10:38

Following this for advice because mine is the exact same. So frustrating and so hard not to react sometimes!

DisneyGirl2387 · 14/11/2021 10:45

I'm glad it's not just me! My friend has a 1 year old and he sits beautifully with a full plate chomping away!

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AliasGrape · 14/11/2021 10:50

With my dd I had a ‘don’t want it’ plate and I’d try to catch her before she threw whatever it was and say ‘oh you don’t want that one? No problem, let’s put it here then’ - she still tried to throw stuff for ages, or would take it off the ‘don’t want it plate’ and throw it on the floor, but eventually it sunk in. Actually now she prefers to pass me anything she doesn’t want or put it on my plate and I have to hold it until she decides she does actually want it and takes it back, but it’s usually just one thing and she eats the rest ok now and can have quite a bit on her plate at once. She has a mat with different sections in, which I always leave at least one empty, and she quite likes rearranging things to her own satisfaction on that these days but most of it eventually ends up in her mouth these days.

Also I know you’re concerned about food waste but have you tried just not giving him back what he throws? Because of course he’s going to throw it if he knows mummy or daddy will do that funny scrabbling about on the floor and then give it him back to either throw again or eat if he decides to. When DD did her throwing, if it went on the floor it was gone. I wouldn’t react but wouldn’t give it her back either, so if she threw everything on the floor then ‘ok you’re not hungry never mind we will try again later’ and that was that. Even if you have to take him out of the room before retrieving the food, and try again in 5 minutes or whatever?

elbea · 16/11/2021 18:49

Have a look at Solid Starts - they are the best at picky eating. They have qualified paediatric occupational therapist and give wonderful advice. Their Instagram is great too.

solidstarts.com/baby-or-toddler-throwing-food-on-the-floor/

De88 · 16/11/2021 18:55

Is it possible he's just not hungry at mealtimes? Is he having snacks, milk etc?

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