My DD has 8 teeth and loves to bite. It started months ago and shows no signs of stopping. She bites me regularly- several times a day- and her brothers (18 and 16) occasionally. AFAIK she doesn't bite other children, and the biting started before she started nursery.
I have bruises up and down both arms where she has bitten me, and Friday she bit me hard enough to draw blood It is very sore.
I've tried
- shouting ow! (she laughs)
- shouting NO (she laughs)
- calmly saying no and putting her down (she cries, but it doesn't stop her doing it again)
- ignoring it
- ignoring her
- holding her nose (to release her grip- she laughs)
- lost it last week and smacked her- not hard, on her well-padded bottom (she grinned)
She has occasionally bitten me while BF but that doesn't happen very often. She did bite down last week and when I looked down at her she was grinning so I instantly took her off and put her on the floor. No reaction but she tried it again a bit later
The only advice I've been given is to "bite her back" and I can't bring myself to do it. DH says it's my fault because we play biting "games" (blowing raspberries on tummy; eat-you-all-up stuff) but I'm never rough with her.
How do I stop her and is she just evil?