How to Teach My Child to Spit

Do you mean for brushing teeth? For my daughter, I'd give her a little cup of water, tell her to take a sip but don't swallow it, and then spit it out in the sink. I'd do it with her so she could watch. It took her a few tries to get it because she would accidentally swallow the water first! haha But she'll be 4 years old in a few days and she handles that part of brushing teeth pretty well. She knows not to swallow the toothpaste while brushing, and then she'll sip water & spit into the sink several times. They just need to practice!

I wish you luck with that. My boys are 5 and 7 and they still don't spit well but at least they don't swallow the toothpaste now! One doesn't even really let he toothpaste get foamy before spitting. lol. Stick with non -flouride toothpaste until they stop swallowing it.

I hope this is for teeth brushing only and then a monkey-see-monkey-do thing should work when they are about 2 yrs. old. They can watch you brushing and then copy you. It's too funny to them to not want to imitate. Any other circumstance of spitting is such a nasty thing.

My dentist told me my son wouldn't be able to do it well until he was about 3 years old. When I tell him to spit now, he sips the water, swallows it and then says "Spit." It's pretty hilarious!

Feed her watermelons and show her how to spit the seeds? =)

The only way is to show them, and make it fun. My son is 25 months old and I've tried to show him, and he does spit.... but not well, so I got him a training toothpaste with no fluoride.