When your child drools a lot, first look at the child’s diet. If your child has never had hard food like apples or carrots, start practicing with it. It is important to train the mouth muscles, and this is best done by chewing thoroughly, among other things.
Is your child sucking his/her thumb or fingers, needs a pacifier or still drinks a lot from a feeding bottle? From the age of two years, children often begin to talk and chatter quite a lot. A child, which constantly has a thumb or pacifier in his/her mouth cannot form clear speech sounds. As a result, your child fails to properly train his/her mouth muscles properly, which in turn may cause heavy drooling.
If a child has had a cold, he/she may become accustomed to breathing through the mouth. As a result, your child will swallow less so that the tube between the nasal and pharyngeal passages is not filtered and colds can develop again. When your baby swallows less (try to swallow yourself with an open mouth), he/she may let the saliva run out of the mouth (drool). It is quite possible that he/she is not even aware (anymore) of the drooling.
In addition to the important exercise of eating hard food, i.e., requiring your child to chew thoroughly, and understanding the importance of breathing through the nose, you can train the mouth muscles with mouth motor games. For example, by pulling grimaces or other funny facial expressions or by puffing your cheeks. By practicing these exercises frequently at home, you may be able to reduce the drooling. Heavy drooling in your infant, pre-toddler, or toddler may also be hereditary
