my daughter was the same around this age, maybe 16 months. wouldnt eat off a spoon, just flicked it everywhere or spat it out or turned her head everytime, she wolould only eat finger foods. kept hitting me and smacking me all the time. she has outgrew the food bit, she started to feed herself which is always a mess but she eats lol. and the smacking, I kept being blunt with her and telling her no, and raising my voice when she did it, she stopped doing it and now only does it when she can't get her own way and starts to have a tantrum, she's 2 in November so I say she's going through the terrible 2s early now :) I think they are just learning and trying to test you as they don't understand from right and wrong yet xx

I remember hun its just how some kids r, my nephew is same with my sis butbwas here for dinner yeaterday and i fed him from a bowl a roast dinner and he ate the lot, and pudding afterwards, kids just know how to push our buttons xx

my son was the same. remember how i used to stress about it steph @safiamammy1 and yep pasta twists big hit! xx

Hhaha i had one like that the other 3 were quite good liked a bit of each thing on the tray, pasta twists was always a hit with mine x

@jod1303, @safiamammy1 she likes her finger food. but only one thing at a time other wise she just throws what she has. she's a funny sausage ha ha. xx

Try her with more finger food stuff things that u can put on the tray of high chair, they go through fazes of not wanting to be fed and becoming more independant x

honestly my son was exactly the same. have you tried finger foods or feeding her distracting her with somethin in her hand? best way is to say no and let her cry than to keep smackin she will learn hun xx

hi @jod1303 I've tried letting her feed her self but she tips the bowl up. tried the sucky Pad bowls too and she just flicks it all out with the spoon and doesn't eat any of it! will just keep trying her i guess and with the face smacking most of the time I'm able to stop her. getting harder now I'm less mobile. started putting her in her plan pen if I keep stopping her hand and telling her no. she cries when I tell her no but can't have her doing that! xx

let her feed herself. my son starting doing that wen he wanted to do it himself. also smackin in the face id take hia hand beforw he got to my fave and tell him its naughty he mustnt hes not aa bad now x