When to teach baby not to throw food on the floor? - Page 2

[DevaMajka]

Originally Posted by blizzard_babe

Well, throwing food in our house isn't quite as exciting, as the dog's reflexes are much quicker than ours. Well, he will not eat something if we tell him not to, but if DS throws food on the floor on purpose, I have been known to let natural consequences happen.

Same here!

Originally Posted by annekh23

Teaching doesn't mean saying no or giving negative consequences. Right from the start, I'll say to a baby, very gently, that food doesn't go on the floor, my current one clearly hasn't a clue what I'm saying, but at least it won't get to a point where I suddenly seem to not allow something that was previously allowed.

Yeah, I talk about where food belongs (in your mouth, on the tray) and where it doesn't belong (on the floor). I say it in a chatty way, so not harsh at all.
I don't remeber with ds1- I don't think he threw food very long (see the quote above- but at that pont we had 3 dogs, and there was no stopping them from eating anything on the floor!). I'm sure there was a point when I stopped picking stuff back up- probably just whenever I was tired of doing it.

[mckittre]

Well, since I started this thread, his food-throwing has gotten much more extreme!

Now he'll throw a piece of food the second you hand him one, at least 90% of the time. I've been telling him no, that food is for eating, not throwing. Then I don't give it back. If he fusses for the food again, I usually give him a couple chances, then stop trying and try again later. The result is that he's hardly eating anything at all anymore. Which I guess is OK, because he's still nursing lots, and will learn not to throw food soon, I hope....?

[claddaghmom]

DD did this...

Here was my solution:

I keep a little bowl or plate next to her main plate. When she gets that "look" such as "I'm tired of this or ew I don't like this" I point at the bowl and remind her "put your extras in here, not on the floor."


So now she understands to put the "bad" food aside instead of flinging it.

At restaurants we use the bread plate.