This is a total shock to me because my son never did this (still doesn't) - I am seeing it getting worse (today she bit our nannies daughter twice and my son once)
She was talked to and shown the mark left (didn't brk skin)
She doesn't do it out of anger, it is more like a game or play to see kids reaction and laughs about it! She hasn't bit me, but when I catch her bitting my son she is told "no bitting" and "that gives owies, that hurts, no, no"
Does anyone have any tricks or ideas?? Please Help!
Maybe start a little time-out high chair. That if she bites you can put her in for a bit by herself. My son bites, but it's more of a defense against his 2 older siblings. He's pretty much stopped it just from me talking sternly to him and sternly to my other 2 about leaving him along when he complains that they are bothering him.
Instead of just saying "No biting" give her a substitute behavior. Say, "give kisses, they make people happy" and then demonstrate. For hitting we said give hugs instead. It takes a lot of repetition at this age and you need to stay very close to her when she is around other kids until she starts to change her actions.
My son was a bitter at that age too! Sucks, huh! Especially since you feel you have no control over it. I was at least comforted by the fact that he didn't bite other kids. He primarily only bit me - in the face! It made it hard to hug him and cuddle him for fear that teeth would yet again sink into my cheek. I think twice that happened - otherwise he would bite my shoulder. He primarily did it when teething or frustrated!
A friend of mine who does daycare has had this issue more than once. Her plan of attack was to clip something to their shirt that they could bite. Example - take one of those pacifier clips and hook like a small teething ring, keychain (plastic so it won't hurt), or small toy to it. Then clip it to her shirt and tell her if she needs to bit, that is what she has to bite. I have seen it work wonders time and time again. Now, why didn't I do it????? Guess the biting was too infrequent and I just never got around to it - but everytime I got bit, I wished I had at least tried it.
Good luck to you - and remember it doesn't last forever!
-J.
My 1st born son did this and I tried a few things and found one thing that worked. He was about the same age as your girl, about 14-15 months. We found that he bit his best friend mostly, and a couple of the other kids he was around. He was very sociable and we told him when it happened, NO biting, that hurts people...the same thing as you are doing. The second step is removing her from the situation. We took him out of the room to another area where there was no one else. Immediately, he reacted because he LOVED to be near everyone else. I had him at daycare at the time and we talked to make sure we were being consistent. This did not last long, hang in there!!!!
