Hi,

Just wondering how many over 2's are still drooling lots (and lots) or if they were a big drooler when they stopped?

DD1 is 26 months and has always drooled a lot. It did ease off for a few months between 1 and 2 years old but apart from that has been consistently there since about 4 months old. At the moment she can soak her top down to her chest in under an hour. Currently trying to work with 2 tops a day and keep drying them out as I don't like the wetness on her chest for hours, she won't wear a bib all the time and the washing machine wouldn't cope if we put a clean one on every time the first one was wet.

I managed to get a good look at her teeth this weekend and they are all through. The last 2 molars are up to what looks like full height.

I mentioned it to our GP in passing a few months back and she said some kids do just drool lots and it will have stopped long before she reaches school! Just trying to get an idea of when it may stop.

If anything DD 2y1m dribbles more now than before

Yep I have a dribbler too!
DS 26 months still drools a lot. I find that sometimes I am able to tell him to 'suck it up and swallow' and he can understand this.
I have heard that it can be related to poor control of the mouth muscles, that they still must be developing in this area. I too hope it stops soon!

My neice at 2yrs 2m is still a drooler and my cousin's daughter is a drooler at 2.75yrs .

My dd who was 3 in Feb was the biggest dribbler. I was constantly changing her tops, putting 2 bibs on her. Even c/care couldnt get over how much she dribbled. I think she finally stopped dribbling at about 2.5yrs old. I know she doesnt do it anymore thankfully.

I mentioned to my dr too and he basically said the same, that some kids just do it longer then others. Hopefully it wont take much longer for your dd to stop.

My son was a dribbler...He's 2 and 1/2 now and it's heaps better.
A speech therapist through my work (teacher) told me sometimes
dummy use can delay the control of saliva.
It'll get better!!

Thanks for the replies. Glad to hear she is not the only one! By the sounds of it she will hopefully stop sometime this year - I hope.

Thanks for the suggestion beachflower but she has never had a dummy or sucked her thumb so it must just be one of these things. DH reckons it is because she talks so much her mouth is never closed!