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Spitting out of drinks

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BertieBotts · 03/12/2010 19:34

DS has just started doing this a lot - took me a while to twig as he'd ask for a drink and it'd be gone in a few seconds and there would be juice all over the floor. (He seems to do it more when he has watered down squash). I couldn't work out how he was spilling it so quickly but it turns out he takes a mouthful and then spits it straight out!

I'm guessing this is a phase, how did you deal with it? I can't exactly withold drinks from him.

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BertieBotts · 03/12/2010 19:34

He's 2.2 by the way

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frogger77 · 03/12/2010 21:05

Watching this thread with interest as my ds (2.5) is doing this too. I thought maybe he was getting sore teeth and the dribbling it through his teeth to soothe them.

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BertieBotts · 04/12/2010 10:55

I don't think it's teething as DS does it deliberately all over the floor so he can paddle in it Though he was doing it on his highchair tray as well (don't have a proper table at the moment) - this was when I noticed - and he also did it all over a duvet which had been left downstairs. I think it's experimentation, I just can't have him doing it on stuff that will get wrecked, or equally on the floor as it makes it slippy! Maybe something I could say he's allowed to do in the bath only?

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tulippa · 04/12/2010 11:41

I also have a DS who is 2.2 and has just started doing this as well. He won't do it with milk - only water or juice.

I got the impression he does it because he's discovered that he can. It's coincided with him starting to do a lot of 'naughty' stuff (eg tipping half the bath water on to the floor with a bucket) not because he's being deliberately naughty but because is hasn't learned that it's wrong yet.

I'm just trying to get the message across that it's not something that we do.

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BertieBotts · 04/12/2010 12:41

How are you doing that tulippa? The only thing I can think of at the moment is only letting him have drinks at mealtimes (where I can supervise him) but it seems a bit unfair - after all I drink between meals all the time!

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tulippa · 05/12/2010 10:01

I'm trying saying no in a stern voice with a disapproving look on my face - have no idea whether this will work or not.

He's doing it this very moment in fact but with a new twist - sitting with his drink, taking a sip and blowing a raspberry through it.

This way though he soaks himself more than anything else so maybe he'll twig at some point he's only going to make himself uncomfortable if he keeps doing it.

Latootle · 05/12/2010 19:05

is he able to know he is uncomfortable in his wet clothes if so leave him in them and explain this will happen whilst he spits out his drink. Or do confine it to mealtimes. If he really is thirsty in between maybe he wont spit it all out. good luck

WildhoodChunder · 06/12/2010 18:55

BB, DD did this for about three weeks - it seemed to pass as a phase if that helps, but we did tell her we spit when we brush teeth and not with anything else. She liked practising rinsing and spitting in the sink. Also, if it's a mealtime she has a cup, but if it's a drink that just hangs around between meals then I use an anywayup cup so it can't spill. Not ideal but practical for us right now.

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