Son being targeted

It’s never been normal. Both my kids are primary age and have never bitten or been bitten.

They should have a bite policy. It's been years since mine were in daycare but the bite policy was on the doors of the rooms

My kids are teens ,I just find your replies quite arrogant thinking you can demand other parents remove their kids and this action you think you can take .

I am. To my knowledge a mass exodus did not follow DS when he started biting. I’ve had phone calls about him biting and have also had phone calls about him being bitten. It really is an incredibly common stage of toddler development.

Are you the parent of a biter?

It's still not up to you to take it upon yourself to tell other parents to remove their child nor is it up.to you to " take action"

More fool you if you would remain silent in the same circumstances.

I know most of the other parents there not least because everyone goes to each other’s children’s parties every other week. It is inconceivable that it wouldn’t be common knowledge.

And what action would you be taking ?

How would you know?Nursery staff are not going to randomly discuss other children with you so if there are children who bite have been bitten you wouldn't get to find out ,and it's not up to you to demand other children be removed from a nursery.

Regardless of the stated ratio, they should be putting in additional support for the biter to ensure that all other children are safeguarded.

The question to ask is… ‘what are you doing to ensure that my child is safe from harm when in your care, and will not be bitten again’.

It is not acceptable for them to say that they don’t have the staff available to provide 1:1 support.

I’m afraid that you are wrong! You may have been lucky with your children, but I can tell you that some children bite. I trained as a nursery nurse in the 1960s, was a nanny, a childminder and a foster carer, and came across children who were biters in every situation. None of my children did it, but I regard that as luck, rather than anything I did as a parent. One of the hardest I had to deal with was the most lovely, sweet natured little boy who would randomly bite other children without warning or provocation, so I couldn’t predict it and distract him. He just gradually stopped doing it.

The notion that biting is part of normal development is a weird concept. I’d be horrified if my DS ever did it once. He has been at nursery for nearly 3 years and there has never been a single incidence of biting by any of the children.

I’d be demanding the child responsible is removed from the nursery until it can be proven he can behave appropriately. I’d also speak to the parents and make it clear what action I was taking and give them the opportunity to voluntarily withdraw their child from the nursery.

nowt so queer as folk as they say!

Did they cuff little Johnny and tell him he was going dowwwwn?

Believe it or not when I worked in a nursery a parent rang the police when his 2 year old was bitten by another 2 year old. The police came out and thought they were dealing with an adult attacking a child, they had a good laugh when they realised it was a 2 year old.

No.they would find an adult that think ,s it's acceptable to.behave in the same way way as a toddler.

Yeah of course you would 🙄🙄

No read what I said.

If the nursery aren't able to monitor and police it ..

May I assume English isn't your first language? If you use police as a verb it means to keep in order.

It is not reasonable to suggest he is targeted. I doubt the toddler perpetrator is deliberately going for specific children. Such behave is impulsive rather thn premeditated. I am shocked the staff are so openly identifying them. However you can ask how they plan to keep your dc safe and withdraw if not satisfied with the response.

Around a quarter of all kids will bite during their early years - it is part of normal development. Some will restrict their biting to objects, others will be at the other end of the scale, some may bite to get a reaction, frustration is usually involved and things get better when communication skills improve.

Just because you haven't experienced it, does not mean it isn't a common and normal part of development.

Literally everything you read about child development will tell you biting is normal.

FFS. I can only you're joking.

Not a single one of my children have bitten.

That you know of...

A 3 year old isn't a baby.

It is perfectly normal to go OTT about this sort of thing for first child...