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Biting

TinaL99TinaL99 member
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Stella has started biting.  She has bit DH & I a couple of times.  It's not out of anger, just randomly.  I *think* she's getting her 2 yo molars b/c her fingers are constantly in her mouth.  She says "yes" when I ask if her mouth hurts (whether or not she knows what I'm really talking about, I don't know), but I can't get a good enough look in her mouth to see if there's anything coming in.

Anyway, we have been looking her in the eyes, sternly saying "No Bite!" and then ignoring her for a full minute.  After that I usually say something like "we bite our food" or "we use our teeth to eat". She'll either be a biter or this course of action will work right?  Other suggestions?

DD1: 3/31/10 DD2: 9/7/11
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Re: Biting

  • HuzzyHuzzy
    Urgh... K went through this stage as well during the summer. It was frustrating because she would bite your shoulder whenever you'd pick her up from the changing table. She used to bite DH, MIL and I. We would tell her "No Bite" ...which then turned into her basically saying "No Bite" and then :::chomp:::: We also would pretend to cry and she would just laugh.. Sad Stella is older than when K was when she was biting...so maybe fake crying and saying "You hurt Mama" ... Maybe she would 'get' it more. K basically bit until she got bitten by another kid (real bad.... she had a bruise for each tooth in this kid's mouth). She cried and cried and said "no bite" and ever since then she 'got' that it hurt and wasn't nice. It worked for us... but I wouldn't suggest biting Stella!
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  • TelycoTelyco
    I think for her age the stern NO and walking away from her/ignoring her for a bit is the best way to go. Evan has bit DH twice in the past month and me once...we do a time out and make him say "no bite" and "sorry" and then I throw in a "wuv you mama" after too :)
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  • Two*TrueTwo*True member

    I think you're doing the correct thing. DD had her biting phase a few weeks back.  It was never out of anger and sometime she would even laugh afterwards.  At her 18month appt her pedi said "At this age hugs and kisses can easily turn into hits and bites."  While DD hasn't bitten lately she will hit at which point we talk about gentle hands and hitting not being a good choice.  She usually then just moves on to something else.

    Hopefully these stages don't last long! :-p

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  • mrsocmrsoc
    Evan went through a short phase of this, and we just did a firm NO and told him that we do not bite.  He did start pinching me when I would sit in the backseat, with Andrew if he was fussing.  I said that it hurt and for him to pinch himself, he did this and has not pinched me since.  I do not think that I would want to use that tactic for biting though....
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