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help! my son started biting people

BeccaLandesBeccaLandes member
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He's not even 10 months old!  He has 6 teeth, and has been putting everything in his mouth for months.  Today he bit his brother on the nose and made him cry, and bit my husband twice on the shoulder while being held.  He does not seem to be biting in anger, or to be mean, he just likes to chew on things.  Does anyone know how to get the message across to him not to bite people? 
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Re: help! my son started biting people

  • ela81ela81
    It stinks but, I don't have any good advice. I can say it's normal. Every kid is different, my dd bit in anger (she has mostly stopped, for now at least) but my niece was an excited biter. The only thing I can really say is to give him a stern "no" and get him into something else.
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  • preheatedovenpreheatedoven member

    Ours our biters, too. I've heard that twins bite more than singletons (not sure if this is true).

    H bit me so hard today that it broke the skin. I let out a loud yelp that scared her (though not intentional). I'm hoping that did the trick. 

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  • bmf8140bmf8140 member

    Bennett went through 2 biting phases. Once around the same time as your son and then again once he started pre-school. He even got "written up" for it at school! But all of the other kids were getting written up too. It was an epidemic!

    Just make sure you let him know it's not nice to bite. We did time out and also acted like it hurt way more than it did.

    He grew out of it pretty quickly! (He still wants to hit every once in a while though!)

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  • pinkcallalilypinkcallalily member
    My son is 9 1/2 months and is also biting.  There are 2 others in his daycare that are about the same age and are doing the same thing so I'm going to say it's normal.  My son usually goes for the shoulder, but sometimes the arm or the face if he gets really excited when giving me a kiss.  I haven't figured out how to stop it yet.  I've tried putting him down when he does it (it worked when he was biting while nursing), but sometimes he doesn't care if I put him down so I'm not sure I'm getting the point across.  I've tried saying no, but he thinks that's hilarious.  I'm not sure what to do about it, but you're definitely not alone.
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  • Goldengirl16Goldengirl16 member

    Totally hear you on this one!  My DD is 14 months old and started biting a couple of weeks ago.  I just tell her very sternly, "no".  Unfortunately she thinks that's funny too.  I then tell her no again and stop playing with her.  I think she's figured it out that it's naughty, but I've read it's because they're frusterated they can't communicate and/or teething.

    Good luck!

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