Biting
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Biting - How Do I Get My 2 YO to Stop Biting Me?
Asked by N.P. from Syracuse
on June 6, 2011
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How do I get my 2 YO to stop biting me? I was out of town last week and I've returned to a biting 2 year old! She's not biting her father, only me. She seems most like...
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- Like the other mama's have already said, bite her back, enough so that she feels it & understands that it's not pleasant. We did this with both of our kids when the...
- Bite her back. Not hard enough to hurt her, but enough to let her know that her biting you hurts. It's the only thing that worked with both of my boys who were biters.
- bite her back! my little cousin had that problem but not for long. her mother bit her back just hard enough to let her see how it felt and she didn't care to much for ...
My Nephew Keeps Biting My Boys
Asked by A.Z. from Denver
on December 30, 2009
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I have a two year old nephew who we like to play with often, but recently he has started to bite my kids. On Christmas Eve when we were at his house he got mad at my ...
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- It's easy to see why you are concerned! Your sister-in-law definitely needs to be more proactive about this, especially since it's happened several times. Let her kn...
- If the tables were turned, and it was your boys biting your nephew, what would you want your sister in law to say to you? My son was bit a few times at day care and th...
- Biting at 2 is a normal thing - he doesn't know how to express his frustration, and biting gets results. That said, it's not okay, not something that you want to put u...
My Daughter Has Started Biting...
Asked by M.L. from Reno
on September 16, 2009
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Help! my 2 1/2 year old got in trouble in daycare yesterday for biting. I feel awful. Not only for my daughter, but also for the little girl that she bit. My child ...
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- Hello, You are doing what you can and that is good. Your daughter may be frustrated when she does this. Hopefully, she will not do it again at school since she got c...
- Hello there. My son is also 2 and has started biting. I noticed he does it out of frustration or when he's really excited. Its never been out of anger towards someo...
- You are the parent, you set the guidelines. Parenting your child is far more effective then disciplining the term discipline really means - a system of rules of conduc...
1 Yr Old Biting??
Asked by N.J. from San Francisco
on October 20, 2010
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Okay I officially have a 1 yr old biter (12.5mths) . I've never had any complaints from nursery or daycare workers of him biting, so I just assumed it was me & my 2yr ...
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- I use to work in a daycare and we had a biter ...... this little boy drew blood and all ! We tried binkies and frozen teething rings. He was over 2 so none of that w...
- I've actually ran across this similar question on another site so here are the suggestions from the women on that site...should help with some different ideas: http...
- Time out is a great idea.........also, buy him some teething crackers......they are hard cookie type things......they can help his gums and give him something to bit.....
I Need Help with a Biting Problem
Asked by K.W. from St. Louis
on November 28, 2006
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop a biter? I have tried soap in the mouth she likes that, I am at witts end I do not know what to do. The doctor said it ...
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- SInce you have tried vinegar and biting back, strange advice, but try complimenting her on a good trait. Let her hear you tell someone else how good she is at ________...
- Hello, I am a mom, but I work at a daycare with children 6 yrs old and younger, and of course, some bite. In the course of my work, we have found that children bite f...
- Well I have a long story to tell you about this. My daughter has been a biter for at least 7 months if not longer. We have tried everything from time out, vinegar, v...
Strange "Excitement" Biting
Asked by K. from New York
on June 16, 2008
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We are very worried. Our daughter has already been written up once for biting a child at daycare. No blood or broken skin, but still disconcerting. She does not seem t...
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- K., I understand how horrified you must feel about the behavior that your daughter is exhibiting. My son is now 4, and when he was 2 he also bit another child. It ha...
- As awful as it sounds, if she does it near you or another relative, have them bite her back (not hard, but enough to hurt). That was the only way I could get my son t...
- K., As an occupational therapist, to me it sounds like it could be a oral motor craving issue. She could be craving input to her mouth and it is a sensory integr...
Discipline for a Toddler Who Is Biting?
Asked by J.S. from Chicago
on September 23, 2009
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My son is 16 months old and he recently developed a bad habit of biting. He goes to day care 4 days a week and this is mostly where it happens. He seems to only do i...
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- Sometimes biting can be related to being overstimulated by all the activity and since they cannot use their words they bite. Also sometimes it is a sensitivity to a l...
- i bit my kids back just enough so it hurt ,of course never to break skin or bleed.....out of 4 kids i had 100% success......i am sure not everyone will agree with my r...
- I gave my kids a shot of Vinegar, either white vinegar or apple cidar vinegar. I rinsed one of those hand spray pumps out and filled it up with the vinegar. It's suc...
My Child May Get Kick Out of School for Biting!
Asked by K.H. from Baton Rouge
on November 9, 2006
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My 3 1/2 year old son is biting his friends at school. He bites in anger, I have tried to bite him back, but he doesn't seem to care very much. The one time I did bit...
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- Wow, i was just going to suggest the bite back tactic b/c that worked for my kids and other people too. Maybe you should talk to his pedi and see what they say, at thi...
- Someone else mentioned this too, but we used hot sauce or lemon juice. Also what we would do is if he would bite we would put a little hot sauce on our finger and put...
- hey, when my son was a toddler he was always getting bit. So he started biting. After the first two times he did it, i bit him back just enough for him to really feel ...
2 Year Old Biting Consistently
Asked by A.P. from Bangor
on September 30, 2009
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What can I do to my daughter to get her to stop biting people? She will bite her brothers and everyone else that she comes in contact with. I just don't know what to d...
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- Firmly tell her "No biting, biting hurts!", remove her from the situation, make sure the person whom she has bitten is OK, and be sure she sees that you are giving the...
- Hear's an article I found helpful when my son was a biter. Biting In The Toddler Years by Linda Passmark, Ph.D. Biting is very common among groups of young chi...
- I am glad to hear that my 2 year old isn't the only one who does this! The only thing that made an impact with her was me giving her a LONG (5 min) time out. She is ...
My 3 Yr Old Is Biting at Daycare What Do I Do?
Asked by V.H. from Phoenix
on April 11, 2009
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My 3 yr old son recently started biting at his daycare. I am told some of the occurances are prevoked and some are not. I feel terrible for the children he is biting a...
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- Hi V.! I know this is very frusterating for you but have you considered putting him into an in home daycare where the ratio is anywhere from 3-4 children? The reason ...
- My experience has been that my son started biting when he was having difficulty communicating (he ended up needed speech therapy to address his needs). I know that th...
- Biting and violence (ie hitting/scratching/etc) by preschoolers is usually related to the need for attention. I would be concerned that the teachers at your son's sch...
