My toddler has a spitting problem.

At this age, they don't have the maturity to figure out that there are other ways to release their anger. So next time he spits, redirect him to some other acceptable thing to let out his emotions. Find something that he can tear up, bang, or squeeze. OR Ignore it completely. He's really going to try for a reaction. And always make sure to praise him when he's acting appropriately. Eventually, he'll learn that a good behavior is what gets a reaction from you, not the bad.

Ohhh...this is an annoying one. I currently have a good friend with the same problem. Her daughter spits she is also 2 years old. One day we were out to eat and she spat in MY food! I fortunately never dealt with this with my kids but I will lend the same advice I lent her. What I find with my friend is she used to laugh at this...and think it was cute like she was trying to make raspberries... NOW her daughter spits and thinks its funny ALL the time. You really do need to nip this in the bud NOW...as for how to stop without a tap on the hand...I don't know what else to say. Tap him on the hand when he does it...you don't have to beat him...just something that will get his attention. This is a disgusting habit!

Well that is a nasty habit. He is obviously well into the terrible two's. I would give him a swat on the bottom when he does it and tell him in a stern voice not to do that again. If he knows he is going to get a swat...he may think twice about doing it...good luck.

Ughhh! i went threw that and i was ripping my hair out!! I was at my whits end..and one day,i just had enough..he was bad..and after i yelled he spit on me..soo i went and i took a very very small dab like needle size..there only 2..and dabbed it on his tongue...i let he suffer a bout 10 secs..and then we rinsed it out..and i told him..he ever spits again he will get even more next time and he will keep on his tongue longer!!(Which i never would..lol) he never spit again..if that isnt for you..i also thought takin away a blankie,nubby,or whetever theer fav thing is..and dont give them back til the spitting quits..just some idea for ya hun..

Well to tell you the truth the only way to stop it is to discipline him in some form. My son did it. He would spit at people when he got mad. He really didn't spit his juice or anything out just spit when he was angry. He would get popped in the mouth or on his butt. Then finally after months of I was tired of it so when he did it I calmly sat him down explained to him it was very nasty and he could not ever do that and he has to listen to mommy. He got a spanking and put in time out and since then I haven't really had a problem with it. He just needed me to be aggressive with him.

QUOTE Lifez2short"My mom telles me to pop him in the mouth"QUOTE I heard of that..Maybe timeout should work or just give him some(shock therapy)joking...Well since I love little kids and Im 17 I am use to watching little kids since I still love to play and have fun...

I hate to tell you this but your mother is right. Every time he spits tap him in the mouth litely but hard enough for him to know better. Then tell him No it is wrong to spit. My two year old daughter was spitting as well. She did this until i taped her on the mouth and told her it was wrong and she did stop. She learned this from her older brother's and i got them to stop as well. My oldest son is 6 and he see's all of these older boys doing it and i told him how wrong it is and how nasty it looks since he stopped she did as well. If you do this a few times to him he sill stop and learn that it is wrong. He must have seen an older child do this and picked it up right away from him. Good luck and if he does stop and then every now and then do it again just remind him that we don't spit.

This might sound cruel/barbaric or just plain nasty, but my friend had this problem. All she did was when he spat, she put a good size pinch of pepper in his mouth (obviously washed it out straight away). He never done it again. It was a 1 second effort with great results.

My son is two and loves to slit as well!! I usually just tell him to stop and of course being a boy he doesn't listen. So if he spits on me I will pop him in the mouth, but it hasn't helped so far, so I just cover his mouth so he can't do it anymore when I catch him. He loves spitting out his juice when we are at a playground or like McDonald's, it is so embarassing having to go over and take his juice away (which makes him scream) and wipe up his mess. Little boys are just little devils some times!!

I was raised by an abusive mother and father so I have not ideas except what your mother says. Maybe if you put your hand over his mouth when he is spitting and it goes all over his face it will gross him him out that might help? This is gross but stip in his face to see if he likes it. I feel that is not the answer. A time out longer than normal, or maybe making him wear a mask to cover his spitting like then do for people in prisions. That might scare him. Heck I hope something works.