how to get 18 mo. old to stop throwing food off highchair

imaima

Thu, Feb 04 2010, 9:08 am

the world's best mom wrote:

hardworkingmommy wrote:

sarachana wrote:

racheleezzy wrote:

lately what we have been doing is telling her if you throw your food you go int you crib, and I sloooowly started to work, after a few times of her going in her crib for 5 minutes she stopped throwing her food over the edge. Granted it does happen every once in awhile but not often

that is my style parenting!

FYI a crib is made to sleep in not punish your children in.

It also makes no sense to the kid. What does the crib have to do with throwing food on the floor?

Here's what I do with my 18 month old:
-no plate- we put his food right on his tray
-We only give him a few peices of food at a time
-If he throws his food on the floor, I tell him no, pick it up and put it back on the tray. When he starts throwing it again, I say "No, give it to Mommy." I hold out my hand and he hands me every crumb of food on his tray. I show him that I put it in the garbage, and he's free to come out.

that is what I do, too. Also, you can try to figure out by his facial expression if he gets disinterested in food, and remove the plate before he starts throwing food on the floor. OR do you really think his real goal is to make you clean up or waste your food? I guess it's just the sign that he's done. So treat the situation accordingly - remove from the chair and that's it. I do make him pick it up, though.