biting 9 month old, it hurts!

[eleanorgrace]

my ds has started biting anything and everything. i do try my level best to not put him in a position to bite me but he has just bitten the same place on my shoulder for the second time today. it Really hurts!
any similar experiences or examples that will give me hope?
he has 4 top teeth and 2 bottom ones, all very sharp....

Yes my DS started this at 10mths old. They are too young to do anything other than just keep saying "no biting". Some say bite them back but always found that very weird advise. Mine kept sporadically biting and I had to get tougher as he got older. It all stopped when he got bitten back - heartbreaking..

I actually go with the weird advice to bite back rather than waiting for someone else to do it (as above). Some children take a long time to make the connection that mummy (or anyone else) is hopping up and down with tears in her eyes because she's in pain. Let alone that it's due to their own actions. If they can't empathise and are too small to understand verbally a smartish nip from loving mother to demonstrate what it feels like helps them make the connection.

Mine bit me at 9mo, with 4 teeth top and bottom. Mighty painful and drew blood! Once I had recovered from the shock and pain, I held him in front of my face and said 'no' (He already knows the word from his attempts to get to the Satellite box!). He tried a very cute grin, and it was so very very hard not to smile back, but I said no once again, and then found some other distrction. He did it once more, drawing blood again, and I handled it the same way, and he has not done it again. He still attacks his cuddly toys with gusto, but has gone back to very very gently taking my chin between his teeth without any pressure, which is something akin to when he used to latch on to my chin and I think (hope!) a sign of affection!!!