You can't stop him from choosing to throw the food on the floor, unfortunately. I have a couple of kids right now like this. I've tried offering sensory activities and pouring/scooping activities, but they just immediately get dumped, too. One of my kids is nearly 2 and the parents are doing the same thing I do--immediately removing the tossed food and telling him it's a problem--but the other is 14 months and the parents aren't as good about modelling appropriate behavior.

I just take the food away and don't offer a replacement, although I keep them in their seats until everybody else is finished because I don't want them flinging food in order to leave the table early. I figure it'll eventually sink in. Might take many months, though.

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