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15 Month old biting

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The last month of so my son (just turned 15 months) has started biting.  He never bites the other kids at daycare or even breaks the skin.  He only bites me or himself (and once his aunt).  When he gets frustrated about something, like me not doing/giving him what he wants he gets upset, starts to scream and then bites.  When he bites himself it seems like its as an alternative to biting me (you can see him going for me and then deciding otherwise).  I just don't know what to do, I make it clear that it hurts when he bites me and when I see him getting frustrated I try to calm him down but nothing seems to work.

Any advice would be appreciated. TIA

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Re: 15 Month old biting

  • LindseypatrickLindseypatrick
    i don't have a biter, but my son throws things when he gets upset.... when he does this i hold his arms down my his sides, and he hates it! I hold on to him till he calms down, then I let him go... now he hardly does it anymore. seems to work for him, maybe it could work for yours! ;)
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  • preg_amypreg_amy

    Sounds like it's more sensory related than anything.  He just needs that biting down feeling to calm down, maybe?

    I had a girl in one of my classes that was like that.  I felt so bad for her because she really didn't bit out of anger, but she just bit because she needed that sensory thing.  I figured something out that worked really well for her.  We had a teether attached to a paci clip and she wore that during the day.  

    Then, when she was clearly getting frustrated, we would remind her to bite the teether.  Then eventually, she realized that the teether was for biting and people were not.

    I don't know if this is a realistic idea for your LO, but it could be worth a shot.

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  • LilMissLadybugLilMissLadybug member

    I don't know what to tell you. DS is 14mos and is a biter too. Only to me though. He laughs when I jump. I try not to react but it hurts! He bit my boob a few nights ago and drew blood. I immediately put him down and refused to hold him for awhile.

    DD bit my friends son when she was the same age, but we found out he was sticking his fingers in her mouth. She would bite him then immediately point to her mouth and say "I bite" after a couple times she stopped. 

    DS does it for the reaction because he cracks up every time. I think he mostly does it when he is tired and really needs to wind down. 

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  • susanmosleysusanmosley member
    If you can just remedy the situation without a reaction or drama (he probably isn't clamped down too tightly, just remove and distract him to something else), it will go probably go away pretty easily.
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