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Help re: biting at daycare

bubbs147bubbs147
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My friend is near the end of her rope...her daughter has been through several transitions in the past 6 weeks, and is apparently not reacting well.  DD is 2 1/2.  My friend was losing her job, so they pulled DD out of daycare to stay home with Grandma for a month.  After that month, my friend got a new job, so they enrolled her in a new daycare.  She bit twice, and was asked to leave the daycare.  Now she is back at her old daycare, and bit several times on the first day (yesterday) and "acted aggressively" throughout the day.  This daycare says they will have through the week to get her to stop or she'll be asked to leave.  Any ideas on how to discourage the biting?  I guess they are threatening her to take away after school things, like toys and tv, if she bites during the day.  Any other suggestions are very much appreciated!
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Re: Help re: biting at daycare

  • Smuches4uSmuches4u member

    Biting is such a tough thing to deal with.  What about a sticker chart to reward for not biting?

    Also, vocalizing for her the emotions she may be feeling when she feels driven to bite will help her put words to her feelings and then she may be able to better express herself.

    Removing her immediately from the situtation that has triggered the biting straight to a time-out should pass the message that biting is not the way to behave.

    Best of luck to your friend.  That is definately a LOT of change for a little one to deal with in such a short time frame.  She's lucky the old provider is willing to work with her, even if there is a time limit.

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  • painter's_palatepainter's_palate

    Smuches has great suggestions. When my younger DD was biting, we got a few suggestions from DCP and my sis (she's a pediatric OT).  My DD was only biting my older daughter so we were able to do these things ourselves at home. 

    -Reward good communication and behavior like crazy with lots of verbal praise or reward chart

    -Really talk about feelings, emphasize that she needs to use words when frustrated or upset and that it hurts her friend and makes her friend sad

    -Do joint compressions or "Squishies"

    -Give her something to chew on for when she wants to bite  

    A lot of people told me that biting her would solve the problem but I just couldn't do it. 
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