Keeps putting food in the bin

[skn]

I'm at a loss as to what to do. I'll give DD (2 and a bit) a choice of things to eat, she'll decide on say an apple, take a few bites, then throw it in the bin and ask for something else. I'm hating this food wasting.

At the moment I just refuse to give her anthing for a while if she's thrown food in the bin.

I really don't know if that's the best thing to be doing. Any suggestions? TIA.

[~Harmony~]

i'd do the same - restrict access to the bin - sit her up to the table to eat? I just warn her now that there's nothing else till she's eaten the last thing...also try and find ways to give her smaller portions of stuff - tinned fruit is good for that. hannah's just started eating whole apples, had to put up with half eaten ones for a while but she's so reluctant to eat fruit I had to do something. that was the only thing I'd let her do it with though. repeated explanations, warnings when giving food - nothing else unless you eat it all - and small portions so she doesn't have too much

[~*Nile*~]

Can you put the bin somewhere where your DD can't get to it? She's probably too young to understand what wasting food is.

[skn]

Maybe we should put a childlock on so she can't get to the bin.

Nikki, she's normally fine with whole apples. So, I don't think it's a portion thing. Like this morning, I gave her one slice of toast, but after a few bites it went in the bin. Yesterday she ate a whole slice plus some of mine. However, I should probably be a bit more regular with ensuring she's at the table to eat.

[emd]

Sophia knows that food she doesn't finish eating is fair game for daddy or Juliet. That usually results in her eating til she's full, and then she doesn't mind if someone else gets the food. Also, if she doesn't want what's given to her (especially if she just asked for it!) she doesn't get anything else. And she only eats at the table or sitting on her chair in the lounge room - too many distractions elsewhere.

[skn]

Emma, we'll ask her if we can eat whatever it is and mostly she'll give us a big 'no!' and eat it So that usually works.

I guess we'll just reuse further requests for food, I mean if she was that hungry she'd eat what she was given, especially since we give her a choice and she decides.

[hanabi]

We've been through this one too. I banned the bin and provided a plate on the table to return unwanted food to. It at least meant I could eat the rest of the apple. Good fruit is expensive!!

At one point I kept a bowl in the fridge of one day's worth of barely eaten apples and put them in front of her for dinner. Didn't make her eat them of course but she kept whining about how hungry she was!!

Finally, I showed her her pocket money (though my daughter was older - around four/five) and explained how each apple cost up to one dollar. She's a good saver and wouldn't dream of throwing a dollar in the bin so that drove the message home better than anything else!

[~Harmony~]

Awesome, Jodie! I'll keep that in mind for later on!

[Hailstorm]

Hailey did this for awhile and very rarely still does we do the same thing with restricting food, I think maybe sometimes they might just want a taste of something but aren't really hungry iykwim. A childlock sounds like a good idea, we also don't allow her to eat around the house any more but it's more to do with me getting sick of finding half eaten things around the place
Also I find if I'm eating or at least sitting with her at the table she is more inclined to stay in her seat and finish off what she's got

[Hailstorm]

Originally Posted by hanabi

and provided a plate on the table to return unwanted food to.

we also do this forgot to mention it in my previous post, she often comes back to things and has a bite here and there as she's a grazer