Biting

mamasoup030

H has always hated it when we clean her face after a meal. Lately the toothless wonder has been biting us when we clean her face. It doesn't hurt much, but today she even bit her great grandma after her lunch. Is anyone else experiencing this? I tell her no firmly and she laughs. Should I be doing more to discourage this? How do you even do that at this age?

mamasoup030

Lunging like an angry tiger- definite aggression.

mskatiep

Layla bites also. Saying no only causes her to laugh and try again. I don't know what to do either.

cagoldi

A just bit my leg two minutes ago because I wouldn't let him jump off the couch. He gets a stern "no" and if he is on my lap and keeps trying I set him down by my feet.

I realize a lot of people are going to say to redirect, but I'm firmly in camp tell them no if they are hurting another member of the household, especially a pet.

mamasoup030

I'm glad to see this is a somewhat common occurrence. I guess I don't need to consult the pediatrician. #:-S

Kfran84

klongoria11 said:

I get "love" bites, but with 8 teeth it is getting ot the point of almost drawing blood. She starts out with a kiss or hug and it turns into a bite. I pull her away and tell her "No. No biting." with a straight face. She either laughs or cries. I have no idea how to stop it, but I'm the only one she bites.

Exact same. But 7 teeth. I dint know where #8 is. It's missing kinda. It's partner has been in a while.

But I say "No bites, bites hurt mommy." I am making no progress.

88sharonlee

My DCP was just telling me this morning she completed an online seminar on bitting over the weekend.

I can't remember everything she said, Bs not doing this (yet) but basically that they do it out of frustration and not being able to express themselves or communicate another way.

I think she said it was best not to punish the child or make them feel bad but to try and help them work through why they are frustrated- but that's not really helpful with a 10-11 month old!

I think her focus was more on toddlers and DC settings between two kids.

I'm thinking saying no is important and then trying to communicate- in some way- would be key if it's out of anger. If it's a fun game/playful maybe then redirection would work?

Mogi519

C will bite on occasion. For him it seems to be worse when he's getting another tooth in. A lot of times he will bite my shoulder while I'm holding him, so I usually tell him no and put him down when that happens. If I'm not holding him and can tell he's going in for a bite, I tell him not to bite and redirect him and that seems to work, momentarily at least.

beccaxbooxbear

A bites me constantly and not particularly out of frustration. He has 5 teeth right now so I'm sporting some decent bruises. I say no firmly, put him down in a safe place and walk away so he sees that he doesn't get mommy loving for a few moments. A is at a phase where is loves loves loves mommy and wants only mommy so severing that for a few minutes shows cause and effect. It's getting a little better but my 2 year old has started biting as well so I've got a double whammy right now. A gets bit by big brother ( J bites when he gets overly excited so I'm trying to preemptively act by trying to prevent it before he gets to the over excited point.) Also I try to make face cleaning a game.... Maybe that will help give some positive association with face cleaning? Help change the reaction? Could be totally off... Who knows....

Mksbc

S is an occasional biter - he usually does it when he is really excited. I tell him no firmly and he always laughs. I'm relieved that the laughing is a normal response! The hard part is not smiling because his laugh is so stinking cute!

He also hates getting his face cleaned. Sometimes it helps if I sing a silly song and get him laughing before I start.

rbtrumpet

following - more just for the camraderie.

L has been biting for a while, we always give her a stern "no" and stop whatever activity she/we were doing.  It's met with anything from cries to laughter.  This morning, she was biting me as I was nursing her.  She bit me (not too hard), I took her off, she shook her head "no" (I tried not to laugh), she bit me again, took herself off, and shook her head "no." So I decided she was done.  I brought her downstairs, and grandma took her (watcher her while I work), she bit grandma's arm (not hard) then shook her head "no."

So apparently we've established "no biting" - now we just need to learn "no"!