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2 Year Old Biting Consistently
Read all 13 responses: "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 ...
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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 ...
Nail Biting
Sep 21, 2009 ... Read all 14 responses: "Ever since I was young, I have always bitten my nails. When I went on maternity leave when my daughter was born, ...
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- Paint Bitters on your nails. They will taste so bad you won't put them in your mouth. It dries colorless. To help strenthen your nails eat jello or add knox gelatin...
- Nail biting is a really bad habit and many folks have it to the point that thier fingers will bleed. I think if they realised how dirty thier finger nails get that the...
- Try this product by OPI called Nail Envy. I also bit my nails forever and this product helped me alot!
Nail Biting
Read all 4 responses: "I didn't believe it until I saw it. My 17 month old daughter likes to bite her nails. This is certainly not a habit she learned from ...
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- Are you sure this is not being prompted from teething or gum sensitivity? If you give her some infant tylonal, do you notice a change in her oral fixation? If so, sh...
- Hi L., My son now 2 1/2 began biting his nails around 1 1/2 too. He also used to bite his toenails!! I asked his pedi about this and she said it's something he doe...
- Take her immediately and have her allergy tested. I know it sounds crazy but it's true. Allergies can be the root of nail biting at that early age. I took my daughter ...
He's Biting Me! OUCH!
Oct 20, 2009 ... Read all 23 responses: "I am breastfeeding my 8 month old and for the last few days he is biting my breast with almost every feeding!
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- When my daughter was 10 months old.... the second time she bit me... that was it! We stopped nursing COLD TURKEY! As she is now 18, I dont remember the details, but th...
- K., Both of my kids would try and bite me while nursing. They were a bit younger though, about 4-6 months. I got this idea from my sister in law and it worked wel...
- Hello K., There are a lot of reasons your baby may be biting you. If you want to breastfeed for the health value, I suggest you pump and give the breastmilk in the...
2 Year Old Biting
Read all 7 responses: "I'm seeking resources for help with toddlers biting. My grandson is a delightful happy little guy. When he gets frustrated tho he ...
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- L., Having worked in a daycare setting with 16 2 year olds in one room, I saw this a lot. The main reason for biting at this age is frustration and not being able ...
- My 18 mo old will try to bite/hit/pinch when frustrated. When I see it coming I will warn her and remind her to use gentle touches, or distract her from what it is tha...
- This is a big cultural no, no. It must be stopped in it's tracks. A loud no! is the first approach. If that doesn't work, remove the child from social interaction and ...
Biting While Breastfeeding
Oct 26, 2009 ... Read all 10 responses: "My 6 month old is getting a mouth full of teeth (3 and 3 more on the way) and he has begun biting me while nursing.
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- For me and my daughter the key was that every time she would bite, I would immediately stop nursing, set her in a safe place and walk out of the room for a few seconds...
- While I've heard boys are different (and will soon find out as the sec ond is a boy, but only 6 weeks old...), with my daughter, I sternly told her "No" and detached h...
- And be sure when you take him off the breast to not yank him off (even though your first thought may be to do this) - you can really damage yourself. When he starts t...
Biting Problem
Read all 4 responses: "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 ...
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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.
Biting
Read all 7 responses: "Patrick has been biting kids at daycare and even me. Ouch , his teeth are really sharp. He will not take a teething ring or other ...
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- What are his communication skills like? My son, now 20 went through a horrible period of biting when he was a little older than your son. At a check up I mentioned it ...
- For us, our son went through a biting stage, then it stopped for a while but later resurfaced. It was hard to understand since we thought he had already learned not to...
- Give him some teething tablets, he may be cutting teeth. Also, when he bites you, you have two options, both of which will make an impact on him. You can a.) bite him ...
2 1/2 Year Old Biting 15 Month Sister
Read all 7 responses: "Hi. Ever since my 15 month old girl started a little biting phase which she has already begun to grow out of, my 2 1/2 year old boy ...
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- My son has just started to bite a little, but he is biting me and mostly out of teething and excitment not out of anger. He gets a time out for biting. If it turns int...
- Ahhh a biter is in house. I had this when my now 10 yr old was about 18 months to 2 1/2. It is a phase and we did everything... immediate time out, praise for doing th...
- My suggestion is to watch carefully for any times he uses acceptable ways of getting what he wants. Reinforce this enthusiastically by giving several sentences (not j...
"WHAT In the WORLD Is Biting My CHILD????"
Read all 35 responses: "HELP!!! About 1 month ago, my 3 year old daughter woke up with 3 mosquito bites, on her leg and ankle area. Normally as children do, ...
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- Could there be chiggers ( or however you spell them) in the playground? I don't live in an area where there are any,but I hear they burrow under the skin and are quite...
- Sounds like it might be chiggers. Check out this link...it may be helpful. http://pediatrics.about.com/od/dermatologytopics/a/06_chiggers.htm Or this wiki page fo...
- I have a very similar story. My 2 year old son is a mosquito/ant magnet. If there is one in the vacinity, it will bite him. Like your daughter, he scratches the bit...
