help with biting...

lolacake

any advice on how to stop a biter? DD is non-stop- esp with her twin brother. Last night she bit him in the face! I was horrified. I try pulling her off, and saying "No bite!" or "No mouth!" (since she knows what that is now- but nothing is working.

 

thanks for any tips....

Phillywife

DS just did this over the holidays to his cousin. The only advice I can give is to keep telling her No Biting. DS bit his cousin in the face bc she told him that his room was her's. I don't think he will do it again bc her scream and my reaction trying to comfort her and tell him now was quite a scene and I pray scared him straight!

Good Luck.

AggieDee

Kids bite for attention.  When you tell them no, stop, etc, you give then that attention.  Negative attention is still attention.  The best way to counteract the biting is to give him zero attention.  If DS bites us, I set him down and walk away for a minute.  It only took a couple of times for DS to realize that biting will not get him anywhere and he no longer does it.

ecoppins

Well, dd is a biter too but only me. She typically does it if she is tired or hungry. When she does it, I say no biting. If she does it again, she gets?separated?for a bit. So if she was on my lap and bit me, I put her on the floor and tell her I don't want to cuddle someone who bites. I also give her something she can chew on.

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She has a friend who is ?biter, when kissing. He will go up to people both babies and adults and pucker up, lean in for a sweet kiss and then take a big old bite when he gets there. His mom has been doing the we smooch sound "mmmmmwaaa" and backing away.

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Her cousin has twins who are both biters, or were. She said she fixed the problem the first time. One of the bite her and she smacked him in the face.

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candm

ecoppins:

  She said she fixed the problem the first time. One of the bite her and she smacked him in the face.

I think we can all agree this is not a legitimate solution.

musicteacher225@yahoo.com

When DS was going through this...well, he still is at times...our pedi told us to put him in his crib for one minute, ignore him, and give him no toys.  As we put him in, we were to say, "No biting. That hurts Mommy, or Daddy, or brother, etc."  It has seemed to help some.  I feel awful doing it though.    He always looks so sad.