Advice desperately sought on getting my 11month old baby son to stop biting me

[Wills]

I have bruises on top of bruises and they are starting to bring tears to my eyes and often hurt for a good period afterwards. Even if I thought the biting back method worked I don't think it will for an 11month old. I think he's probably doing it because he loves mummy sooo much he wants to eat me. nevertheless! I hurt and therefore I need him to stop!

At the moment when he bites he gets an instantaneous NO and is put extremely firmly down onto the ground and I walk away. But the biting is getting worse.

Any other ideas?

please

[foxybrown]

I think you are doing exactly the right thing. Its a very common thing.

Don't react in any other way, say No, put him down. Persist in it.

Sometimes they do it when they get over-excited or frustrated.

[munz]

have you tried pretending to cry - not sure if your DS would understand yet but J has developed a nasty habit occasionally of head butting me so now I sit down on the floor and pretend to cry and say he's hurt mummy etc. instead of grinning and carrying on he'll now come over have a hug and then he'll go off and play - not sure if it's the rigiht thing to do but it's working and at this age I wasn't sure of his understanding levels?

(it's 14.5 months btw)

[Harra]

Hi, my ds did this from about 10 months. Quite sweet to begin with - so I sort of let it go but it got a lot worse. I stop him say in a loud stern voice 'No biting' and ignore him for a minute. He cries as I hardly ever speak sternly too him and I ignore that. When the minute is up I ask him to kiss me better and give him a cuddle. This does work for him and me. He still does it occasionally now. I feel he does it more when he is teething. He is now 15 months. HTH

[Wills]

I have to say I do think he's teething at the moment but I've now got bite marks up and down my shoulders and upper arms.