Biting at nursery

[Pussinbootsmeow]

My child has been at nursery was 11 months now, and has been bit just over 20 times, all recorded on our accident log. I have had conversations with the nursery and been reassured that this is normal for toddlers.

This week she has had 4 bites in 2 days, 2 of these broke the skin, and she’s told me each time it’s the same child.

Last month I spoke to the manager I was been made out to be unreasonable as this is common in toddlers and will happen in any setting, but surely if it’s the same child I need to step in here and bring it up again?

Im worried she’s being targeted and she’s starting getting sad at drop offs 😢

AIBU here? Is this normal? I appreciate it can happen but 20 times is a ridiculous amount.

When my son was going through a biting phase, the staff at his nursery stuck really close to him to intervene as quickly as possible. My understanding is that they stopped most bites before they happened, and I think it helped him learn to not bite, and protected the other kids. It’s definitely up to the staff to be working on a plan to keep the other kids safe until the child who bites has stopped doing it.