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Toddler biting the baby! Help!

DisneyFreeekDisneyFreeek
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So my 20 month old, at first started biting me. It was usually when she was upset with me for some reason. She was biting me mostly in the tummy when she wanted up. But for the last few weeks, she has started biting her baby sister. And it's totally random. They can be playing and having a good time, and then bam, leans in for the bite. She has done it to her hands, legs, even her butt. I am becoming afraid to even walk to the other room to get a bottle. I literally have to take one of them with me, I can't pee alone, I can't do anything. We tried hot sauce on her tongue, but she just asked for more. What insanity is that??!?! I tried crying and telling her that it hurts mommys feelings when you hurt your sister. I threatened spanking, she laughs at me. We tried time out in her room but she just screamed so hard she started hyper ventilating. I really don't know what to do here. Please any advice on something that works???
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Re: Toddler biting the baby! Help!

  • celiabwatsonceliabwatson
    I have no magic solution, so sorry about that. My son bites the baby and I think he does it to make her cry. He's intrigued by cause and effect right now. He'll bite her and then say "look mommy, baby crying". For us I just love on the baby a lot and ignore him for a while. He doesn't like to be ignored. I tell him that it hurts to bite and we don't hurt the baby. It seems to have been a bit of a phase because he hasn't done it lately. I also try not to react too severely because I know that big reactions can feed his cause and effect curiosity and backfire.
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  • CaitlinJ22CaitlinJ22 member

    imageceliabwatson:
    I have no magic solution, so sorry about that. My son bites the baby and I think he does it to make her cry. He's intrigued by cause and effect right now. He'll bite her and then say "look mommy, baby crying". For us I just love on the baby a lot and ignore him for a while. He doesn't like to be ignored. I tell him that it hurts to bite and we don't hurt the baby. It seems to have been a bit of a phase because he hasn't done it lately. I also try not to react too severely because I know that big reactions can feed his cause and effect curiosity and backfire.

    I agree with this. DS used to hit the baby and I would pick her up and leave him and make a big deal to see if she is ok. before I did that I was say sternly, ,NO hitting, that hurts. You cannot reason with them until about 2.5- 3 yo. Just tell the older one its not ok and biting hurts. Pick baby up and make a fuss over her. ignore him, he wont like that. 

    The more dramatic you get about it, the more the older one will do it. They want a reaction--good or bad. Hot sauce is pretty extreme.  

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