My son is in daycare and he's a fearless child (pushes kids bigger than him). I'm sure one day it will be a good thing that he's a leader and not afraid, but right now it's not acceptable. He's been bitten twice at daycare for pushing a child or taking their toys. Now, he's learned to be the bitter. It's very frustrating. At home, when he's told "NO", he bites me. I have been taking the time to make him sit and understand that biting is not acceptable and that it hurts "ouch"... is there anything else I can do to help him understand that biting is wrong??? Help! Thanks.
PS - he's 22 months old
hmmm, my older son was the only biter....until my mom bit him back. The end.
With my daycare, the biter sits in timeout away all of his friends. After I soothe the child bitten, then the biter has to apologize & help care for the injury. Usually works....
You don't say how old he is, and for me, I think how you handle this really depends on that.
For my 3 yr old, I actually bit him back one day. That put a stop to it immediately.
But when he was smaller, like 18 mos, he never would have been able to understand and make that connection. So if he's small, I don't have any suggestions for you. But if he's 2+, try biting him back!
A friend of mine had a son that CONSTANTLY bit...She literally tried everything to make him stop- Time outs, NO-NO, a light pop on the bottom-EVERYTHING! And nothing worked until one day he bit her SO hard and brought blood, she bit him back (not hard of course, but enough to where it sort of hurt) I know it sounds mean, but he learned his lesson.
I really don't have much advice because my Daughter was never a biter- Hope you find out soon :)
My older sister was also a biter. Even bit a cat! Nothing worked until mom and the babysitter bit her back.
