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Toddler Wooes

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My kid has recently discovered that throwing his meals, over board from his high chair, is hilarious. All my hard work and preparation, to make a good balance meal, is always fed to our eagerly waiting, drooling golden retriever.


What can you do to make this stop?.. I've learned that raising my voice, makes him do it more, because, it is the reaction he wants. I don't slap my child. So what else can I do other than saying no?.. He understands the word, but is yet to listen to it.


Help.... Before my gorgeous model of all dogs, turns into an obese belly dragging piglet.


Sam
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replied October 24th, 2006
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sammy001 wrote:
my kid has recently discovered that throwing his meals, over board from his high chair, is hilarious. All my hard work and preparation, to make a good balance meal, is always fed to our eagerly waiting, drooling golden retriever.



What can you do to make this stop?.. I've learned that raising my voice, makes him do it more, because, it is the reaction he wants. I don't slap my child. So what else can I do other than saying no?.. He understands the word, but is yet to listen to it.



Help.... Before my gorgeous model of all dogs, turns into an obese belly dragging piglet.



Sam


why dont u feed the child yourself and let him know that until he stops throwing the food everywhere he wont be able to eat his meal like a big kid. It worked with my nephew !
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replied October 24th, 2006
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I would fed it to him, but he is also at the age where he won't have anything to do with me feeding him.

He is only 18 months old. He pushes my hand away and say's "no"...In the sweet tiny cute voice.
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replied October 24th, 2006
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Maybe give him smaller portions? That way, if he throws his first plate, tell him no and wait a few minutes. I assume he'll get too hungry to throw it eventually. And you'll still have food ready for him when he decides he actually wants to eat it.

Of course, that's just a theory. My daughter isn't a toddler yet.
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replied October 24th, 2006
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Try to put the dog in another room with a dog treat, away from the toddler, my kids used to do the same way and that is what I did and I showe them that this is what the doggir eats and this is what you eat(my kids but they always left the dog with one little bite anyway.
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replied October 24th, 2006
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I would do like emma said and tell him that since he can't act like a big kid, then mom's going to feed him. Or give him an incentive, like if you can eat like a grown up, mom will give you a prize! Little kid's will take anything as a prize. Maybe a cool plate and cup set with his favorite cartoon character or something.

When I was about his age, my mom told me that I tried throwing a fit, and she said she looked at me and said "is that the best you can do?" and I stopped all together, and never did it again.
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