the biter

biting is more serious then time outs. my son bit a few times. some for play, some out of anger. sometimes they just don't know. i started them early, the first time they bit me i gave them a little 'TAP' (not too hard, maybe 2 fingers, more of a little tap if they're young, slightly stronger when they're older but not enough to leave a red mark) on their cheek and tell them very forcefully 'NO!' which they normally cry but they never bite again. You can explain the reasons later but they need a quick response for biting, as soon as it happens it needs to be addressed. thats what i did. i have 2 sons who have bit me or their siblings at one point...did that and biting was a rare occasion. my son maybe bit me 1-2 times while a toddler (4-6) and i scolded him with a tap on the cheek and he hasn't done it since. my nephew did the same thing, even when attempting to bite his cousin (my son) i would tap his cheek. I've never seen him try to bite since then.

Sometimes it takes an example of the wrong doing to get the point across. I'm with you though because it would be hard but sometimes it takes drastic measures to get the child or adult to understand what pain they're causing. She's so young she doesn't understand how wrong it is and will if it were done to her. I don't believe in two wrongs making a thing right but there are exceptions to every rule and this is one of them.

I had the same problem with my son when he was younger and like your friend I bit him back and he never bit again. You don't have to bite hard just enough to give him a shock and to know what it feels like. I don't know of anything else that works.

I just wrote a discussion about a child at my daughters Kindy who bites, and has biten her. I think that if he isnt responding to your time outs and lectures, its time to tell him in a way he will understand. Bite him back. My daughter bit me once, and I bit her back. She hasnt bitten again. They need to understand that what they are doing is hurting the other child, and if they dont see or hear that, then I guess they need to feel it.

Thankfully my daughter never went through a biting stage. I know a few kids that did though. The one kid kept biting my daughter and I was really mad! Finally one day my sister bit him back! And he never did it again! That method does work! lol. If my daughter had a biting problem I think I would have to at least try biting her back to see if it would work, after I tried everything else of course and nothing worked. I dont think its necessarily right, but if they felt how that feels they might think twice.

CJ has started to become a biter.He will go for anything he sees he bit my foot the other day and I had to pull him off he did not want to let go.It hurts pretty bad when he bites with his 4 teeth but when he bites his sister she thinks its funny.

I think it's only a habit for you baby.you need to get the memories when and how he began to bite something and why he bites?Then you may have the idea to help him and yourself.If you have no idea then refer to the children's doctor.

everytime he bites spray bitter apple in his mouth lol jjk i have no clue what to say about that