Toddler Throws Food On Floor How Stop

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Toddler throws food on floor how stop. Respond with a simple. She s just discovered the fun of picking food off the plate and watching what happens when she throws it clear across the room hey mom pasta sticks to the wall. 6 tips to stop the baby or toddler throwing food. A few weeks ago my toddler started throwing things at people.

If you ve been following me on facebook or instagram you ve likely noticed i ve been documenting the mealtime struggle of food throwing with joey my sweet 18 month old toddler i love baseball football basketball etc. Does your toddler treat your floor walls and even ceiling as the perfect spots for target practice. While a baby or toddler throwing food on the floor is typical it can become a habit that s hard to break well past the age that it should ve stopped on its own. They may respond with a tantrum or meltdown this time.

How my kid skipped baby food and went straight to tacos. But they ll quickly learn to keep things that they want to eat on their tray and the throwing food on the floor will stop. Not to mention the mental drain on mom s and dad s that occurs from the constant throwing and clean up. Cheryl butler mighty mommy.

Throwing things is a new and enjoyable skill for many children between 18 months and 3 years of age. It may be maddening to watch food fly and even more frustrating to have to clean up for the umpteenth time but don t take it out on your toddler. Why toddlers throw things. How do i stop my toddler from throwing things.

Any sport that involves some type of throwing. Food stays on the table and don t give them back their items that they ve dropped. In other words a hungry kid is more likely to move food to their mouths rather than to the floor. Sometimes toddlers throw food to get a reaction sometimes it because they don t like the food and sometimes well who knows.

She isn t misbehaving on purpose. It takes fine motor skills to open the fingers and let go of an object and considerable hand eye coordination to actually throw it. No wonder your toddler wants to practice this exciting skill. Note that it s better to use a phrase that.

So parents may be better off looking for signs of kid hunger to establish the earliest mealtimes rather than making arbitrary choices about when breakfast lunch and dinner occur. The first few times your baby grabs food off her high chair tray and throws it on the floor you laugh pick it up smile and say in your gentlest voice no throwing honey you might even snap a picture because it s so adorable. But i don t consider mealtime a sport much to joey s dismay.