21 Month Old Still Biting!! Moms, Please Help!

Just to tell you my story. I was a biter- Big time. Now I was not in day care but boy did my little sister get the brunt of it. I still remember to this day when I was 4 years old I bit my sister again and My mom bit my shoulder and I never bit another human again. I was very oral and loved the feel of biting something, so I started biting a stuffed animal instead.

My 2 year old is the same way, she is very oral and has always been that way. She has one of the blankies with a teddy bear and she is always biting the nose of the teddy bear to get her fix, either that or this stuffed dog that she has. She did bite me a few times when she was 1, but stopped after a few weeks of me telling her NO and that she could bite her blankie but not mommy.

It sounds like you're doing something at home that's working, but the daycare is not as effective as you've been. And with a one-year-old, you can't expect a lesson to stick. You've got to apply the same discipline process across the board.

What I recommend is sitting down with the teacher and the director and saying, "This is what we do at home. It works. Can you do something similar at daycare?"

If they can't, or if the problem persists, that might be a sign that the place is understaffed or that the staff there aren't as attentive as they should be. You might start looking around for another daycare, with a smaller child-adult ratio.

If I were you, I would take a couple vacation days from work and go to daycare with him (maybe without him seeing you) and wait for him to act up and then swoop in and do your Mommy thing and tell him 'No'...b/c it sounds like he is listening to you a lot better than he does the teacher.

~I would be more concerned with the why is he biting then the how to get him to stop, ya know? It sounds like he is getting frustrated by his surroundings.

i think you need to have a meeting to talk to the teacher/teachers.. Mira is right theres obviously something youre doing at home that his teachers are not.. id make it a point to tell them that you have gotten him to completely stop biting at home and that you did x,y,z to get him to stop, so you are confused as to why he only does this at daycare

Make sure the center is giving him foods that are chewy at meals and snacks. That way his mouth will be tired and it might slow it down or stop it.

BTW, if the teachers are not supervising him well enough to at least stop part if this then this falls on them and their abilities too.

I know a child can bite with the speed of lightening but if that child is with an adult and they segregate him slightly, only around one or two other kids at a time, then he's not going to have so many tasty treats within reach...lol.

Have they said when he is bititng?

Does he just walk up to his friends.. and bite down? Is he biting over toys? When he is hungry? Is he getting teeth in?

I think you need to find out the why before you can stop it.