Wiggie's always been a chucker it seems... Sometimes we know before, other times he throws before we get to his plate/bowl/ handful of food. I've had him get down and help me clean up his mess and he still throws. I've told him that when he throws he's done eating and he still throws.
How long do kids throw their food? Am I just giving him too much at a time? Any ideas how to get him to stop?
My mom bought him a place mat and if I take his food away he now throws that! I'm not sure if he's doing it to "test me" or because he thinks it's fun or what!
Do your kids throw food? have they stopped? how have you handled the situation?

Michele, Julia used to throw her food when she did that she had to pick it up and then I took away her food (I noticed it usually happened when she's done anyway). I find that if I give Julia the actual portion sizes of food she does much better. An actual portion of food for toddlers is ONE walnut size for each year (so a portion for our toddlers is 2 walnuts). That's not much - but then again, they aren't growing much at this time. You can always give Wiggie seconds, why not try giving him less to start with and see if that helps?

Good luck!

Thanks for the advice! I was thinking that he might just be getting too much food and I should give him smaller amounts.. I'll try that!
Hopefully he'll stop throwing his empty bowl and fork, too!

Sorry... I laughed when I read your title of this thread. I wonder, "is there a toddler out there that DOESN'T throw his food"? Probably not. Totally normal, sadly.

When Josiah was less than a year he'd toss it when he was done. So as stated above, we tried smaller portions and that helped. I think when he was still a baby it was more of a science experiment. Now, at 20 months, he will do it occasionally but it's when he's either done eating, or doesn't want whatever it is he's tossing. He doesn't toss for sport any more. We've had success teaching him to "hand it to daddy" if there's something on his highchair tray he doesn't want. Most times he'll hand it to us rather than tossing it. MOST times. :lol:

Susan, he's 2 now. 25 month.. almost 26 and we've been at my mom's for a few weeks and she freaks out like he's horrible when he throws stuff! It's always when he's just about done. I know he likes to play with his food, too, because it's fun. Not to be bad. But I'm not sure what I should be doing and what he should be doing. I thought we were doing okay with lots of things until I got here.. :dunno:

If we give caid more than one piece (like more than one chicken tender, or 1 chicken tender that is cut up into little pieces) at a time he throws whatever is not in his mouth, or if he is full he just picks up his whole plate and throws it. Right now we just only hand him one thing at a time...and take his plate away as soon as he starts slowing down if it is something like pasta or whatever.