https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:21:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932742 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:27:18 +0000 MamaG 932742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: Thankfully her chair/our table are on hardwood floor (makes for easier cleaning). And her spit generally doesn't travel to far :)</p> <p>Not a great suggestion, but if you are willing to try ignoring her, maybe get a really cheap table cloth (from a party place) to spread out and see if ignoring her helps to remedy the situation. It will be cheaper and lessen the cleanup while breaking the behavior. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932706 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:15:46 +0000 skibobrown 932706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Ok, so granted, she does try to feed me the foods she doesn't like. I respond with, "no thank you, this is food for you". Then she usually contemplates it a bit before throwing it. @MamaG: I definitely think that part of why she thinks throwing food is so funny is that it gets a reaction from me. It's hard to entirely ignore what she's doing though when she's launching messy food onto our carpeted floor. (We have a splat mat under her, but the child has an arm and can throw her food pretty far!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932670 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:06:18 +0000 regberadaisy 932670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Yes!!! She will always eat if it's from a utensil. She's been on a meat strike lately but if I give her a fork to eat it with she devours. Needless to say we need to get a more toddler sized utensil, stat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932659 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:03:57 +0000 heffalump 932659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a pushover. If she doesn't like something she doesn't throw it anymore, she'll just give it to me. And I take it. I figure why have it on her plate if she's not going to eat it? But I do keep offering her the food at different meals, eventually she usually will start to eat it. It especially helps if I have it on my plate and ask if she wants some of Mommy's peas. It's always better if it's on my plate. Or if I feed it to her in a different way, like with a spoon or fork when she's used to finger foods, or let her take bites of a sandwich instead of ripping it in small pieces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932657 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:03:52 +0000 Maysprout 932657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember how old your LO is but to an extent it was a phase for us. I'd say no every time and sometimes take the food away for a bit but neither seemed to have much impact on how much joy she got from seeing food on the floor. But she did stop it for the most part. Now that she's older if she throws something on the floor I usually help her down so she can pick it up. That did seem to help her understand a little better, that if she throws something she has to pick it up/clean it up but I think that only works once they're over a year and a half or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932656 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:03:36 +0000 regberadaisy 932656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: I'm not sure? But usually the second time around she does eat a lot better. Also I find she does this more when it's food she's disinterested in. If it's her favorite she will never do this! haha And sometimes if she does this I'll start offering her "dessert" which is fruits. It helps to give her something she likes to eat then she'll start eating the other stuff again. Not advised, I'm sure, but works with her.</p> <p>LO is 14.5 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932654 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:02:55 +0000 littlek 932654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also sign to him "done" and he'll usually say the word "done." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932648 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:01:52 +0000 littlek 932648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: No advice but my son thinks it fun to "windshield wiper" his food. He thinks it's hysterical because our dogs go wild chasing food. When he does it, I assume he is done and I take the food away from him. He usually does this toward the end of his meal though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932642 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:59:29 +0000 MamaG 932642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, this has just been better over time (not overly helpful). Our problem is blowing raspberries/spiting while eating. I finally asked her teacher for help. The teacher's suggestion was to ignore her while she's doing it. Any reaction from us is attention (which seems to be the issue). My husband I both turn from her and engage in a conversation excluding her until she stops. This has been effective. </p> <p>It was hard advice to follow, but so far works. I've tried this in other situations and the lack of attention really does bother our daughter. She is a little older (22 months), but we have been doing this for over a month now with various behaviors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932562 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:39:32 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 932562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: 1 minute is a lifetime in their world :)</p> <p>I usually remove the food, take off the offending food and then put back the food she is actually eating. PITA, but it seems to have gotten better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932545 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:36:58 +0000 skibobrown 932545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: So how long do you think is appropriate to take all of the food away? I have trouble getting her to eat full meals in general, so I don't want to entirely take away food that she would eat... but I could remove her plate for a set amount of time, and then put it back. Is 1 minute enough to get the message across at this age? She's 15 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932518 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:32:42 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 932518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: At that point, probably everything goes away. Oh, toddlers, they are so damn clever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932505 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:29:08 +0000 skibobrown 932505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: The problem is she usually is throwing the items that she doesn't want anyways. She'll eat her mac &amp; cheese, but pick out the peas I gave her and throw them. Then she laughs b/c it's funny that she managed to get rid of the peas. Ugh. </p> <p>@regberadaisy: Does she understand why she's being taken out of her high chair? I think my daughter would be happy to be back on the floor with her toys. She's very distractable with meals, so I'm not sure she would take this as a punishment. </p> <p>This toddler discipline thing is tough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932419 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:15:16 +0000 pinkcupcake 932419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take a similar approach as @regberadaisy. I will tell her no, and if she does it again, she's out of her high chair and done for now. Usually if she starts tossing stuff, it means she's not hungry. I'll try again like :20 - :30 later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932393 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:10:33 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 932393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I take any thrown food items away and say all done. It hasn't stopped, but she really considers before she throws now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932369 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:06:05 +0000 regberadaisy 932369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no, this is/was my daughter too. I usually give her one chance like you but then dinner is over if she keep throwing!</p> <p>And I can't "starve" her so I'll give dinner again in like 30 minutes. hehe </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/please-help-me-reason-with-my-toddler#post-932347 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:02:24 +0000 skibobrown 932347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have quite suddenly found myself with a toddler in my home (my sweet baby is growing up), and I have absolutely no idea how to handle this. Help! </p> <p>Here's the problem...</p> <p>My daughter thinks it's hysterical to throw (and I really do mean throw, not just drop) any food that she doesn't like on the floor. When I tell her "no" she laughs at me. When I take her hand and place it on the table and say food is not for throwing, she laughs at me. When I pull her high chair away from the table for a 60-second time out from dinner she has no idea what is going on, and she often laughs at me again. As soon as I let her get back to eating, she resumes throwing her unwanted food on the floor. I think we need to promote a little bit of discipline in this situation, but I don't really know where to start. None of my attempts are working at all. </p>