Help Stop the Biting

I talked to my mom about the biting and she said a glass of ice water in their face everytime they bit. She said that It will shock them and they will learn not to do it. She also said to be carefull the cold can take their breath away. Good luck

A.,
My son did this at around that same age. We always noticed it was when he was teething(keep in mind that they teeth for a while before a tooth actually appears)! While I'm not big on giving meds to young children, the only thing that would help us is to give him Tylenol when we noticed the biting becoming a regular pattern. Most importantly, keep a close eye on her around other kiddos and it soon will pass! Good luck, A.

My son was a biter too. I felt so awful about it but it's one of those phases some kids go thru. Of course still redirect her when she does.

I found my son was biting out of frustration. My son was a very big kid and always wanted to play with the big kids. When they did something he couldn't do he bit them.
I just told him that he wouldn't be allowed to play if he continued to bite. Also teaching them "angry words" can help and prompote using their words. I told him if he got mad he could I'm mad. I do think this helped. And I made sure when I heard him using his words, I would praise him.

Just know this will pass and she will be in a new phase with a new challenge for you =)

She is probably frustrated and unable to communicate what she wants. We had a little boy who was biting my daughter when they wanted the same toy at daycare. The staff and the parents have all been working with the kids in the room to stop the behavior.

When my daughter was 13-14 months old we used baby sign language to help her communicate. Baby signing is great for youngsters who need to comunicate, but are still developing language skills. The staff at our daycare started using sign with this little boy and it has help.

Be sure to explain to your daughter that biting hurts and then tell her about things she can bite. Make sure that she has teething toys when she is cutting teeth. Never asume that your child is too young to understand something. I'm constantly amazed all the things that my daughter does understand at 27 months. Good luck!

You may have already done this, but if not...be very firm with her. Be brief, bold, and to the point (almost like dog training), indicating she is NOT to do that, and if she does it one more time there will be consequences. The consequences could be no snack she likes, no activity she likes, not playing with something she likes, etc... Or, it could simply be a pat on the behind. If your daughter does it one more time, then follow-through with those consequences and tell her she is losing whatever it is she likes, or that she is receiving a pat on the behind, because she is still biting.

We must always follow through with our consequences, or our children learn they can still behave badly and get by with it.

I hope this helps!

My daughter has hasd a problem with biting as well. We have notice it is when she is either hungrey or tired. At these times she is just to frustrated to work on letting us know what she needs/wants. She is 23 months. most of the time if we keep these things taken care of she is really good and lets us know what is going on.

My daughter bites too and I have yet to figure out a way to stop it. She goes in spurts she will stop biting for awhile and then start up again. She bites more when she is teething and now that we have a new baby she bites for attention. Another reason she bites is because she can't say what she is thinking so she bites to get her point across.

Here are the things we have tried that might work for you:
1) Time out and tell her "teeth are not for biting" (my daughter would cry and seemed like she understood that she shouldn't do it again but then would turn around and bite again)
2) Give her vinegar, lemon juice, vanilla, or hot sauce on their tongue when they bite (she liked the vinegar and lemon juice so now we are trying the vanilla)
3) Make sure she has enough sleep, give her some tylenol if she is teething to help the pain of her teeth and have teething toys for her readily available.

So these are suggestions from someone who hasn't figured out what to do herself. I think once she can speak more she will quit. She now bites because she wants something from another kid or someone has taken something away from her. If she is tired she bites more and when she is teething. We have been trying to fix this for a few months with no luck yet.

Hi
That is a hard situation to deal with. I was a daycare provider for several years, so I have had multiple children with this problem. Most advice I have read first states that this is not an aggressive behavior, but a reaction to the pain of teething. Some kids I have seen however, were only doing it when they wanted a toy or were frustrated. They need to be reminded to use their words and mostly to help sooth the "victim's" ouchie. Hold the ice pack etc. It helps them understand that they are hurting someone. It will stop in time, the most effective thing is to really keep a close eye on the kids playing and to stop her before she actually bites. When you see her mouth opening or other cues. I constantly had to tell one child- no bite, poor guy. We would then have him help the biten child with an ice pack. While constantly be showing him the ouchie and saying how sad it was for the biten child. With a little patience this technique has worked everytime I had to use it.
Wishing you easier times,
M.