What do you do if baby throws the whole meal on the floor, every meal? (BlW)
Wherever possible, baby has what we have at meal times but is mostly fed to him by me and he loves food and eats a decent amount. However, I am trying to encourage more BLW where he feeds himself. But he throws ALL of it on the floor one by one, almost every meal. He will eat it if I feed him so I know its not the food. Do I make and offer more food? Do I just feed him? Do I just clear up and wait for the next meal time?
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My 8 month old does this too, I just put half the food that I’ve made for her on the plate and the rest next to me so if she does throw it all I know she’s eaten at least the half I’ve given her. She most of the time eats hers with one hand and throws with the other so I think she eats more than we realise! I just let her play and explore the textures 🥰
Don't give her the whole meal at once, offer small pieces. Don't pick up what they dropped but offer a new one (I know it's frustrating). If they keep going, cut the meal short. It's a phase should pass. Do not for any reason have a reaction to it, simply ignore when they do that or they would be pleased by your reaction and they will do that to play you 🤣
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It's down to LO learning about cause and effect, and understanding the world around them :) they like to find out what happens when they drop things at this age, I know my LO will throw just about everything if I leave her to it! I hand bits of food to her after she's thrown a few bits, and make sure to model by exaggerating my own eating 😅😅