Throwing food off highchair
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Topic: Throwing food off highchair
Posted By: JessDub
Subject: Throwing food off highchair
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 6:42pm
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What do you do when your child throws food off the high chair? DS does it, just because he can I think. We pick it up, no fuss, a couple of times but then leave it.
Curious to know what others do. ------------- 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 6:44pm
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i looked after my neice for a year and when she did it more than a couple of times we used to pick it up and put it in the bin. she went a little hungry for a few feeds but she stopped doing it after that. ------------- 
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 6:58pm
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I ignored it. Just left it on the floor until the meal was finished, or it was all on the floor. Then washed her face and hands, picked the food up off the floor and said "Oh well, you didn't like this so I'll feed it to the dog/birds/rubbish bin". Once it was disposed of, I'd get her down from her highchair. She outgrew it fairly quickly! ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 7:44pm
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Caden LOVES throwing stuff off his highchair, once he is done with his food he will casually turf it off the side.
I leave it there until he has finished eating. If its his drink bottle I will give it back to him, if he throws it down again then it stays there. ------------- |
Posted By: bun_in_the_oven
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 9:01pm
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children love to explore ... cause and effect....
"if i throw this what will happen" dont take it personally !! the phase will pass.. i would just ignore it and leave it on the floor.. you could also try just offering one or two peices at a time good luck |
Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 22 September 2009 at 9:29pm
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Yeah I'm with you bun_in_the_oven. I've just completed my cert in caring for children and it talks about this phase. Kids often do it with toys and other objects. It's their way of learning cause and effect and also of learning that this will ALWAYS be the result. I think it is best to ignore it until bub has finished their meal then take bub away and clean it up with them out of sight. If they see you clean it up I think (personal opinion here) that it will become part of the cause and effect for them. So rather than it just being "throw the food and it lands on the floor" it becomes "throw the food, it lands on the floor then mum cleans it up" ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 23 September 2009 at 8:32am
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ahhh clever amstaff. i will keep that in mind this time round :) -------------
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Posted By: Caro07
Date Posted: 23 September 2009 at 11:54am
I can attest that it is a phase and they do grow out of it, though at the time it feels like forever 
We gave the highchair a wideberth for a while and he ate sitting on the floor. I also only gave him a little bit at a time. Infact even now if I give him his whole dinner in one go he will have one bite of everything and throw it away. Whereas if I pace him he will eat the lot no trouble
------------- Caroline, SAHM to 2 boys, S (4 years old) and J (2 years old) 
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