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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Help needed: How to stop toddler from biting
My 13-mo daughter bit a boy at school today through his shirt and broke his skin. She was bitten by one of the kids at school on her hand on Friday. She's teething with her 1 yr molars coming in. Any tips on how to stop the biting?
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Re: Help needed: How to stop toddler from biting
Several people told me to do that too....didnt work. He's been biting since he was a year old.
You're on my post-it.
Biting on fatty part of wrist/spanking through diaper. Excellent parenting! /sarcasm
IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR KIDS TO BITE, BITING THEM SEEMS COUNTER PRODUCTIVE, NO?
OP:
Have you talked to your DCP about this? Have they suggested anything (other than biting back, spanking, or other forms of violence)? What are they doing about it?
When Mac has gone through biting stages, it was thankfully limited to me, so I just gave him a teething ring or something else to chew and it really helped. You can also try to anticipate when the biting is happening (when LO is frustrated, excited, tired, overstimulated, teething) and try to redirect LO before it reaches that point.
If this is a repeat problem, the DCP should be shadowing LO to help prevent it.
Maybe lock her in the bedroom for a couple hours? That may get through.
Seriously, bite a barely 1 year old back or spank him? Are you all insane?
You sternly tell her not to bite and redirect to a more appropriate behavior. It's a stage that all kids go through that passes.
Oliver was bitten for the first time at the the park a few weeks ago. It broke my heart to see the hurt on his little face when that little boy bit him. I could NEVER do that to my baby.
FTR, it was on the fatty part of his wrist and he had a bruise for a week and a half.
WTF?
Now you're teaching LO that it's acceptable to bite.
So....don't spank your kids, but bite them instead. Got it.
Judith is a very wise toddler.
Um, that's the stupidest advice ever.
E has bitten a few times and we tell him "OUCH! We don't bite, that hurts" and he gets a time out. We do the same thing if/when he pushes or hits his sister. We're trying to be consistent and it seems to be working so far.
No, this would be the stupidest advice ever:
We tried this technique with hair pulling. It backfired. He thought it was a fun game. Now we remove him from the situation and pay lots of attention to the injured party. He is still a biter and I'm at my wits end.
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Wait.
Time out.
"bite on the fatty part of the wrists."
WTF kind of Maury toddler do you have that has fatty wrists?
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Ummm, no! Also the parent of a serial bite-ee. DC emphasizes "no biting" with words and signing. They show attention only to the one bitten for a period of time. They also sing songs and read books about not biting. Seriously, these kids are a year old, good grief!
lulwut?
Crazycakes.
Om nom nom
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Damn. There's also the PP who tried pulling her kid's hair to demonstrate that "we don't pull hair."
We need a Twatwaffle Monday post up in here STAT.
Congrats! You have also made the post-it!
DD doesn't even have "wrists" it's just a jelly roll.
Those are arms. . . that little wrinkle in the middle is the wrist.
I had some fatty kiddos. . . but I wouldn't suggest biting the "fatty part of the wrist."
That said, I'm going to take this advice. When the baby dumps her juice, I'm going to dump my wine. When she cries at night, I'm going to cry back. When she shrieks, I'll shriek too.
WE WILL ALL ACT LIKE BABIES! That'sthe way to teach 'em.
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Today I took a dump on the floor, just to teach DD not to do that. She's totes potty trained now, yo.
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Awesome! So, you pulled your childs hair? I'm glad to hear that backfired on ya.
::takes notes::
It was brilliant advice from my SIL. Obviously it was a huge mistake. Yep, it happens. People make parenting mistakes. I've made plenty and have horrible mommy guilt over them. Thanks for making me feel better.
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Next time just guffaw.
YWIA.
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Holee Crapbasket Ladies! I didn't say Take A Large Zombie Bite Out of Your Child. Good Lord- you all are tough nuggets, and I dig that about all of you. Ftr- my pedi was the one who said- and I Quote: Bite her lightly on the fat part of the wrist and say No! and sit her down.
And yes- she DOES have fat wrists. And they are nomable (it's a word!) and squishy. With no bite marks.