When I go to take his tray away, he practically fights me for it and goes to grab any last piece he can get. If he clears his tray before I take it away, he will pick up miniscule crumbs and throw them. Argh!!!
Yes, and my favorite is when he just goes nuts and uses his whole hand or arm to send the entire contents of his tray flying in every which direction.
Yup and yup! We have that, too. Thankfully not as often as it used to be. Last night, we had pasta with marinara sauce and I put a little bit of shredded mozz on top of mine (no parm
). A asked for some, so I put some on his pasta. For a few bites, it was great. Then, he would pick it off and throw it onto the floor. We've been really consistent with him, which is the only reason I think he doesn't do this as much any more (especially the whole arm thing, which we still get, trust me). We tell him to put the food he doesn't want on his tray, i.e. we acknowledge he doesn't want it on his plate; if he keeps throwing it, we assume he's done and the food goes away. Since F and S are much younger, I'd just keep at trying to stay as calm as possible about it (maybe leave the room and then scream to the heavens when he can't see you--yeah, BTDT!).
Martina, I wonder if T is acting the way he does because he sees how F eats?
Karen, hooray on the silver dollar pancakes!!!
