Testy Toddler: biting and general behaviour

[JustSometimes]

Ds is 18 months. Lovely child really! Going through a phase of biting DH and I. Ds used to do this when he was teething without realising what he was doing abd so we could steer him away from actual biting. Now he's go to the age of being more of a handful and when tired, hungry or wants to do something he can't he will (not always) get angry and bite. It's come to a bit of a head as he not only drew blood from DH but took a bit more than that, which understandbly caused DH to yell in pain and shock . .
I've been trying to deal with it in different ways:

1. Putting DS down in a different room immediatly he bites, telling him why I'm putting him there.
2. Saying, don't bite Mummy / Daddy. And then explaining he's hurt us and say sorry. (which he does by hugging and kissing us).
3. I tried a small slap on his padded 'nappy' one day when he bit me really hard - but I don't want to do that as A) it didn't work and B) I can already see that he'll copy and C) that's not the behaviour I agree with anyway.

Trouble is - none of it is working.

Any other options? It is really causing DH and I grief as we are living with Jaws.

AS for toddler behaviour: where do you start and how do you help DH deal with it. We've just come back from a short trip into the town - and neither of us are speaking as we are both so stressed out courtesy of DS (who is now peacefully napping.....grrr!)

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Justsometimes, my DS went through a biting phase and stopped one day after he bit me so hard I cried - he just looked so shocked that mummy was crying and then he started crying too, so i think helping your DS to realise in a way that he understands that what he is doing is hurting you may be a possible way forward.

My DS is nearly 23 mo and we are still trying to work out how to deal with toddler behaviour, we try to keep a sense of humour as much as possible and to do the grown up thing and let things go when it has become more about me and DH, rather than anything to do with DS - it's good to present a united front whenever possible!

HTH

HI my ds1 bit everything & everyone for ages, we tried everything but nothing seemed to work.
He bit when he was excited or angry in the end when he was about to bite we'd say no kiss & he replaced the bites with kisses.
Got some odd looks when he kissed other kids but it was less painful for all!
Good luck

hi agree with pschobabble it is normal behaviour, although not very nice.
My ds is now 2, but had always been quite 'bitey'. when he was younger we put it down to teething but as he got older we saw that he was doing it when he was tired/ stressed/ jealous.
One person on here gave me some good advice, do tell him not to bite, but make sure you encouage good behaviour, for example don't bite, kiss mummy nicely and give him lots of praise for that.
My Ds hasn't bitten now for a few months (he did go through a phase after DS2 arrived when he was 21 months and we had a few bitten fingers and toes, but that has passed now)