https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:40:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1180633 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 22:02:48 +0000 californiadreams 1180633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my 11 mo does this and i ignore it. he spits some, he eats some. depends on the day. i am not worried yet, ok i worry sometimes - but i know i don't need to because i am still breastfeeding him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1180614 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:41:37 +0000 wheres_c 1180614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkb: That is exactly what is going on over here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1180131 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:03:32 +0000 pinkb 1180131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has just started doing this too, she is 10 months. She doesnt take it out of her mouth. But she starts by sticking out her tongue all the way which usually turns into her food falling out, and then she just starts spitting it out or letting it fall out. She usually starts to do this when she is about half way done. I wasnt sure what to do about it. I have tried tapping her cheek or her nose when she does it and stay no we dont spit our our food and it hasnt stopped her at all. I have also taken her food away when she first started but I felt really bad so I dont so that any more. I am hoping it is just a phase. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1179945 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:30:16 +0000 tororojo 1179945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would ignore it. My 7 month old keeps motorboating purees...which is not quite the same, but man is it annoying! I hope it's a phase that passes soon! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1179785 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:24:11 +0000 MamaMoose 1179785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ignore it. There is no point in getting angry. They don't know they are doing something you don't like! If she does it I offer something else from her plate, and then later offer the offensive food again. If she is taking everything out of her mouth I assume she's all done and we finish up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1179779 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:21:09 +0000 immabeetoo 1179779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We completely ignore if. It's up to him how much and what he eats. If he appears to be completely done and is just fooling around, we sign all done and clean him up. Sometimes he does this with harder food to soften it up though! He'll pull it out and put it back in several times before chewing and swallowing.</p> <p>ETA I'd be really anxious that your LO would interpret the angry as angry about eating and start eating less all together. I don't think at that age they can discern nuances like that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1179749 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:11:24 +0000 MamaJ 1179749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea but my 11 month old has been doing it too. So far I've just been ignoring it. He also hasn't been eating as well. I think because he is bored with what I've been giving him. I gave him something new and he didn't spit it out. Maybe try a new food? It's hard for us because he can't have dairy and we really don't eat much meat. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/11mo-spitting-out-food-help#post-1179731 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:03:53 +0000 wheres_c 1179731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 11mo has just learned how to spit out and pull out his food with his fingers.<br /> I am pretty certain that its not because he dislikes the food...but more for fun/a reaction from us maybe?</p> <p>Not sure of the best way to handle this? FI and I have different thoughts.</p> <p>I think it's just a phase. Ignore it....if he does it often enough in one meal I take away his food. He doesn't seem upset that his food is no longer there.<br /> I don't want him to go hungry though.</p> <p>His dad gets baby appropriate "angry" which upsets LO, plus I think that shows he gets a reaction out of us. </p> <p>Did your LO do this?<br /> When did they grow out of it?<br /> How did you handle it? </p>