We had the same problem here too - though come to think of it, DS hasn't been quite as bad with chucking food recently. We have always just ignored him throwing the food on the ground - we didn't want to draw attention to it and make it into a game!
Like others have said, DS usually chucked food when he was getting full. Sometimes he just seems to do it when he has a lot in front of him. One thing that I noticed helps is giving him small bits of the food at a time. So, instead of giving him a full bowl/plate of say meat and vegetables, we might give him a piece of carrot, then hand him a bit of potato, etc. If he's in a chucking mood we usually resort to this.
I've found that by giving DD her food in a bowl or on a plate instead of directly onto her tray table and also giving her a spoon/fork has reduced the amount of food thrown onto the ground. Failing that, I have a plastic mat that goes under her chair which I shake outside when she's finished so I don't have to wipe the floors after every single meal
Dd1 stopped about 15-16 months when she started using a spoon properly. DD2 also does it even when I spoon feed her but it seems to start when she's full. She'll be perfectly fine eating and then all of a sudden everything gets flung on the floor. It is so frustrating when it's happening but it's quite normal. It does stop eventually. I think what you are doing with the discipline is right. We did that with DD1 and it eventually worked. Once she's older she'll understand a little more too and will hopefully stop when you tell her to.
We told DS if he threw food he left the table. That's what we did. He soon learnt that food isn't for throwing. (I don't mind him getting his hands in and feeling textures etc, but food is primarily for eating, not messing with.) We did this from about 7m old, when he started throwing. He stopped throwing routinely as a game by 8m.
I have a thrower and a spitter. If she doesn't want it/like it she'll put it in her mouth, chew it then spit it out - it could be something she loved earlier in the day
I just take it all off her until she is ready to eat it properly - i figure she won't starve. She'll eat it when she is ready.
DS is a chucker too- i have found since he has learned to say "no" we waste less food- as before that i would offer him food and he would take it and if he didnt want it he would immediately throw it- but now if i offer something he can say "no" so we have eliminated the throwing there. He does still do it a bit though when he has just had enough of being in his chair and is finished eating- we are trying to learn "out please" instead of the chucking- but if he is irritated it doesnt work.
Good luck with it!
Good luck, I know how frustrating it is!
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