14th month old eating habits

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For one thing you said you see her starting to push the food towards the edge of the tray in preparation for tossing so don't wait till it gets to the edge to say something. Here we use plates from day one - but soft plastic in case dish and all goes on the floor but food stays on the plate. If they take it off and put it on the tray I go over and scoop it back up and put it on the plate saying food stays on the plate till we eat it. That way there is no food to push to the edge of the tray. When they stop eating and just playing plate is removed.

For sure she is doing it on purpose because it gets a rise out of you. I would try stopping the behaviour sooner in the game and if that isn't possible then she must not be hungry anymore if she just wants to play so remove the plate.