18 months DD is my second child. I am trying to let her eat by herself. If she have something she likes she would stuff a mouthful, then spit it out because she can't swallow. Or when she's chewing and somebody happens to put water or new food on her plate she'll spit out the food in her mouth and try the new food. This never happened with my older son.
In general she's easily distracted, she want to play with toy, interact with people while sitting in high chair, we had to feed her in living room where there is no toy, no people around and only one kind of food (usually vege/meat/starch premixed) in order for her to finish at a reasonable time.
Any thoughts?