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So how do you handle spitting? The 2 yo has a real issue with this and now my 17 mo is imitating. Spitting is one of those things that just really grosses me out and seeing spit dripping off his chin all day b/c he likes the sound it makes is really yucky. With the 2 yo I've been moving her to the calm down spot by herself, removing her from the table, etc when she refuses to stop. It seemed to be getting better until ds started copying her. Now she spits, waits for him to copy, and then laughs hysterically. How do I teach a 17mo not to do this? Today I removed his plate when he kept spitting at the table. Is he old enough for that? I have worked with preschoolers for the past 10 years. It is like relearning everything having this young crew now.
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I say a firm No spitting when they do it and it usually works. I would seperate them as a consequence since they are making a game of it.
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oh my gosh I HATE spitting too! I have a DCG who does this when she sees a diaper or whenever I open the garbage. she is not very verbal so she does things like spit to communicate. I keep telling her to stop but it's not much use at this age.
No advice just empathy
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Aside from taping a child's mouth closed - which I wouldn't recommend - you can't really stop a child from spitting, but you can control where they spit. Whenever the children here start spitting I remind them that the place for spitting is in the bathroom sink or outside on the grass. They seem to lose interest in it when they don't get a big reaction from me.
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Aside from taping a child's mouth closed - which I wouldn't recommend - you can't really stop a child from spitting, but you can control where they spit. Whenever the children here start spitting I remind them that the place for spitting is in the bathroom sink or outside on the grass. They seem to lose interest in it when they don't get a big reaction from me.
I used to give them a paper cup and tell them to go into the bathroom and fill it and come out when they are done. Of course, I really didn't expect them to fill it up but it was boring in there, they didn't get a reaction, and it soon stopped.Comment
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For my dc they would take a huge drink of water, hold it in there mouth then spit or let it drip down there mouth. Gross! I hate to say it but they got there sippies taken away and could only have a drink of water under very close supervision. Thankfully it stopped soon. I took a firm stand against it right off because I could not have all these kids doing that. It's really a fine line because if you spend to much time pointing it out then they will do it more.
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