Toddlers Spitting Out Chewed Food

My daughter, now four years old, was born with enlarged tonsils (they are huge and coming out next week - woo hoo!). Sometimes when her tonsils are inflamed (she does not necessarily have a sore throat when this happens), she will chew up her food and spit it out. She does this because sometimes it is just too hard to swallow with the tonsils so big and she gags. She has had tonsillits some and has no problem letting me know her throat hurts, but usually, when she is spitting out her food, it is not during a bout of tonsillitis - her tonsils are simply larger than their normal huge state thereby leaving little room for the food to squeeze through.

If this is not the case, I would still second the recommendation of speaking to the doctor. He may be able to say just the right thing to stop it. I have "used" our family doctor for just such things.

Good luck.

Is it possible that she has a sore throat? Maybe there is a sore on her tongue? Maybe swallowing food is painful?

I would mention it to her pediatrician.
M.

my son now 4(almost 5)was always a picky eater,he actually started out not even wanting to eat at all,I mean I am saying if you tried to put just a speck of cracker on his tongue he would gag. so,i think I have learned as he has gotten older that he had sensory issues. dealing with textures,taste etc. being sensitive. well,he used to do this(what you were mentioning above)and it drove me crazy:>). I would do everything you mentioned to make it better,it does get better. he stills does the same thing sometimes with oranges or steak. he also would hold his food in his mouth for long periods of time then spit it out,and also putting too much food in his mouth. end of story is,i dont think there is much you can do at this point,it's either related to sensory issues or a phase they go through. to tell you for sure who knows??. i never knew exactly but eventually he got over it and now he eats lots. i think it's just getting their mouth used to food,i guess is a way to describe it.
best of luck.

Do you think the texture could be reason why? That after it gets to a certain point she doesn't like the texture? My son has an issue with that and he has gotten the point where he can actually make himself throw-up so he doesn't have to swallow it. He doesn't do it most of the time and he is starting to grow out of it, now that he is 3 and a half. I really don't have any suggestions, we just had to force him to swallow the food and tell him how gross it was to spit it out. That he had to try everything on his plate and if he didn't like it he didn't have to eat anymore of it. You didn't really say how old she is now, hope you get this issue resolved.