my 2.5yo son has recently adopted the habit of spitting. disgusting i no and dont no where hes getting it from. wont take a telling on it and does it quite frequently. any ideas on how to break habit?
2006-10-23 06:11:04 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
When I was kid I remember a boy at school who kept spitting - no amount of telling stopped him. One day our teacher caught him spitting - sat him in the corner and gave him a bucket. She said he had until break time to fill the bucket with spit and she made him try. Anyone who has tried to produce this amount of spit knows its uncomfortable and impossible BUT it was a lesson the lad never forgot - he didnt spit again. Maybe try it - sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind - spitting is a filthy habit. xxxxx
2006-10-23 06:30:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most children go through a stage of spitting, my daughter did, and the more I told her not to do it, the more she done it, so in the end I stopped telling her not do it and instead I made her clean it up, (if it was on the floor). (She didn't spit at people). After she cleaned it up, if she done it again, she would clean it again, and to be quite honest it must have stopped because I can't remember her doing it for that long after she had to clean it up. (Funny that, just like when my warts disappeared) lol.
All the best.
2006-10-25 17:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by bizzybee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son who is 2years and 2 months old does the same thing. All I do is I grab his cheeks, gently, and have him look in my eyes and I say to him, "we do not spit, that is not very nice, and if you continue to do that you will sit in time out." Al thought he still spits, he doesn't do it nearly as much, and I just stay on him until it stops all together. He will learn eventually, and it will stop until he is a teenager. If he doesn't seem to listen to that you could try putting something that he doesn't like weather it be mustard, hot sauce, or whatever, and put it on his tongue and tell him everytime he spits you are going to put that on his tongue until he stops spitting, because it is gross.
2006-10-23 13:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by danielle m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My 2 1/2 year old has started that one as soon as she does it i tell her how horrible and bad it is and then into time out. the other day it didn't do the trick so her favourite toy got taken away for the rest of the day.......touch wood we haven't had a repeat performance since that day.
2006-10-23 16:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my boy is the same age and at the early stage of 2 he used to do it and i used to tell him off loads and loads for it but the more i told him off the more he did it so i just simply ignored him even in the middle of town i ignored him and now i dont even think he can remember how to spit-thank god lol but no just ignore him i know its hard but its the only way, taking toys and treats away just makes them more naughty! good luck :)
2006-10-24 16:59:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell him that he`s doing wrong thing and do sth to divert his mind from this bad habit...u should know from where he got this habit so that you can control him from starting otherwise if you won`t see that it will be very difficult for you to solve this problem afterwards...and if he got this habit from his friends then either don`t let him play with them or you should see what they are doing while playing ...and stop them when you feel they are doing some bad thing ...
2006-10-23 13:23:40 · answer #6 · answered by apurva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tell him that this is not a good thing, make sure he understands why (disgusting, gross, unsanitary, etc). Then whenever he does it, just hand him a kleenex, and ignore him. If you keep on making a big deal out if it, it's more entertaining for him. Once he doen'st get much response out of you, he'd quit.
2006-10-23 13:14:21 · answer #7 · answered by mom_of_ndm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every time he spits take away his fav toy and make him clean up his spit. But you have to be persistent because he will push to test your limits.
2006-10-23 16:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by John T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are worst habits belive me. Time will normally take care of minor habit isues of smaller children
2006-10-23 13:16:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
do you kn ow what my son is 2 years 2 months and has started doing the same thing i just tell him off for it and im persistant seems to have cut it down but still does it and he does it with drink in his mouth aswell its disgusting i hate! if you find a cure tell me please lol! i think they just have to do these things its boys good luck to you xx
2006-10-23 13:15:09 · answer #10 · answered by mummy of 2 boys and a princess x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋