https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:52:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2010180 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:33:16 +0000 Tanjowen 2010180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Super wasteful. I've started to catch chunk on the way down and putting them back on my plate to save :silly: . My dogs do clean-up duty after LO eats, so they are loving life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2010177 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:32:18 +0000 petunia354 2010177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He is wasteful in that he will "ask" for something (more like point) and so I'll make it and then he yells NO and refuses to eat. SO frustrating!!!! We throw out so much fruit, waffles, toast, etc due to this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2010110 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:10:04 +0000 anonysquire 2010110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She is a vacuum. So not only does she not waste food, she eats mine and whoever elses is on the table. And then moves on to straw wrappers and salt and pepper packets. She's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2010017 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:26:12 +0000 StbHisMrs 2010017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!! She's do picky, I give her teeny tiny amounts and we still throw it away. She drives me crazy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009991 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 12:16:00 +0000 catomd00 2009991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. My 10 month old loves food! I give small portions and now that she is into throwing she gets three strikes and then meal time is over! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009922 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:19:12 +0000 Anagram 2009922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO usually leaves some food, but usually DH or I will finish it. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009864 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:51:48 +0000 Smurfette 2009864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009858 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:49:57 +0000 CakeLady 2009858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7 months and we are working on solids, he was doing well but once he started teething he's lost interest. I still offer but usually he throws finger food on the floor (at least the dogs eat it) and he flat out rejects purees. Even though it is only a few tablespoons or bits of food it still bugs me that it goes to waste, eespecially if I've mixed in breastmilk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009852 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:47:38 +0000 blackbird 2009852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: And she always wants the fancy or expensive stuff that i wouldn't normally share, LOL! Fancy chocolate truffles I got for Christmas? That a toddler surely won't appreciate? She zeroes in on them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009837 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:38:12 +0000 regberadaisy 2009837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I hate when that happens! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009829 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:32:42 +0000 blackbird 2009829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She actually doesn't because we don't give her much to begin with. I will have a plate for her and i will parcel it out as she eats it. And i will saran wrap her plate up and offer it the next day for lunch. If she doesn't eat it for dinner, it doesn't mean she'll refuse it the next day. Sometimes she just isn't hungry. </p> <p>A lot of times, she'll eat stuff that we don't get "for her". I get myself a pear and she shows interest, so I give her chunks of it. And next thing you know, she's eaten the whole thing and I have to go get myself a second pear :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009821 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:23:23 +0000 autumnlove 2009821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only when DH plates her food! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009818 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:20:02 +0000 yellowbird 2009818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It really just depends on the day and the meal with us. Sometimes she eats.more than I can eat and sometimes she won't touch anything. It's a huge peeve of mine when she wastes though so I do offer a small plate at first to assess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009813 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:16:50 +0000 Bao 2009813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: we have divided plates but for the past month or two we have been using regular kid plates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009773 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:47:25 +0000 regberadaisy 2009773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: out of curiosity do use divided plates? I stopped a few months after solids and I found she eats better when everything is on one plate, undivided. I feel like the compartments make picking easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009770 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:45:21 +0000 LuLu Mom 2009770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She goes through spurts, she will take a bite of a banana and say I'm done and go to throw it away, and I'm like absolutely not, you eat that banana! Same thing with yogurt/applesauce/ect. I try to save what I can, but some things just don't keep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009769 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:44:42 +0000 edelweiss 2009769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yeah, my 2-year old wastes a lot of dinner, even when i give small portioins. i've resigned myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009768 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:43:25 +0000 regberadaisy 2009768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: haha sorry. The girls were just here over Christmas break so the amount of food wasted was just insane. I needed to sound off. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009752 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:35:49 +0000 Bao 2009752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: for example I give my toddler 4-5 green beans, 5 bite size pieces of chicken and a small spoonful of rice. Which is definitely way less than what DH and I eat ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009744 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:30:49 +0000 regberadaisy 2009744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really. Wasting food drives me crazy! I always gave DD 1 just a tiny bit at the beginning and if she ate it all then I offered more. I feel like that way is less overwhelming? With her being older now I have a good idea of how much she can eat. If she wants more she always asks. If she doesn't finish something I always either eat it myself or wrap it up for later. Sometimes she doesn't feel like it now but later or even tomorrow she might eat it. </p> <p>Not saying "you" do it but parents wasting food is a huge pet peeve if mine! BIL would pile his daughters plate with more food than what I put on DH's or my plate. He ends up throwing 75% of it out 85% of the time. And it's usually been untouched by the girls! It drives me crazy how wasteful he is.</p> <p>If your older daughter isn't finishing her plate maybe it's time to offer less? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-waste-a-lot-of-food#post-2009737 Mon, 05 Jan 2015 09:25:08 +0000 Bao 2009737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like both of my girls waste a lot of food. My toddler won't eat what I put in front of her 80% of the time and my 9 month old drops a good portion of her food on the floor, in her high chair or down in her bib which then gets soaked with water she spits out. I could at least save my toddlers food and have her try later but I feel like if she's not eating it the first time she won't if I offer it later. </p> <p>Does your LO waste a lot of food? Any tips for controlling how much is wasted? I already try and give small portions! </p>