New behavior with two year old - chewing then spitting food out- teething?

[Anonymous]

Our 25 month old has always been a decent eater and had the same food as us, eg he is comfortable eating even say, drumsticks on his own.

I’m the past two weeks, he has increasingly taken good in his mouth, chewed it extensively and then motioned in a panic to spit the food into my hand. After, he will often keep taking bites of the same food, sometimes swallowing it and sometimes again asking to spit it into my hand. What is this?!

I wonder if it’s related to teething second molars? Or just a weirdo habit he’ll hopefully drop soon. Anyone dealt with this?