Throws everything on their tray for dinner onto the floor?
Picks up handfuls of food and stares at you... While dumping them on the ground?
This is a fun new game! /sarcasm
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I totally ignored it! I still do for the most part..she feeds off attention to it. Usually when she started pitching food she was done, so I would get her down - if she was still hungry after, we tried again in a little bit.
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At this point, it's usually a sign that the meal is over. Depending on the signals he's sending, I might pick it up and offer it to him one more time, or just calmly remove him from his chair and say ”all done!” No matter what, I don't react, or try not to!
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@sorrycharlie: That's what I should do from now on. He's totally doing it for my reaction! He used to do it when he was done, but I know he was hungry tonight. Apparently he was more interested in my reaction.
I just feel kind of bad because he didn't really eat dinner! I can't keep cooking more food...
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Take the food away and let her sit there while we finish. But we're also working on sitting at the table until everyone is finished. When she was a young toddler we would just take the food away and get her out of her chair to play.
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Ignore it, and then take the food away. If he whines that he's hungry, I would offer it again in a few minutes.
Also, maybe try putting only a few bits in front of him at a time?
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@Pepper: I know it's easier said than done, but one missed meal won't make or break your baby, he will make it up with milk or the next meal, etc!
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@Weagle: I'm glad you said that, because that's what I did. After saying "no no, we don't throw food" 10 times, I took his tray away and let him sit with me until he was done eating. Next time I need to ignore, too.
@hilsy85: Yes, I definitely should start offering less. Usually he eats really well, and does the throwing at the end. Tonight it was from the start!
@MoonMoon: You're right, thanks
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@Pepper: I don't think anything tests my ability to be zen more than mealtimes with a 13 month old! I hope all this pays off for us in the future!
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Just pick the food up and out it back on the plate. It is a phase, and not a in one!
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Mine has done it infrequently, but I end dinner after 1 warning. I didn't offer anything else that night and he didn't ask... but he ate a big breakfast the next morning and hasn't done it again (yet!!)
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I used to warn her once and then take the plate away. If she was playing with it, obviously she didnt want to eat it.
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@Pepper: I warn her, then if it continues, I ask her if she's all done. Most of the time she says 'all done,' or continues throwing, so I take that to mean she's not hungry anymore. It's *super* fun, isn't it?
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With nanny LO, we did one warning and then the food goes away. Thank goodness it was a pretty short-lived phase, because it drove me up the wall! She only does it occasionally now (15 months), usually when she's very cranky.
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Like other pp's she gets one warning and then I take the food away.
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