Biting.. the other side!

[specialmagiclady]

My DS1 (aged 2) was bitten quite hard during a fight with his best friend yesterday., started by my son taking a nee-naw. He still has marks over 24 hours later. Now we're supposed to be going on a day out with his friend and he WON'T GO. He's actually been in total hysterics and I have put him back in bed where he seems quite happy.

I feel terrible. I was a biter, and can clearly remember the feeling of impotence and frustration just before crunching the teeth into someone. I feel horrible that this little boy is feeling like this. But also fiercely protective of my boy.

What can I do? i thought that the best thing was to just "get back on the horse" but without giving him warning that we're going to see his friend. What do you all think? Should I have words with the mum?

SML?

i probably wouldn't make him go and just leave it for a bit. having words with the biters mom may make her feel worse for something she probably already feels bad over! (i know, as the mom of a biter, i would feel horrible!) (i am presuming though, that the biters mom said something to her child about it?)

a 2 year old, i would assume is biting for reaction, attention and because he cant voice what he wants. etc. (probably ALL the same reason my son is now biting )

i'd give it some time before seeing the boy again. and maybe meet on neutral terrority like the park.

Yeah, we're not going. Thing is, nobody knew about the biting until I saw the mark on my son's hand a couple of hours later and worked out what it was. So nothing can be done about it with reference to this exact incident.

Little boy's mum just had twins. Think will leave talking to her. Poor wee boy's probably feeling very left out and confused. He certainly meets the "intelligent but frustrated" criteria!

ahh gotcha..its a shame it wasnt seen. the biters mom probably does have her hands full and he is probably just, like you said, feeling left out

maybe try next week sometime..... hope your ds and you have a good day...