biting-awkward situation

[nicky111]

My DD (18 months) has been bitten twice by the same little girl who is almost two. Apart from the obvious distress it caused my DD (and me) it has caused a bit of an awkward situation. I am friends with the girl's mother and the first time DD was bitten we were round at her house. We caught her DD sinking her teeth into my confused (and frightened) DD's arm. She dealt with it with 'time out', and apologised, she was v upset I think. The secon time was the following morning when we met again and her daughter attacked mine. The thing is, I get on really well with this mum and I like her little girl - do you think we should keep the kids apart for a while? Or should we get them together but keep a close eye on them?

Lots of kids go through biting stages, your friend reprimanded her dd (although personally think 2 is young for time out unless she's almost 3., but still she reprimanded her). I can't see that she could have done much more. If you're worried hover next to your dd (although its still difficult to stop a bite). I say that in all seriousness, lots of my friends have children with SN and I have to supervise the baby (ds3 and previously ds2) very closely indeed. If you bin all friends with biters/pinchers/scratchers you may end up with very few people you can see until you reach about 4.

Oh, I'm not blaming her or her DD and I'm not seeking to 'protect' my DD from hers, I understand it's just a development thing and my daughter is capable of hitting others etc.. I was just wondering what the best way of handling it is - neither of us really know what to do.

supervise them as closely as possible. She's still little, so once she's bitten its too late really.