So Anna (former 33 weeker now 21 months actual age) has begun spitting. Sometimes she is just spitting (like blowing a raspberry, but lots of spit) but mostly it is when she is drinking. It seems that when she no longer wants to drink, or maybe she just thinks it is fun or funny, she lets the rest of the liquid dribble out of her mouth and then spits the last of it out and all over the place. My husband and I are both educators and for the life of us we just cannot figure out how to handle this. We initially thought to ignore it, and would take away whatever she was drinking. But it is getting worse. She is not only getting milk or water all over her clothes, but also all over the floor and yesterday she spit it at her 8 month old brother.
Besides putting less in her cup, any other suggestions? Anyone else dealing with this? I am sure it is toddler antics, but we both feel we need to do something to curb it.
Kim
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