DD bit twice yesterday

OSUx2

I am horrified that she does this.  It was actually her best friend at daycare that she bit both times.  They tell me it is a normal phase and she will stop but I just wish I could do more to stop it sooner.  Daycare isn't worried and is on top of things but I just feel like a bad parent.

Weezers

You are SO not a bad parent!

DD was bitten twice at MDO last year and it never bothered me. I mean ... I wasn't thrilled that it happened but I never got mad at the girls who bit her. Thinking any less of the parents never even crossed my mind. I'm sure they were embarrassed. It's not a reflection of your parenting, it's just something that happens. I'm sorry you're dealing with this but it will pass.

tweatie2

I've heard from other parents that once a child gets bitten back they stop.  I hope your DD can stop biting before it happens to her.  Honestly, if my child got bitten, I wouldn't be happy.  I wouldn't think that the parent is neccessarily a bad one, I'd just think that they needed to get a handle on the situation.

Cajun_gal

Being the parent of a bitee, I would be pretty angry.  Not at you, but at the situation.  I know the first time Dylan was bit, it didn't phase me.  It wasn't a bad bite, and I knew it would happen.  When it happened again 2 days later, by the same child, and it broke his skin through his shirt, and he was sitting down playing with a book and was bit on the back...  THEN I was pissed.  I was mostly angry at the daycare for not shadowing the child and trying to prevent it from happening.  When I found out he wasn't the only one being bit, and it was happen 4-5 times a day, I was even more angry with the daycare.  I talked to the director, and they moved the child in question to the class with 18 month+ olds which is a little older than him.  That apparently fixed the problem.  Maybe he was bored?  I don't know, but I just didn't want my child being hurt every other time he went to school anymore.  I hope that you and the daycare can find what works for her, and this phase can be over quickly.  I know it's just as hard or harder on you than it is the parents of the child that's being bitten.

OSUx2

Thankfully the bites have never broken the skin or left a bruise. I actually would welcome DD biting me so we could bite back and hopefully get her to stop that way.

ayersfam20

It is normal, and it will stop.  DD bit a few times at daycare because she was bit so many times at daycare.  I would not encourage the biting back.  As long as the daycare is on top of things then I would just let it run it's course.  I was never upset at the parents of the kids who bit DD, just the teachers if they kept putting her in a situation where she could get bit.

I remember being so upset when she bit a few times in a week.  My coworker made me feel better by telling me her (then teenage) son got kicked out of daycare for biting so much ... and she worked at the daycare at the time!  lol.  It will pass!