My son used to do this when he was a toddler, when he'd look me in the eyes, when he was about to do something that he knew would drive me nuts, right?

And what I didn't realize was that, like, he just wanted my attention.

But at the time, I was like, he's trying to break me.

And it totally worked.

It totally worked.

I called him King Edward for a while.

He's Teddy, but his full name is Edward. And I called him King Edward for a while. He's Teddy, but his full name is

Edward. And I called him King Edward. I would have to give myself pep talks of like, you're in charge,

Casey, you're the parent. You've got this. Oh my gosh. So today is going to be a quick episode

on toddler food throwing and how to get them to stop or at least do it less often.

There are very few things that you can do that will turn your toddler into a robot, unfortunately.

So we're going to try to at least decrease it for you.

I'm Casey Barnes. I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist, and this is feeding toddlers made easy.

I'm a Texas mom of two who knew as soon as I had a toddler that I just had to help other parents in this stage with the one thing that I'm an expert on,

food and nutrition, because parenting a toddler is so different than parenting a baby,

and it is tough.

Not that baby stage isn't tough, but this is just its own thing.

I absolutely love hearing your questions.

Just go to mama knowsnutrition.com forward slash podcast to submit your question for a chance for me to answer it in a future episode.

This was a voicemail question, but something with sound was really off. But it was about a

one-year-old food throwing. So that's what we're going to talk about today. Let's talk about

these steps to stop food throwing with your toddler. First thing that you're going to do is you're

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