Self feeding problems again

[Moffgal]

C's table manners are getting worse,

Basically, I give him finger food for lunch to encourage him to feed himself and he's always been brilliant at it. I usually give him sandwiches (different filling each day) and a load of stuff like cheese, cucumber, olives, cold meats, etc to eat as well.

What he seems to do is either fill his mouth with too much, choke and push all the food out of his mouth, or put something in his mouth and when he gets bored of it or wants to try something else, spits it out.

When he does this I tell him not to do it and it's naughty. He doesn't get any more food to replace what he's spat out either. But he's only 11mths old and I'm sure he doesn't get what he's doing is wrong. I eat with him to show him how to eat properly, but nothing seems to work.

I'm getting a bit worried now about how much he's actually eating at lunch as it appears to be very little. I mean seriously, barely anything. When I'm spoon feeding him it's fine, although he does push the food out when he's had enough, but that I can deal with.

Any tips/ideas?

Moffgal

[Puddy C]

I just put small amouts of different types of fingerfood out on H's tray and then take it away when she starts messing around with it as I take it as a sign that she is not hungry anymore. I don't mind if she puts something in her mouth and then spits it out - I put it back on her tray as she often goes back to it once she has eaten her favourite food.
H's messing around with food tends to manifest itself in her flinging food off her highchair or mashing it ito the tray - at which point I say all done and then take her out of her chair.
If I'm giving her fingerfoods and mush I'll give her fingerfoods first as she is less likely to mess around with them if she is hungry.

Puddy

[cheeky_biscuit]

I'd say he was still very young, and he just isn't quite there with self feeding. Emma will still over-stuff her mouth at 21months. Just keep eating with him or get friends to eat with him & he'll get there in the end

[Ruby]

He's not being naughty, he's learning to eat. I wouldn't tell him off. He'll work it out eventually.

If he's getting at least one good meal a day and plenty of milk then he'll be fine.