DD is 13 months and has decided that she doesn't like anything on her highchair tray.
Example one - Drinking:
DD drinks out of cup and then immediately drops it on the floor. I pick up and put on her highchair tray and she immediately pushes onto the floor. So, I'm now either leaving it on the floor or putting it near me, out of her reach until she wants another drink and reaches for it and it starts all over again.
Example two - Eating Chicken:
If I give it her as finger food she will either, a) try and shove the whole lot in and then gag, spit it out and throw it on the floor, or b) take a bite and then throw the remainder on the floor. If I give it to her as a bite sized piece on a fork, which she loves, she puts it in her mouth and then drops the fork over the side of the tray.
I'm trying to ignore the dropping and encourage her to give me whatever she has in her hand before it goes over the side but it's becoming a game. DH says "no" to her and puts it back on the tray and she also thinks this is a game.
The reason it is frustrating is that she used to love to feed herself and have food on her tray to chose from.
I'm tempted to just leave anything she throws on the floor and hope that she'll learn that she soon runs out of food. BUT, I don't want her to go hungry. I know she's just a baby and that it's a phase, but it's driving me to distraction!
So.. oh wise MNers.. please advise me.
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LilRedWG · 28/06/2007 15:04
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