He Bit Me!

oh that is difficult rainbow!! when divide and rule or even time out donot help its kind of serious. have you tried giving stuffs to do? i mean, have you tried to keep them engaged? engage them in running errands, that might help. you just ignore them, but keep track of them from behind so that they donot wnd up doing something really serious. however, having said this, i guess, this is a phase which they would probably pass off sooner or later' good luck!

Obviously your two know they are going to get a reaction from you, especially if your 7 yr old is telling his brother to bite him so he can then come and tell you. For me I would have to show them that this is not tolerated at all and I would have to give them time out together where they have to talk about what they are doing and how it is hurting them. If this does not work I would punish them by taking away something they really like and tell them why I am doing this and unless they stop the biting more of their things will go. All siblings fight but biting is definately going too far, it must be very upsetting for you to witness this. You just have to be really firm and show them you mean business. I agree with you that biting them back is not the way, but they will soon be bored if you start taking away all the favourite toys or activities. Be strong rainbow, I am sure you will nip this in the bud (Sorry for the pun) Good luck my friend

Yes People say bite them but not hard Sweetie just hard enough to let them know it is wrong But if 7 year is telling 3 year to bite him then you have to stop that

I think some kids are just biters while others never ever seem to do it. Thank goodness mine have fallen into the latter category. I have heard of people biting their kids back to show them that it hurts but I don't really know if that helps either. Sorry I can't be of much help on this one....

I say bite him back. I am glad my kids never went thru that stage but I think they new Id bite them back. Or they saw how i made the dog stop biting. Lets just say the dog hasnt bitten anyone since hehehe.

I've had this problem with my daughter. I asked people and they said bite her back. I thought they were crazy till I asked her doctor and he said the same thing. So finally one day I did it; I bit her back. The biting stopped. Wish I could offer more but that's all I've got.

There are times when at the right moment this retaliation 'biting' would impact them the most. They feel what it is like and you can make a teaching minute out of it. If you don't handle it now it will be extremely difficult in the future. Sometimes a nip now saves a huge bite later. Good luck with this. I would not stand for it at all.

Gee mate...7 is a bit old to still be biting. I hope he doesn't chomp down on anyone at school. When my younger daughter was a newborn I was sitting on my bed one day up against the pillows. My 18 month old was standing by the bed watching. At one point she leaned forward over my thigh and bit me inside my leg, hard. I was so preoccupied trying to get the baby to feed, I involuntarily knocked her onto the floor. It was simply a reaction to the pain. She never did it again. When her baby sister began to bite her she came and told me and I said we don't like biting, don't do it. Your seven year old is old enough to bear the responsibility for this I think. Let him know it's unacceptable and encourage him to not let his brother do it to him. It hurts and we don't like to hurt each other. Good luck, they do get past it. :)

I am not against biting them back. I have done that with all my kids when they hit the biting stage. It worked for me...they found out it hurts and they stopped. Same with pulling hair, etc...I didn't bite back to where it left marks or blood, just enough to show them it hurts. Your 7 yr old should know better, but your 3 yr old is still learning. Good Luck! ;)