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Mine does the same and thinks it’s hilarious! I think she likes the feeling more than anything. They are exploring, it’s nothing more than that.
Yea but it’s like that’s all he does. It’s ruining my tables and his train table and my couches cause anytime he has any drink he spits it and has been doing it for weeks. I’m at my breaking point. I’m waiting like solutions of how to help him stop. Not let him keep doing it. I’m not a gentle parent. I do believe I tell you one time you don’t listen I help you listen by making you do it. I ask you to pick up your toys before bed you do it. If you don’t I will help by taking your hand and have you pick it up hand over hand and put it away cause it’s about respect and boundaries. This is my house I’m the parent and you do what I say because I’m the parent and I know what’s best for you. Like he needs to learn to listen. That’s why there’s so many bratty kids today cause parents think gentle parenting is okay but that does not work. I’ve seen it first hand. My sister does it and my aunt does it and their kids are 12,6,5, and my nephew is 2 none of them listen. Mine is the only one does.
Mine have done this and don’t any more I would take it away but she went to spitting at her teacher and I had to plunk her mouth and she stopped ever since
I have done that. I have not smacked him but like a little bit of a pop on the mouth for spitting it in my face. And he thinks it’s funny and I’m like no that’s disrespectful to me and it’s not okay.
My daughter started doing that too at random times, and I just have to say “no, we don’t do that, that’s yucky. Water is for drinking” and then I take her cup away. It’s just a new thing right now, but keep up with the repetition and reiteration and following it up with removing the drink and eventually it’ll stop. If you want, you can always redirect to say something like “we only do that in the bathtub, not with our drinks” or something that gives him an outlet.
@Melea I like the “we only do that in the bath” I think he will like it too cause he LOVES bath time. And it could work cause we’re going on weeks of spitting.
@Caroline Cox hopefully it helps! My daughter also enjoys blowing bubbles with her mouth in the bathtub to practice what she learned in her parent/child swim classes, so he might enjoy that too if you can model it for him.
Oh yea my son lovesssss to blow bubbles in the bath. And his little brother thinks it’s so funny and when he splashes him.
My daughter does this. Timeouts and spankings won’t do anything to fix this. Try only giving him something to drink after meals or after he finishes running around like at the park. Keep praising him for swallowing but once he starts spitting the water out just take it away. It’ll take some repetition. They are at that age.