Advice on How to Deal with Headbutting and Biting 10 Month Old

hi danielle, i havent had the same exact experience, but i have "disciplined" all my kids around this age for things like biting me while nursing or banging their heads, they seem to try both those things around this age. what i find really works is to give a quick stern "NO." with an angry face and then turn completely away for a minute or 2, or walk away if you can do so safely. in your situation, i would do the stern no, and then pick up her brother and walk away, leaving her all alone for a couple of minutes. i think if you do this right away, it should work pretty quickly, it always did for me. i would want to get rid of the biting thing asap. good luck, D.

Give a disapproving look as you calmly say "no no no don't hurt, give hugs." Then pick up your son, show her how to give hugs and give her a chance. this will take a while. Her behavior is perfectly normal. Just use simple language, be consistant, & give her alternatives.

A.

HI Danielle

I agree with A. on this one. This is really normal behavior. My daughter did the same thing with her brother. We calmly told her know and that it hurt him then we had them both hug. It did take awhile, but eventually she stopped the biting. Good Luck, I know how frustrating this can be.

B/G twins are so interesting to watch in action. My daughter use to do the same thing to her brother at that age. I actually bought doubles of the most favorite toys so they would each have one. It's a phase and it'll pass so the only thing you can do it to grab her every time she hurts her brother and remind her that 'people don't hit other people or people don't bite other people or people don't poke in the eye, pull ears, scratch, try to smother, etc'

All this will be rewarded soon because twins play together sharing things much earlier than a single child. It's a joy to watch them grow up. Mine are now almost 19 yrs old and they still talk in short hand that their older sisters can't figure out.