Toddler spits everywhere

My 3 year old spits everywhere- in her hands, on her toys, on the floor she does it out of habit but it’s so disgusting! I keep telling her not to but she doesn’t listen what would you suggest I do?

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I've got a similar problem with mine running to go and spit on the stairs when she's angry. I've read it's not an uncommon toddler thing. I've been telling her that if she has to spit, she can only do it in the sink - and the other day when she did it, I didn't even give her a warning, I just turned off her movie and then after her tantrum, we talked about it.

Since she's almost 3 and starting to comprehend more, I've been having her repeat instructions back to me: ie; "when you have to spit, where do you do it?" And she'll answer "in the sink."

I'm not sure the behaviour has completely stopped yet but it is getting better. You have to be careful not to give it attention, because they'll lock onto it and take a mile if you do.

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