Lilianna

Maybe the best solution is to continue to feed him yourself.

Andreas

My suggestion is to give him a toy and feed him yourself rather than continuing a battle that you don’t seem to be winning. Don’t put the food within his reach except for Cheerios. I’m thinking that your expectations may be too high for his active little brain and body.

Lesley

Every time he throws the food take it right away from him. Don’t feed him until the next meal. If he throws his food again take it right away. When he is hungry enough he will eat. He’s playing a control game with you.

Sean

spank him and tell him NO!

Raegan

Tell him ‘No!’, then give his hand a smack. That puts an end to that.

Kaley

He is having a sensory experience with his food. In order for him to develop, keep offering food so your child can learn to feed himself. Are you offering a utensil? How can he learn how to eat properly if he doesn’t have the opportunity to practice. Give him a spoon and some food on a plate. Allow him the chance to learn to feed himself. He will not starve himself. Give mealtimes a time limit. Give him small portions. He might be feeling overwhelmed with the amount on his plate. After 20 minutes, take the food away. He knows how much he needs, and if there is too much, he will start playing with it. He is doing what is normal for a child this age.

Abbey

A child loves to experiment with different textures and feels. Experimenting is all part of growing up. Plus, it is fun. If you are overly tired then keep the food out of reach and feed him yourself, but if you wish to let your child explore then by all means everything is a part of learning at this stage and you can watch your child get all nice and mucky with a smile on your face. Eventually the child will have to learn to eat on his own and that itself will be messy too. Eventually the child will move on to the next stage and the next. Enjoy it while you can. Even this you view as bad now will become a fond memory. I have an 8 year old and a 10 year old and now a 3 month old I am sitting back waiting for this trouble remembering it all in the past. Sadly it will not last.

Judirose 20 minutes forget that. You know what I did with my second boy at a year old I had this left over icing I made. A deep green I let my boy literally put his hands in the bowl of icing. The shocking expression on his face was priceless at first he was trying to shake it off and then later it became great fun. The boy was covered head to toe in green icing on his birthday the picture I have of this is priceless. But, he had lots of fun. He had a blast spreading it back and forth on the tray with both hands and was laughing his head off.

Alexia

i just saw a thing on that on discovery and what they did to fix it was to when he starts doing that is to just take him away from the food and meal time is over!!it seemed mean but it works….i did this with my son………after a couple times he will get the point…….fast! hope it helps at all

Deshaun

An 11 month old is old enough to manipulate, meaning he’s playing a control game with you. I would end the meal immediately and put him in his crib, telling him firmly “No.” After a minute or two, take him out of his crib and feed him again. If he does it again, take the food away and don’t feed again until the next meal. I guarentee the child will not starve himself. Eventually he will learn to eat!

Mauricio

lol, this is just something kids do at that age, maybe each time he does it tell him “no” and take his plate away and try feeding him your self, he will eventually stop doing this, but it just takes time, i don’t believe smacking him will achieve anything at his age.