2 Yr Old Son Spitting

Maybe stop him before he does it and put your hand over his mouth and don't remove your hand until he is ready to not do it. Even if he spits in your hand it's gross but keep your hand on over his mouth for a good few minutes to annoy him enough to not want to do that anymore.

When my daughter use to get mad and call me bad names or be mouthy I took scotch tape and put a piece over her lips. It didn't hurt her and she was able to remove it immediately but she hated it and got the point.

Or you could give him a rag and insist he cleans up his spit and explain to him how that is disgusting and unacceptable.

WOW!! I feel for you...
I went through this stage with our daughter...

I did all that was mentioned, as well as cover her mouth the minute she would start to spit and say "NO!" She would often still spit and then I would hand her the wipe and say, "Since you made that choice you have to clean it up." I won't tell you it happened over night, but she got the point quickly.

Hang in there, this too shall pass... hopefully... then the teen years come. :)

I tried soap in my daughters mouth, but she would just spit that out...the thing that worked for me was making her clean it up (with help), but she is the one that had to wipe it off the floor with a diaper wipe. She learned there were consequences to her negative actions and stopped shortly thereafter.

Time out. At his age it's 2 mins. He's old enough to know that it's 1)not nice and 2)that he shouldn't do it. As a mom I know this can be hard at first but I know it works. I've got over 12 years in childcare and it's the best thing out there for things like this.

My suggestion is to put a mat or chair against a bare wall. If you watch any of the nanny shows they always use a timer and I think that's a fantastic idea. If he gets up set it back. Might take a few times of fighting but it will work.

Good luck!
PS Don't be enbarrased. Sometimes kids just do things like that. My daughter likes to laugh at people. It drives me crazy.

Its a PHASE and he is trying to get a rise outta ya...been there done that myself.
They grow out of it. I would still tell him thats not ok and clean it up... but don't lose control or get really angry becaues thats what he is looking for. He wants to make you mad, becaues you made him mad.
Good Luck :)

I don't want to sound horible but I had the same problem with all my kid's age's 3,4 and 7 I found that a little soap on the tongue and saying that's what you get when you spit worked wonders!

My daughter did the same thing, so I put a little dish soap on my finger and put it on her tongue. She never spit again. I had tried everything else with no success, I had a friend do the same thing with her kids.

I would just make him clean it up. Show no emotion or disgust, anger, nothing. Just hand him a rag and make him clean it up. If mom doesn't show any response, if he gets no attention for it, then its not fun anymore.