13 Month Old Biter - Woodridge,IL

my daughter was a biter!!.. my MIL told me that everytime she bite somone to make her suck on a leamon or a pickle as punishment.. but she liked it after awhile.. ?? .. then i told her that if she bit somone, i would have them bite her back..(not as hard) and that worked... but then she trained herself to bite herself if she got mad, and that seemed to snap her out of it.. i think they just grow out of it after awhile.. babys like reaction from other ppl.. so biting ppl and having them yell ouch and making a face is amusing for a kid.. seems like yelling no bite is working.. just takes time.. then u will go to the spitting stage :-)

Dear L.,

I just wanted to say... Keep up with what your doing. If he does bite someone just tell him that wasn't nice and then pay more attention to the person/child that was bit. Kids do grow out of it, but sometimes it takes a while. I run a daycare out of my home and I had two kids that bites and one was two and the other three. It took me about 3 months to get them both to stop biting. I always recommend to my daycare parents to try and keep a little diary to see when, where, why and whom. I always write down what time of day, where we were at, who he bites, and the reason why and sometimes that could help you with your solution. If you have any questions please feel free to ask me. Good Luck and keep up with what you are doing.
B.

He will outgrow it. Sounds like the No Bite is working. We used to pretent to cry when my daughter did it too, it hurt her feelings. He might not be old enough to understand the whole time out thing.....but it does work wonders when they turn 2! Good Luck!

My kids didn't happen to be biters, but I know of many having worked with kids for so long. He WILL outgrow it. It's a normal developmental stage. Some push, some hit, some bite. Kids go through that stage in different ways, but they all seem to go through it. You are doing the right thing "reminding" him not to bite. His impulse is to bite and you are helping to stop that impulse and re-train it. Time outs are great in a situation like that because it removes him from the situation and redirects them. Even though he's so little, it's good to debrief and talk about why he was in time out too to build that association as biting as a negative behavior. Kids also bite sometimes just out of boredom (something to do), anger, frustration, to get a reaction or see what will happen, etc. Best wishes to you as you get through this not so fun stage!