15 months, biting and grabbing

[riab]

Hi all,

i have a lovely curiuo happy little boy who is very affectionate and generally quite gentle (as far as toddlers go). HOwever he has two behaviuors which I DON'T like.

He loves my glasses, thinks they are fascinating and at every opportunity tries to grab them off my face. I know its just curiosity but I still don't fancy the bill for a new pair!

He has just started biting, I think its because he finally got his 3rd and 4th teeth so now he can actually bit things properly. He has only bittne me a few times and tbh it reminds me of the way my cat used to wrap her paws around my foot and bite it!

At the moment I say 'no' in a seriuos boring voice (we are usually very giggly with him) and after the third NO I put him down a few feet away. I'm trying to make the connection between doing that action and boring things happening.

Is there anything else I can try?

Hi Riab
My DD went through a phase of grabbing at my glasses & also biting occasionally. The biting thing was only when she had just got/was getting teeth, so think it was just relief on her gums to do it - she tended to bite clothing and 'worry' at it like a little dog!! Is also probably just a case of trying out cause and effect (isn't everything with toddlers, though!)She stopped doing it once the teeth were properly in so you may just have to be his human teething ring until then.
With the grabbing for glasses thing, my DD only had the opportunity to do it in the morning before I put my contact lenses in, but I just did what you did - say no twice then get up and walk away or turn my back on her completely saying 'don't touch glasses'. She persisted for a while but eventually gave up. If you have contact lenses may be worth getting them in as soon as possible, within reason, just to remove the temptation. I really think it's best just to take the forbidden fruit away from toddlers, if possible that is, as it just removes the cause of conflict.
If your DS has only just started doing these things, and you continue as you are, it should hopefully stop quite soon! Well that's the theory anyway