Daycare Moms RE: biting

beebe929 · June 2011

everyone does it, everyone gets bit (usually) one time or another. I know this. DD bit once too.

Anywho

DH did pick up. Got incident report to sign, he didn't question the situation at all. I was putting on her jammies (yes at 6:30 she wanted them on)... and I saw a pretty bad SCABBED mark. It is a scratch like spot and a big scab. So it was a very hard bite. Crying

How does your daycare handle biting? Are the rules different for breaking skin/blood?

schmoodle · June 2011

To my knowledge our daycare doesn't treat biting any differently if it ends up breaking skin. Toodle has had some that were pretty nasty (red welts, ended up in dark bruising, etc.) but never to the point of a scab. In each case we've only ever received the incident report saying the kids were separated, biter talked to, etc.

That sounds pretty painful, poor thing! Hopefully she's ok and wasn't too traumatized by it. The first time Toodle ever got bit (still in the infant room) DH said he was having a bottle in a boppy at pickup and as soon as he saw Daddy he started crying hard like he wanted to tell him something bad happened. Broke my heart.

muppet.fan · June 2011

Elizabeth was bit several times in her first toddler room. The last time it broke the skin and it bled and eventually scabbed. Daycare didn't handle it differently (incident report for us and for the biter's parents), but the teachers made sure I looked at the bite mark and said I might want to call E's pediatrician.

I probably wouldn't have thought about it otherwise, but it turns out her pedi immediately called in an antibiotic. She said bites that break the skin and bleed are very prone to infection.

Ugh, biting sucks for everyone involved. Hugs to your LO!

Courted · June 2011

If Nico gets bit....which is a big thing for me because we switched to this more expensive and better school due to him getting bit three times in two weeks, then I am called immediately. They describe what happened to me and the detail regarding what led up to the incident, and also describe the injury (what it looks like, how severe). They ice the injury and the entire class then has a lesson the the "Primrose Puppets" on "nice touching." The teachers then discuss an action plan with the parents to put into place in order to avoid the biting from happening again.

I am not sure what happens if the skin is broken, I would think it would be an even bigger deal than normal. I would be very upset if Nico got bit and I was not notified...this was another issue we had with the previous school. I requested for them to call me and they failed to do so. No action plan was put into place or anything.

MrsRyan61804 · June 2011

Aww poor baby! I am dreading this day!

I know at our center both parents are called whenever there is a bite, and accident/incident reports are given to each parent. Nothing different is done if it breaks the skin, but we do recommend that you call your doctor if it has.

kimberic · June 2011

We always contacted a parent when a child was bit. If it was broken skin, we would cleanse the wound (always, with any bite) and suggest the parent take the child to the pedi to have it checked out in case of infection.

Biting is the only thing I don't miss about working with toddlers!

keg · June 2011

If one of my DDs is bitten, the nurse generally calls us to let us know. She looks at any injury if she's there (she works 8:30-2:30) and cleans it, puts ice on, or whatever she feels is appropriate treatment. We haven't had a bad bite yet (knock on wood), but I think the procedure would be the same.

I will say there have been a time or two it seems like a DD has been bitten and we weren't notified. However, there have been times at home where one DD has gotten a bite and I have no clue it happened until I changed their clothes, done a bath, etc. In other words, I would not be surprised if daycare doesn't catch all bites.

OrangeSmoke · June 2011

::: confession::::

My name is OrangeSmoke and my Harrison once bit a kid. Embarrassed

(somebody's gotta be the biter's mom, right?)

At my center, both parents were notified immediately. They do not disclose to the parents who the other party is (great policy).... They told me the back story about how one kid crawled up to the exersaucer that Harry was bouncing in, pulled himself up, and stuck his fingers in Harry's mouth. So Harry bit him and drew blood. Embarrassed

Since it was a "blameless" incident... Harry wasn't "reprimanded" nor did I get an incident report (and we get plenty of those with Harry for bumping, falling, etc).

kme930 · June 2011

I'm so sorry - poor girl! That sounds like a big bite!

While Will has been bitten, he's still in the Infant room and they simply treat it as a mistake/teething related. They let the parents know right away (I got a call at work from a director), and I can talk to the teacher as much as I want about it. In the toddler rooms, when the kids understand more, I believe they move to discussing it, etc., but I don't have experience with that yet! (I hope I don't on either side, but I'm almost certain I will!)

LillyGrrl · June 2011

My kid has been bitten 4 times by the same little girl. I have to admit I am getting rather concerned about it. The only reason I know who bit her is because my daughter tells me. The bites have never broken the skin, which is great, I would hope that if it had they would clean it and bandage it and keep the kid who bit her away from my kid. Since it doesn't happen weekly I guess the issue is not considered a big deal from the perspective of kicking the child out of school. I would think 4 times with the same kid would present a pattern.

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