Need Help-Food Issue

[mema]

So I have a dck that will put food or drink in their mouth and then hold it there. If you ask dck to chew/swallow, dck just sits there. The first few times, I eventually just swiped it out and said if you aren't going to chew it, don't put it in your mouth. Well, it keeps happening, but now sometimes dck chews it and then spits it out like a little sprinkler. Dck knows full well what dck is doing. I have talked about it not during a meal time and they know exactly what they are suppose to do, but come meal time, boom, dck does it anyway.

I feel like just pureeing all dck's food and giving it to dck in a bowl with a straw and saying drink up.

Help!

[Willow]

How old is the kiddo?

[Blackcat31]

I wish I had some advice but instead I will be watching this thread too since I have one that has started doing the exact same thing.

He chews but holds it in his mouth. I didn't notice he was doing it until a while later when it began to seep from his mouth.

He even drank his milk around the chewed up food.

FWIW~ mine is 2 yrs old (October)

[Country Kids]

I wish I had some advice but instead I will be watching this thread too since I have one that has started doing the exact same thing.

He chews but holds it in his mouth. I didn't notice he was doing it until a while later when it began to seep from his mouth.

He even drank his milk around the chewed up food.

FWIW~ mine is 2 yrs old (October)

I have had several like this and there was nothing I could do. They wouldn't spit it out, let me sweep it out, nothing. They would nap with it stuffed in their cheeks. Then at naptime they would eat snack with it still in there and still not swallow it. I let the parents deal with it when they picked up.

Sad things-these were the kids with teeth problems.

[Blackcat31]

I have had several like this and there was nothing I could do. They wouldn't spit it out, let me sweep it out, nothing. They would nap with it stuffed in their cheeks. Then at naptime they would eat snack with it still in there and still not swallow it. I let the parents deal with it when they picked up.

Sad things-these were the kids with teeth problems.

Mine will happily let me sweep it out or will spit it out as I would never allow someone to nap with something in their mouth but I don't want him to get the idea that I will just let him spit it out all the time.

His mom is on the same page with me and is a great parent but we are both at a loss as to why he is doing this since it just started a few weeks ago.



Sorry Mema....I really didn't mean to hi-jack your thread. I apologize

[Willow]

In general I would require a kid that shoved food in their cheeks to remain seated at the table until they chewed and swallowed. I wouldn't go fishing for it, GROSS!!! I'd simply take everyone else down and go do something really awesome fun.

I had a kiddo pull this only once with an entire cupcake she shoved into her face to the point she couldn't hardly breathe. I swore she'd never have a cupcake in my home again if she didn't spit it out, she made her choice and I've stuck to my word.

I would require a child who spit food to get down immediately and hit the hay for nap. Spit or play with food, you must be full, done, and tired. Enough days going hungry and having to lay there bored would solve the problem on it's own.

[mema]

Its ok BC, glad to see its not just me. Mine is also 2. Very intelligent child. Sometimes I forget he's 2 and think he's closer to 4.

I have tried the whole you can't get down until it's swallowed, but he sat there for over an hour once and still didn't swallow.

[Blackcat31]

Its ok BC, glad to see its not just me. Mine is also 2. Very intelligent child. Sometimes I forget he's 2 and think he's closer to 4.

I have tried the whole you can't get down until it's swallowed, but he sat there for over an hour once and still didn't swallow.

Mine would just sit all day too. We must have each other's twin.

Mine doesn't spit per say but will allow me give him a cup or napkin in which he will spit the food out into just to get rid of it. He has great table manners and eats well most the time. This issue just started so both mom and I AND MEMA are at a loss.

[Country Kids]

Yea, mine would not spit it out for anything. Witnessed eating issues at the childs home also and 5 years later the child still has issues with food.

One right now will chew on a manderine orange slice for hours! There seriously can't be anything left-:confused:

[cheerfuldom]

I would only give them one bite on their plate at a time. If they spit, the meal is over. If they hold food, do a swipe at the end of the meal time and again, meal is over. eventually they will eat....or not. either way, you dont have to struggle through more than one bite per meal time. no more food until that bite is chewed and swallowed. you cant MAKE them eat, but you dont have to get into a huge battle over it either. kids wont starve themselves.

[mema]

Mine would just sit all day too. We must have each other's twin.

Mine doesn't spit per say but will allow me give him a cup or napkin in which he will spit the food out into just to get rid of it. He has great table manners and eats well most the time. This issue just started so both mom and I AND MEMA are at a loss.

Maybe they are twins with different moms tho, because mine just keeps saying, "that's naughty, I guess you will eat extra food at supper huh?" I know with that attitude, chances of him stopping are slim.

Is your's napping? Mine is one of the screaming, crying, talking, rolling all over that is probably keeping your group up some days

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I would only give them one bite on their plate at a time. If they spit, the meal is over. If they hold food, do a swipe at the end of the meal time and again, meal is over. eventually they will eat....or not. either way, you dont have to struggle through more than one bite per meal time. no more food until that bite is chewed and swallowed. you cant MAKE them eat, but you dont have to get into a huge battle over it either. kids wont starve themselves.

That's actually a really good idea.


I had one that was 3.5 who did this. She now makes a big deal out of how she DIDN'T eat her food to which I ignore it all and make a big fuss about other children trying/eating their food (What big muscles you have! Your belly will be so happy that it is full!).

[Childminder]

There was a poster on here in the past that pureed all of the childrens food, every meal, everything no matter how old the child.

I put a tiny treat in front of them on the table and don't say a word. If they don't eat by the time the meal is over they don't get the snack. The treat could be a chocolate chip, a piece of fruit or a cheeto.

[MyAngels]

I would only give them one bite on their plate at a time. If they spit, the meal is over. If they hold food, do a swipe at the end of the meal time and again, meal is over. eventually they will eat....or not. either way, you dont have to struggle through more than one bite per meal time. no more food until that bite is chewed and swallowed. you cant MAKE them eat, but you dont have to get into a huge battle over it either. kids wont starve themselves.

I had one that did this, too, and this is how I handled it. It was a little annoying at the time, but it didn't take long for him to stop.

[mema]

Mine has been doing it for over a month. I tried a special treat for everyone and he doesn't care. He just goes home and eats a ton. He'll complain that he's hungry and I remind him he should eat his food and he just yells no at me.