Biting in Daycare

You can definitely start disciplining her now, and you should. I don't recommend using the crib or her bedroom for time out because you don't want her to associate bedtime or naptime with being in trouble. I suggest sitting her on a "naughty step" or get a time out chair (just any chair that you use strictly for time outs).

When she does something wrong, firmly say no, and sit her in time out and say "its not nice to bite/hit/etc". Then when the time out is over tell her again "you had to sit in time out because you bit/hit/etc and that's not nice". As her language develops, teach her to say she's sorry to whoever it was that she hurt or for the action that led to the time out.

Consistency is the key in handling behavior. I would imagine the daycare has a similar policy for behavior. Make babysitters, grandma, etc who may be caring for her aware of the rules and consequences.

You definetly want to discipline her now my daughter has been sitting time out at daycare since she was 14 months old (when we started her new daycare) As for the biting my daughter started biting about 2 months ago (she turned 2 in August) They do it to express their angry & they do not realize that it hurts. When my daughter bit me I lightly bit her back just enough that she knew it hurt but not enough to leave any kind of mark. She no longer bites now. She even walks around telling that she does not want me to bite her & I tell her if you bite mommy I will bite her back & she does not want me to do that.

Rather than telling her what she can't do, tell her what she can. At the age of one, I highly doubt any form of punishment is going to make sense to her. All a time out is going to accomplish is making her forget what she was doing, which is pretty much just redirecting.

Next time she goes to bite, say something like We don't bite, we give hugs. Worked wonders with my son.

Sometimes one year olds bite because they are still very interested in putting things in their mouths - including their friends! One suggestion we had when I was a daycare worker, was to pin a teething toy to her shirt. Whenever she looks like she is tempted to put someone or something in her mouth that is a "no no", you can point out that friends are for loving, chew toys are for chewing - or whatever phrases you like.

In my experience, be prepared to explain the plan to the daycare teachers so they can reinforce with the same phrase and your child can associate that the same rules at home apply at school.

And warn them that they might have to start providing chew toys for all the other children - because they are popular.