My 19 Month Old Is Biting Me

i agree with bite him back. 19 months old is not too young. i broke my son of biting me at 8 monyhs by biting him back after all else failed to stop it. i had tried crying- he thought it was funny. i tried time out - useless. i tried stern voice - useless (he has autism - he does not distinguish voice tones as having any meaning). he bit me one day and i got tired of it. i bit him just hard enough to make him whimper and asked if he liked it. he shook his no and has no bit me since.

i broke my daughter of screaming at me to ask questions by screaming at her when i answered her.

i broke her of pulling my hair by pulling her's.

all of these methods were used after i had exhausted the "NO! Don't bite Mommy." "NO! Don't pull mommy's hair." etc..... timeout, removing from situation....etc.... i even tried giving something acceptable to bite, something acceptable to pull, something acceptable to scream at.....

the kids are no worse for wear and are not any more inclined to violence than any child defending themselves.

My daughter did this, after trying just about everything including biting back...they then think it's a game. I tried slapping her hand when she did it and saying that hurts...very firmly, never did it again...

remove her from the situation immediately and place her little butt in timeout. let her cry, let her whine. and if you can, walkaway. when she calms down, tell her that it hurts you, show her the mark if there is one. tell her when you are both calm how much it hurts. it may take a few days or so, but please don't bite her back. this is only going to teach her that its ok to bite/be violent when she gets mad.

First, stop beating yourself up. You're not failing as a mom! My children are 2 and 3 and we still have issues with biting. I've heard both scenerios and honestly, we've done both. Neither of them work so just be patient and know it will pass with time. Over the past two months I've seen the biting go to nearly none. I believe it is because when they bite I flick them in their cheeks. Good luck!

p.s. They don't bite dads because they know dad will most likely just knock em out! lol! Kidding, although my hubby didn't tolerate it one bit and gave him a big spanking. He used to bit his arm and such.

my son did this.. holy cow.. I tried everything (every suggestion already given here) for months then he started to bite me and GIGGLE!.. he knew he could make mommy jump, or yell or cry or walk away. i tried ignoring him and that didnt work either.. So i bit him back. that worked for a week. then he started it up agian. biting back didnt work.
I made him bite himself. Put his forarm in his mouth and bite yourself... at first it worked till 6 days later when he left deep dents in my skin. SO we played a game.. see mommys leg. put his arm back in his mouth and told him to bite HARD.. it took three times to get marks like mine.. but that last time he looked at his arm... then looked at mine... back and forth for a full 5 min!.. he never did it agian...

and yes he understood the word hard.. we did alot of games with words from a very young age. this was at 18 months.

another one: When i was little my mom said i bit every one all the time.. and she stopped me by flicking me in the nose! She said i kept biting other people untill THEY started flicking me in the nose!.. my nose is fine now.. no worse for wear... what ever works for you hun!

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My son did the same thing, he only bit me. I don't know why, I just figured that it was because he was with me all the time and hadn't quite learned how to express himself and communicate. He eventually grew out of it and now hasn't bit me for probably 6 months. My mom also told me to bite him but I didn't, I didn't think that it was right for him to get in trouble for biting me then I just go back and bite him. Just how I felt. I don't know why but one day he just quit and hasn't done it since.

19 months old is too young to bite her back- she won't understand why you did that to her. Just firmly say, "Ouch! That hurts mommy! You may not bite mommy! Here- bite this." My 14 month old gets it, and he is allowed to bite teething toys and his blankie. He'll start to bite someone in the family and now he stops and looks around for something he is allowed to bite instead.

My son used to bite me when he was really excited. Like he was happily hugging my leg, and then takes a little bite. I know he didn't do it on purpose, but it didn't hurt any less. When it would happen I would stop all the games, turn serious, seperate him from me and tell him, "You do not bite mommy." Then I would walk away from him. My serious tone and walking away was enough to make him cry and realize he did something wrong. If everytime your son bit you, you walk away and stop interacting with him, I think he'll learn pretty soon that biting is not going to get him what he wants.

I'm going thur the same thing, I'm losing my patince so fast now. I've even bite my son back, and he's still doing it.. I just posted a request for someone to help me on this subject. but biting back isn't working so I wouldn't do it.. My son has been biten by other kids and by me for him to stop but he isn't.. I've even talked to him adn everything.. if you get any advice that works please tell me so I can do it. but so far nothing is working on him!!

Some people disagree but i bit my daugther back. she bites me, i look at her on her level and took her hand. I bit her, she would whimper or cry or pull her hand away. I ask if that hurt? she said yes, or nodded, i said well it hurt me too when you bit me and Dont Do It (speak very firmly). Worked for me.

hi there, i have gone through this with both of my children.
i would highly recommend NOT biting back, it never helped and is giving them the wrong signal by you biting them and telling them NOT to bite! very confusing for them. I continuously repeated in a stern voice "NO BITE"..sometimes it would make my daughter cry but it worked...not instantly but it DID work!! anytime they bit, I repeated these words right after it happened. I also bought a first years rattle toy that was a soft biting surface that vibrating when they bit on it, it really helped ALOT! I bought 2 of them! Walmart sells them, go get one!! My daughter only bit me and my son bit my husband...strange..anyhow, good luck!!!