Baby Bubbles & Spit Engine

The sputtering and spit spraying all part of the beginnings of early speech--your baby is learning how to use their mouth, lips, and tongue to form new sounds; you get the benefit of a shower in the process :). This too shall pass, just be ready to wear a little food in the process when they decide to do it in the middle of strained peas!!!

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My son did the same thing! While you can't do much to stop the bubbles and the fun they are having with all that saliva, you CAN reduce the expense and inconvenience from all those soaked clothes by using a Baby Chaleco performance bib. Yank-proof, stylish and they won't soak through so just one lasts all day. Check out some of the reviews on mamasource and find them online at www.babychaleco.com
(fair disclosure: Thanks to my drooling son, I am the mama who started the company, which is based in Washington.)

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This is going to sound crazy, but...just enjoy it for now. How old is your baby? Mind did it for a few months around 6-9 months. Yes, she was starting to teethe, and...it was just a new skill. I have to tell you, people always gave us the right of way when we were out grocery shopping. They could hear us coming three aisles away! If you really want her to stop, you can distract her by making another noise and see if she'll mimic you. Oh, and she can wear a terry cloth bib for the "puddles of joy."

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In my experience, as frustrating and gross and this might be, there really isn't much you can do about it. Babies usually discover some new "ability" like this and they keep doing it until they are bored with it. Screaming to hear there own voice is another popular one. The best thing I have found to help them "out-grow" it, is to NOT react. When you laugh, smile, frown, yell, say no... it is a reaction and they are exploring cause and effect so ANYTHING you do in reaction to it will encourage them to continue. It's like "hey, she laughed, will she laugh if I do it again?" and they do. They also like to feel the sensation of the bubbles, wetness, vibration ect. There will be more later when they pick up a handfull of yogurt and squeeze it between their fists to see how it feels or repeatedly drop their plate on the floor to see if it falls each time.

Stay calm, and neutral. Once they get it out of thier system, they will move on to some new annoying activity. Take pitures so you can show them later what you had to "put up with" and how cute it was!

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Babys and bubbles go hand in hand. Your little one is not only producing enough saliva to keep an olympic pool full but is also experamenting with sounds and touch. Who knows, your little tiney may realy like the sound or feeling they get when making the bubbles. Mine did. There will always be a sound or an action that they do over and over and over again to get the hang of it. Practice does make purfect. Even when it comes to spittle bubbles.

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This is the beginnings of speech and you want to encourage that.

Do it with him it might make it fun. Find other ways to make it fun...

Also, copying sounds babies makes helps with speech and therefore brain development.

Both my kids were early talkers (first words at 6 months) because I encouraged the sounds and did "baby talk" with them.

(Sorry, this posted twice?????)

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Babies like to practice new things they learn, and they love getting reactions out of the adults they love. When she learns to make sounds instead, she will probably move on to the annoying shriek, or the constant babble. Try ignoring the behavior you don't want and whatever you do, don't make her think you want her to stop or it will become a tool she uses to get your attention and to annoy you. Instead, get excited and laugh about behaviors you want to encourage.

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Try making some new sounds/faces and see if he'll try to imitate you. It might get him off the bubble train. My father-in-law got my daughter to whistle when she was about 5 months old. It was much cuter than spit bubbles. :) Good luck!

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