he went thro a phase of biting a while back, which we knocked on the head by following some mn advice to put him down and leave the room when he did it. it stopped for a while but has re started this week with a vengeance. i'm still putting him down and leaving the room (to his howls of rage and misery), but am really distressed, not to mention in pain, as today, when he clocked that he was going down for a nap (which he was in dire need of as knackered) he very deliberately bit my cheek, really really hard (welts). i put him down (quite violently ) and left the room. i could have chucked him across it he hurt me so much, and i suddenly realised what seeing red feels like.
anyway, he followed me into the next door room howling and after saying 'no biting' v sternly, i picked him up for a cuddle,and when he'd calmed right down put him down for his nap, where he is now.
i'm so in shock, and so depressed about this. is he enacting my agression or something. he is a lovely cuddly boistrous, but sweet natured boy most of the time. but he's biting other children too (luckily i've got to him fast enough that there have been no major incidents...yet). i feel like i need to keep him away from others until we knock this on the head. please help...it's awful.
p.s. i can't and won't bite him back, it goes against everything i think about parenting being about leading by example...sorry...
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my 16 month old ds just bit my face really hard, what am i doing wrong?
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Heathcliffscathy · 28/02/2005 13:39
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