My youngest son has decided when he gets angry that he's going to bite! He has left marks on my older son more then once. I scold him, put him in time and talk to him about it but he is still young and doesn't seem to understand. People have told me to bite him back or put tobassco on his tongue. I'm not sure either one of those is a good suggestion. Any other suggestions??
Hi J.:
My name is T. and I have a Home Daycare that I have been running for 9 Years. I have had so many kids this age that go through the biting stage. They just get frustrated because they don't have away to communicate. People have suggested to bite back and that is not the key. They should be talked to and put in time out just as you are doing. It does get better believe me if you keep on top of it.
Good luck to you,
T.
I have noticed that kids that are around 2 tend to bite my sister who is now 14 went through the bitting stage she picked it up from other kids in her daycare when ever she would get ready to bite one of us we would pop her in the mouth not very hard but enough to shock her a little. She finally grew out of the bitting phase on her own.
Hi, Our oldest son was a biter so I understand your frustration. He used to not just leave marks but bruising and even draw blood at times as he got older. He was 3 years when we finally got him to stop. This might sound wiered but it really works so bare with me. We tried it all, biting back putting things in his mouth, and yes even flicking his mouth (lightly). Insted of punishing him after the biting,we found a way to make him not like the biting itself. If you know of something that he REALLY dislikes the taste of I suggest useing that but for us it was MILD Taco Bell Sause(we started with lemon juice and a few others but he liked them). We rubbed it on our fore arms(where he bit the most) and so everytime he would bite he got that taste in his mouth and realized that it was just as "distasteful" for him as for the person he bit. In just 2 days he was cured of biteing! I even remember him beng frustrated and baring his teeth a few times when he would normally bite after we did this. I was truely amazed how fast it worked! Good Luck!
My cousin had a biter and started spraying chloroseptic spray in her mouth. She stopped almost instantly. My daughter is only one so I haven't had this problem yet but when she does start I will probably try this. Hope this helps.
I finally got my son to stop biting.. We just very firmly told him NO BITING.. and showed him how much the other child was crying, we did time-out and talked about it before an after, he would run saying sorry. He truly didn't know any other way to make the others stop bothering him!
Now, he makes the ARGH!! sound like he is about to bite and the kids back off very quickly. He figured out a way around the biting, but we still watch for it! he just gets frustrated.. I feel bad, we tell him to say STOP! and he tries.. being 2 is very frustrating!! :)
Good luck.
We used redirection combined with this;
http://www.shop.com/op/~Massaging_Action_Teether-prod-348...
It's a teething toy, but works! I'd encourage him to bite down on the star (which vibrates and kind of tickles) when-ever he got mad/frustrated.
Good luck!
I flicked my son on the side of the mouth (lightly) and it worked in no time. I also used this for licking people and yelling. It seemed to work and doing it got his attention enough that'd he'd listen when I told him to stop and it wasn't o.k. I wouldn't bite him back though. If you're telling him not to do, then why are you?
It does sound cruel doesn't it to bite your child back, but children sometimes dont understand the severity of what they are doing until it is done to them. My oldest daughter started biting when she was younger than your son and I finally relented and did bite back. Not hard by any means, but good enough that I got her attention. I made sure that I said things like "I know that hurts...that's why we dont bite" And "I love you, but that isnt ok to bite". I made sure that when I did finally bite back she was in my arms to receive my love after the discipline. I will tell you this...it only took once and she never bit me again. You may not find it that easy...it might take a couple times to get the message across, but it has seemed to work with my oldest and it worked with my youngest too who is 14 months. Call it cruel and unusual punishment if you will...but kids sometimes just need to realize what something feels like for them to understand what they are doing really does hurt. Anyways, good luck!
