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HELP MY 16 MONTH OLD HAD STARTED BITING

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nicola8159 · 10/06/2008 18:58

Hi has anyone got some ideas off how I can stop my 16 month old from biting has he has just started in the last week.
Any ideas will be great .

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spiderbabymum · 10/06/2008 19:08

OMG
We will be lurking .
Have just finished B feeding .... My now 13 month old is biting me several times a day . VERY PAINFUL . Seems to be his new version of rooting ........he usually does it whenever my skin is in contact with his face . Poor thing.

I am worried hes gonna bite the kids at nursery .

I am finding it really hard to know what to do .So far I tend to react quite late...cause it takes me unawares . I just say NO loudly....and then try to talk in my serious voice . Will This be enough?????

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nicola8159 · 10/06/2008 20:32

no I never breast feed him. So don't know what started it I say no firmly but he just seems to look and me a smile as if its funny. Touch wood he nevers does it to other children but that really worries me too hopefully its just a phase.

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lilymama · 10/06/2008 20:50

my 13 month old has also just started biting-am tempted to bite back but not sure it would help at this age!

Kirpy30 · 10/06/2008 21:25

Hello

My 2 year old has also started biting, mainly the children at nursery. He has bruised one childs arm, broken the skin on another childs tummy and biten another childs face.

The nursery remove him from the situation and tell him firmly that he is doing wrong. He then goes and cuddles the child and apologises.

Im at a loss with what to do about it. I talk to him every day about how biting is wrong and we don't bite our friends, and if he bites us at hime I sit him away from us and tell him firmly why he's there. Im worried that the nursery are startiing to loose patience with the biting now and I know that some of the parents have complained about their children being bitten.

So, Im affraid I cant offer you any advice but Im ver interested in anyone elses advice!

Kirstin

alittleteapot · 10/06/2008 21:37

my 11 month old too. thinks it's funny - no aggression. think just experimenting with shiny new teeth. difficult to communicate pain - i just say ouch, no biting, it hurts, etc,

Amanda104 · 12/06/2008 20:09

My son is 12 months and is also biting, and pinching, and scratching, and hair pulling and pulling/pinching noses to me, my husband and also daughter - I have tried saying "no" quite firmly and then removing him (putting him on the floor) but it doesnt seem to have any affect - sometimes even laughs. I am at the end of my tether and I am not enjoying him at all at the moment.

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