What do you think he would do if you pretended to cry when he bits you. Sometimes if you show them that it hurts it may show him that it is not a nice thing to do.

thats a great approach
my mom has owned her own in home daycare for 15 years and so ive been around kids my whole life
you have to teach them that its not nice
and crying is a good way to show them that they hurt your feelings

i am having the same problem with Eternity and she thinks its funny to.



the real problem is that she is biting Serenity

i don't think the crying thing would make a difference because children that young don't have the ability to feel sympathy. they can't make the connection between their actions causing real distress for a while yet. i don't think that develops until around 2ish? right now it's just funny to see mommy react. i don't think crying and trying to communicate it will stop the biting, though it is probably important to still try to show him that it hurts you because it will help him learn communication skills.

anyways, about the biting. what i would do is stop whatever activity is going on when the biting happens. if you are holding him and he bites you, i would put him down. if you are playing with him and he bites you, i would stop playing. if you are feeding him and he bites you, i would cut the meal short . just for a little while, maybe 5 - 10 minutes. I think eventually he will learn to associate the biting with the enjoyable activity ending. he won't want you to put him down, or stop playing, or stop eating, and if he knows that is what happens when he bites he might stop.

good luck! if you decide to try my advice tell me how it works.

put him in his bed if you are home...i always taped their hands and said no did that 2 and it stopped.

I think this is terrific advice! Definitely don't bite him back - he won't understand why you're hurting him.

When Jay went through that stage I did what tanya said, it worked for us.

I completely agree with this! Great advice! I don't think you ought to bite him back, either. I would just tell him "no" firmly and stop the activity

Oh yeah, there's a book called "teeth are not for biting" and at the babysitter's house whenever one of the kids bites, that's what she says, and then she removes them from the activity. She reads the book often.

thanks girls..

tanya i think i will try your adivise, sounds like soemthing that would work... he normally bites when being held...

Little jaws.

yeah I agree with tanya too! Thats what worked for us. Reese is still young so its hard to make him understand anything when it comes to him doing wrong. Like tanya said if you are holding/cuddling him and he does it just say no in a stern voice not shouting, put him on the floor and then walk away alittle. He will realise that this means an end to your attention and should stop doing it!