: 2 year old still drooling, what can i do? I have a child of two years and still drooling, at first I did not care much but I fear that this will become a habit or interfere with their ability to speak. I already visited the

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Some children will produce more saliva than others - leads to drooling. It is because, the ability to swallow isn’t developed in most of the children at this age. This might be one of the reason and another reason would be the child may be cutting his 2 year molars. Once your child develops the ability to swallow and his molars come in then the drooling stops.

To develop the swallowing ability let your child to have sips of water frequently throughout the day. This may help him.

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My pediatrician recommended to have my son drink from straws (there are sippy cups with straws) as it can be a sign of 'lazy' (underdeveloped) jaw muscles and sucking on a straw works those muscles. His mouth tended to relax when he was concentrating on something else and then he drooled and it didnt bother him. It has helped with the drooling.