Help! my son's a biter???

ilove613 · April 2013

My son is 19 months old and yesterday, he bit another child 2x and left a bruise! I called the other mom to "apologize" and she was pretty upset. (not that i blame her but was a bit suprised at the lack of "kids will kids" attitude). Today he bit her again. My babysitter said it seemed like he was frustrated. When he bit her each time, she gave him a 2 minute time out, explained that mouths are used for kisses, and that we don't bite. But since he bit her again today, does that mean that the time outs aren't effective? How do we go about disciplining him if he does it again? Is he too young to understand???

twohniyt · April 2013

We went through this around 18 months. We would get several incident reports a week saying she had bit a friend. Everytime she bit it was out of frustration because she wasn't able to communicate what she wanted. It took a few we

Tink112011 · April 2013

That was nice of you to apologize to the other mom, but I don't feel like that was necessary. And there is no reason for her to be upset about it. At some point, her child will be "the biter". It happens. It's normal. But obviou

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