my 23 month old bites. she for the most part only bites me but on one other occassion she has biten someone else. it is only when she is being corrected or moved away from something she should not be playing with. her biting doesnt hurt me but it is rude and mean! I am scarred that she will bite someone and hurt them. any ideas on how to stop the madness?
My son had a biting problem at one time. Under the advice of his Pedi. I would but a small amount distilled white vineger on his tounge when he bit. It's safe but NASTY. It worked though! Now he only has to see the vineger bottle and he runs! LOL!
So she is biting out of anger? Sometimes babies bite just to bite or because they don't know what else to do, or maybe another child has bitten her and now she is biting... but if she is biting out of anger you just need to help her learn a different way of expressing her anger. It's okay to be angry... it's what you do with that anger this is bad! This will most likely NOT be a popular remedy but I have three children and it worked for all three of them. First of all, I tried the talking/time out, I tried the vinegar squirt in the mouth... I tried lots of things. But it wasn't until I bit them back that they stopped. Not too hard (don't leave a mark or anything) but hard enough that it gets her attention... and then I would say... "that hurts doesn't it? don't hurt mommy... if you are upset or angry tell me why?" Good luck!
I say bite her back and show her how it feels. Dont bite her real hard but hard enough that she feels it and understands that it hurts.
A couple of my friends had this problem with their kids. All they did was bite them back and it ended right there.
