14 months old toddler keep food in the mouth and don't swallow?

Question

My son is 14 months old. All of sudden he stop eating and drinking. when I give him solid food he keeps in the mouth and then spit it, don't swallow. Is there any way I can make him to swallow the food.

Answer 1

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My son has been doing this since he was 14 months old. When he gets full he just starts playing with his food by putting it in his mouth and letting it sit in there. Just take the food away and put him down to play--he is finished eating. He will swallow it when he's ready. You can't force him to. What I found works really well is give him something he really likes to drink. Most of the time he will have to swallow to get a drink. Works like a charm to get that last bit of food down.

Answer 2

Maybe you are overfeeding him. He would swallow if he was really hungry.

Answer 3

to be honest i dont think you can force him to swallow at all i think you should get him involved when you are doing the dinner and make sticks of things and make it fun gud luck anyway x

Answer 4

It might be a texture thing. My kid does the same thing with chicken, veggies,... Try to give it to him an hour later when he is a bit hungrier or try a different food that you know he likes.

Answer 5

i'm assuming you've had him to the doctor and ruled out ear and throat infections, so onward:

how do you make him swallow? easy: you don't - it's a game to him. if you're still feeding him, try switching to finger foods and don't feed him any more - let him feed himself. when mealtime is over, take away what's left without comment or reaction. he'll eat or he won't - the one thing he won't do is starve himself to death.

if you stress and harp on his eating, however, you are setting yourself up for years of food battles and power struggles. every time he gets mad at you, he'll retaliate by not eating. food will become a reward/punishment system, not what it is: fuel for the body.

your job is to determine WHAT and WHEN he will eat. his job is to determine HOW MUCH or even IF he will eat. keep it to that and life gets a lot less stressful.

Answer 6

lol. when my son was a toddler, he would be walking around with food stored in his cheeks. i think he was full and just playing with it. i used to get worried about him choking on it (disgusted as well) so i used to tell him to spit it out into my hands.