My 19 month old son loves to throw his food when he is seated at the table, throws toys out of the bath and then gets mad he can't have them to play with, will throw toys out the car door as I am strapping him into his seat, etc. It is driving me insane. He also pushes things off the kitchen table when he is done eating. He will push his cup to the floor and yesterday he pushed the half eaten yogurt cup off the table and it made a nice mess on the floor. I am hoping this is a stage, but it is driving me nuts. I tell him, "no throwing" but it hasn't sunk in yet. I put him in a time out yesterday for the yogurt incident. Any advice?

My daughter just turned 2 and she has been throwing things for months now. When she is done eating she throws food on the floor. She throws her toys and then chases after them. She will get into my purse and start throwing the contents over her shoulders like she is digging for gold. She can now reach into the grocery cart and pick stuff up to throw it out onto the floor. It drives me crazy!

Like you, I've done the "no throwing" and time outs and it has gotten better (all except for the grocery store and dinner time that is). I don't know if it's because she is older, because she is starting to understand me when I tell her no, or because I had to tell my husband and FIL to stop throwing things around her (they liked to throw stuffed animals and make her fetch like a dog, nice huh?) or a combination of the three.

Hopefully it will get better soon. Just keep being consistent and wear an apron in the kitchen if you are in the line of fire. :D

Thanks HM. Looks like I have many more months of this. It is frustrating.

Also, I can totally relate to my guy digging in my purse and throwing things out of it. Too funny!

The purse digging drives me nuts! The other day I accidentally left my purse down where DD could get it and she went right to my stamps and had a hayday with the expensive stickers...she is 2 1/2 and still throws her toys. I do timeout as well if she's doing it out of spite...or if she is just doing it for fun I firmly tell her it's "not ok to throw" and I threaten to take her toys away if she doesn't listen. Then I follow through even though she has a COW. It may take awhile, but I feel that is the only way they will learn not to do it.

I think it depends on the child. Some kids don't throw and some do. You just have to reinforce that you don't want him to throw or show it it isn't nice or that is makes you sad.

My daughter is two and she doesn't throw stuff, including food. She has never been that way, but she has a little freind the same age that is a thrower, she throws toys and food especially. I like to use distraction and talking to correct the problem. When shopping for example, I will talk to my little one and tickle them and point things out, etc. so she isn't sitting there thinking about throwing something. Maybe that would help??!?

I have a thrower my DD is 2 and is constantly throwing her food on the floor or her toys out of the car over the baby gates and I have the shopping cart problem also.. I just dont know how you get a two year old to listen or keep them in a time out Im at odds with that.