Biting: Preschooler
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A Biting 3 Year Old..
Asked by A.S. from Allentown
on October 2, 2006
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I have a 3 year old little boy who is very verbal and can clearly tell you what he needs, etc. but over the last week about he has been biting.... I am completley at a...
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- I have a 20 mo with the same issue. I wish I had a suggestion. He is only biting at daycare and is an angel with me. I spoke with a child psyciatrist who advised to sh...
- Hi! A.. I have a 2 yr old granddaugter and she tries to bite me. she actually caught me off guard and did bite me. I tell her, if she is attempting to bite, that if sh...
- My nephew went throught the same thing with biting and it was only at daycare. After close observation they found that he would bite because he was being picked on an...
3 Year Old Biting Instead of Talking
Asked by K.K. from Reading
on December 18, 2008
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My 3 year old daughter is occasionally biting her 5 year old brother when she is frustrated with him instead of using her words. She had been getting speech therapy w...
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- I agree with Denise P...I think teaching some signs is an excellent idea...it focuses on prevention, rather than the "strict firm consequence" (translation= spanking, ...
- I think you really need to be a bit more firm. I understand that it may be a frustration thing and you feel badly, but her actions are unacceptable and as you said her...
- Hi, I teach children 3+ martial arts. We do a drill with them that teaches them what to say and how to attract the attention of an adult, if needed, without hurting t...
Biting Discipline
Asked by B.H. from Spartanburg
on July 27, 2007
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My 2 year old has a biting problem. I've tried everything I know to break him from this and now I'm lost. He bites mostly when he gets upset at daycare, but he occas...
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- I know this proberly sounds really bad but we had a little boy that would bit our son and DRAW blood from it... well one day my husband and my son and the little boy w...
- Try talking to him on the way to daycare EVERYDAY before dropping him off. My son used to hit his best friends at school. So every morning on the way to school I...
- I do not agree at all with thumping in the mouth or even biting him back. Although it "works" with some kids, it sends a horrible message that its okay for bigger peop...
3-Year Old "Normal" Behaviors?
Asked by B.H. from St. Cloud
on December 8, 2008
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I am really hoping that somebody out there has been through this and can offer me some advice. My 3 year old son started hitting, kicking and being just naughty at ho...
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- B., As everyone else has said, this is VERY NORMAL behavior. (I have 4 sons and the youngest isn't quite to this stage yet, but he's getting there.) Your son is j...
- My son is 3 1/2 and is behaving the very same way right now! You are not alone. My daughter who will soon be 6 went through the very same "phase". We do timeout...
- My son was the same way, everyone talked about terrible twos well I think 3 was worse than 2. I was the Mom also that would get looked at like I had the naughtiest boy...
Disipline HELP for a 3 Year Old!!!
Asked by D.H. from Boise
on June 21, 2009
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Hi ladies! I am in serious need of advice. We have a 3 year old boy who is 100% disobedient. He will look at us and say "no" to all of our parenting requests. He seem...
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- Stop telling him no all of the time! You're the ones who taught him this disagreeable behavior, he probably is just trying to extert some control over his own life. Re...
- I am also had trouble with my now 4yr old son. He is very violent. We tried time out, restraint, and sometimes spanking with not much success. One thing that still ...
- Hi D., I am going to jump on the Love and Logic bandwagon just to really drive home that it works for everyday moms just like you and me. My daughter was very opposi...
3 Year Old Testing Everything!!
Asked by M.O. from San Francisco
on June 26, 2007
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My 3 year old daughter has been saying and doing the complete opposite of what I tell her or ask her to do. I will ask her to please put her shirt on and she will tell...
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- My 3 now 4 year old did the same thing. It's the age and development they are in. Magazines will tell you the same thing. (Parents magazine had an article on it), oh a...
- My son is the same way right now. He just turned 3 a few weeks ago. He's also started scratching and biting (OUCH!) and throwing awful temper tantrums. I'd love to rea...
- I truly sympathize, my daughter does this to me and she's only 2 years old! I believe your daughter is mimicking someone's behavior, possibly yours or your husbands. ...
Biting Problem
Asked by D.S. from Miami
on June 30, 2009
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I have 14-month-old twin boys. One of them keeps biting the other one and we have not been able to figure out an effective way to stop him from biting. He is not bitin...
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- I did not have twins but my son around the same age as your son would bite his older sister and I. Sometimes he would leave marks on us and as you said he did not see...
- That is a common age for kids to become biters. Is he teething? maybe getting those pre-molars? Some kids have very little pain with teething, just an urge to chew or ...
- My SIL's little girl was a biter, until one day... Mom bit her back. She never bit again. I would definitely tell brother to bite back.
Toddler Biting
Asked by J.K. from Lexington
on April 26, 2007
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I have a wonderful 2 1/2 year old daughter. She can be so sweet & is the joy of my life. However, recently she has started biting me & her dad for no reason. She will ...
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- My son started biting recently and I just tapped his cheek and told him NO BITING! It's really worked. I know a lot of people who don't believe in spanking, but a ta...
- My daughter went through this stage also, and although some people may think the worst of me, I had to bite her little hand back once, not hard enought to even leave a...
- I know it may sound cruel when you say it out loud, but bite her back! Not too hard, but with enough pressure to let her know what it feels like: Painful! If and when ...
Advice on Biting
Asked by K.K. from Seattle
on January 31, 2008
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I'm sure this question has been asked over and over, but does anyone have advice to get a 2 year old to stop biting? My son is a very good and usually very tender boy,...
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- At our preschool co-op we try to redirect biters and keep an eye on them when playing closely with another child. If you see them going for the chomp step in with some...
- Hi K., My daughter nibbles from time to time when she is hungry. So, we now have snacks everywhere. Is it possible to give him something else to bite instead of bit...
- My one year old is a biter. We try to redirect him from biting. He is a little young to really explain to him much. But definitely knows no biting. We have taught ...
Biting at Daycare
Asked by M.F. from Minneapolis
on October 10, 2007
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My son is attending daycare on a part time basis. Last week I picked him up and he had been biten three times on the same arm in the same day. This is the providers ...
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- Biting is very normal but never asseptable. I am a preschool teacher and a mom of 4. I would sugggest having your provider make a time to talk to all her little friend...
- How old is her son? When I worked at a daycare we had a child that bit a lot - not maliciously - just out of frustration or because it felt good. When they are getti...
- Your daycare provider needs to stop that from happening. A lot of kids go through a biting stage (my 1st son did but it only lasted a few days because we dealt with it...
