Posting incog as I’m mortified and feel at a loss
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It's just a phase. Don't pay too much attention to it or, like you say, it'll increase the reactions. Say 'we don't spit, you can blow bubbles if you want' (or some alternative or distract). Then carry on. Make it boring!
Ignore it, like you said the more you give it attention the more she’s likely to do it. Try that for a while and see if it works. It’s probably just a phase and she doesn’t fully realize what she’s doing xx
I would say completely ignore it. Any attention positive or negative is a reaction and will reinforce the behaviour. I’ve always took this approach with my LO and it didn’t continue long.
Say in a neutral tone 'we dont spit' then distract onto something else. Currently have the same prob
Thank you all of you. Feeling pretty crap as I’m getting the brunt of the behaviours as my husband works away 5/6 days a week 😮💨
@Emily I tried this just now. She spat, I left the room. She cried then I came back after a moment and got down to her level, said we don’t spit. Spitting is not nice. She said sorry and hugged. I’m sorry you have the same problem
Only advice I would give is punishment. Tell her that doing that is not kind and try to explain it to her. Seems like a long shot but explain how spit has all these little germs that make people sick and that doing that is not kind. I would continue to stick with what you’re doing removing from the room!!!! Maybe even a sticker reward system so include picking up toys and not spitting and things like that, tell her every day she does these things and doesn’t spit she can get a sticker and the more stickers she collects then maybe something at end of the week like a piece of candy? In reality my parents just would’ve told me if I didn’t stop my tongue would’ve fallen off or cut off but I know we don’t all want to scare the shit out of our kids like our parents did to us 😂😂