My DS has just turned one but has been biting me for months. I have kept thinking he'll just grow out of it but it's gone on so long...
He doesn't do it when he's cross, he just seems to like biting me and it really hurts!
I have tried ignoring, and more recently tried a firm 'no', putting him down and ignoring him for a short time. I also sometimes shout (can't help it sometimes :( ) Nothing seems to work.
He has recently started shaking his head (usually with a smile on his face) when he's about to do something I've told him not to (including biting), but I'm not sure how much he understands.
Any advice? I'm covered in bruises and my patience is wearing thin!
(by the way - he is in general a gorgeous, funny and happy little chap; describing his biting makes him sound horrible!)
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12mo biting - how to deal with it?
marzipananimal · 07/09/2011 12:21
sorry, posted too soon!
Meant to say we also do the sign for hurt, which we do to him when he hurts himself too, but even at 18m i don't think he undertands that we too feel pain!
It is worrying when your little angel launches a vicious and unprovoked attack on you, this loving and devoted mother! But i do believe they are just exploring the satisfying feeling of sinking their teeth into something. Untill they get a misterious and unexpected reaction from us...then they start exploring that too! That's why i try with varying degrees of success not to freak, and to find him an acceptable way of exploring biting. 
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