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My 2 year old daughter just recently starting spitting out her drink. She'll take a drink spit it out and repeat until she has enough to play in. I've found puddles of juice all over the house. Every surface is sticky or has baby handprints from where she played in her juice. I am completely baffled with this behavior. Has anyone else gone thru this.
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Never spit and then played, but he does play with spilled liquid. It feels neat, maybe b/c of the sippy cup, the only way she can get it out is by sucking it out then spitting. A couple of suggestions off the top of my head... try to limit drinks to the table. If you do catch her doing it, have her help you clean it up. That might be enough punishment for her to stop.
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Ooooo, my daughter JUST started doing this same thing! She takes a sip of her drink and then spits it out, letting it run down her chin. I'm hoping it's a phase...I'm not sure what I'll do if it lasts, heh. For now I've basically just been non-reactive when she does it. I take her cup when she does it and I said "I assume you're finished with this since you're spitting it?" and then I hand her a towel and tell her to wipe off her face please. She just started doing it maybe 2 weeks ago...like I said, I'm hoping if I semi-ignore it that it will pass! Good luck!
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I like novamama's response. The more matter-of-fact and consistent you are the quicker the behavior will disappear. Having the little one participate in clean-up is good too, but mine likes it so much it might actually encourage the behavior!

My son has done similar things off and on. I have taken the cup away and said "drinks aren't for playing" or something equally short but to the point. Good luck!
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Every two-year old does it. Just testing the limits. I like novamama's advice.
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It has to be a phase my one year old son does it too, I take has sippy away and tell him we don't spit. Then I try the drink again in a few minutes.
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my 18 mo old does that- we call him our puddle-duck! he loves water and any other liquid he can play with. I normally just take away his cup and clean up the mess. he's really too young to know that it's wrong to do that.
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