Who seriously bites back their children!!! That is some really twisted logic, not to mention child abuse…

Frustration is the child’s problem my twins did bite. And when teething but Mathew was pulling his hair and. He had a ear infection parents need to take to the dr and get him check out.. Day care workers need to speak to parents but I,m sorry to say if low on numbers it will be about the money.. Okay I would be letting them know you are not happy and are looking for a new day care.. And ask a couple of the other moms to do the same .. This will spring them into action if they think they will lose a few children and why.. Also let them know bad news travels fast about biting… It’s hard as I said I had two biters… I bite back but most mothers do not… I also had a grand daughter at two just walked up and latched on to my hand and would not let go for no reason.. Wow I smacked her leg to make her let go… I was crying I carried that mark for about three weeks so yes I do know about biting…

the daycare should have their own rules in place, its in their duty of care for the safety and well being of children in their care. as for home, i would have a time out or lose something special like a teddy.

My dd is a biter, and is almost two now, I feel it’s teething related as she does it in phases not constantly. We remove her from the situation and sternly say NO! Then give her a time out. She’s been doing the time out since one, as she has older siblings to model off. At the end we ask her to apologise to whom she bit. When she could not speak she hugged sorry. It may not eradicate the behaviour, but it teaches her that her actions are wrong and there are consequences.

I would think that daycare workers have their set responses in place.
But if it was me with someone elses child I would sit them in a naughty spot straight away and then ignore them but give the victim a lot of attention. If they do it again then then its back to the naughty spot and they will be banned from something that they like doing such as no painting.

My daughter was doing that to her sisters…not so much now but the only thing that stopped it was me catching her about to do it r in the process of doing it (harder for daycare workers). I would grab her hand, or pull her back in biting and dimly so no pulling hair/biting. She would obviously go back straight away so I just kept it up til she gave up. If she was really persistent or on the edge of having a tantrum, I would pick her up and move her a couple of metres away. She generally only does it out of frustration…not getting what she wants or being harassed…so keep an eye on the other kids behaviour too and see what her trigger is. I had to talk to my older girls about why she was doing it, they stopped alot if their trigger actions and alot of the hitting/biting/pulling stopped. I didn’t ask them to give into her, just to approach the situation differently.

I had exactly the same problem with my son at that age. I was told to bite back but couldn’t do it. I ended up removing him from the situation and making him play with somethjng else to distract him. He eventually just grew out of it. But I do think teething has alot to do with it too and frustration with not being able to communicate x

I’m having the same prob with my 1 yr old. He slaps. A lot. Only he just turned 1 a few weeks ago and sitting him down and talking to him is pointless as he doesn’t understand. I pretend to cry and use my body language to tell him it hurts and in upset he quickly gives me a cuddle. Eventualy he’ll put two and two together and realise his action are upsetting. But I think it’s one of those things that will just take time.

is your child teething? usually bite due to teething. Try giving him rusks and other biscuits or ice to numb the gums. Tell bubbit hurts

I would suggest taking them away and explaining it hurts and hurts their feeling and makes them sad. Only let them play again after saying sorry to the child. It worked eventually with my daughter who was biting. What really hit it on the head was when another child at day care bit her, talked about it for a week and hasn’t bitten since! It is a phase though so it will take time 🙂

The behaviour is usually not tolerated in any daycare. Normally, perseverance and showing no emotion when managing behaviour is recommended. This being said, the child is to be monitored closely, to find out triggers and hope that having good naps/night sleep and managing diet, can improve situation. I guess lots of things can be triggers into his behaviour. Could be he is not able to vocalise his emotions. But definitely, needs the support of all around him to find out root cause.

This is a difficult one as I know of so many children biting. My own daughter bit me once and got so upset at my reaction (I spoke in a firm voice and told her what she had done was wrong and not to be done again) that she never did bite again.

My one year old bites but i firmly pull him away and in a stern voice say ‘no biting’. My other son bit too. They are just too young to understand the consequences of their actions