Nearly 15 month old biting!

[lifeas3plus1]

My ds has started biting. It's not a really regular occurance. Probably about 3 times in 2 ish months but as you can imagine it hurts and I want to nip it in the bud before it becomes too much...... I've just been saying NO in a really firm voice and taking him down from my lap/the sofa etc when he does it but he laughs at me (little sod) so I don't think he's taking it all that seriously.... Like I said he's nearly 15 months so I feel rather limited on the discipline side of things..... Does anyone have any suggestions or do I just carry on with what I'm doing?

DS did this when he was about 15 months - mostly at nursery but occasionally at home as well. Nursery told me that when he did it, they took him away from the other children and the toys, told him 'no' in strong voice then let him back to the group after a few mins of alone time (in the same room as kids, just out of the way of the fun). I have to admit when they told me about the discipline they were using, it broke my heart, but it seemed to work and he soon grew out of it. They told me biting was very 'normal' behaviour at that age, especially with boys.

When he bit us at home, we just moved away from him and ignored the behaviour completely as with our DS, the more attention you give something he is doing, the more he will do it. I know this may have sent confused messages to him because he was receiving 2 different types of discipline for the same behaviour, but like I say it soon stopped so can't have been too confusing!

Anyway, what you are doing sounds good - you're not going OTT with the discipline but you're making it clear that it's not acceptable. As long as you are consistent in saying no and removing him from the situation, I guess it should work! DS is now 2.2 and still laughs when we discipline him but we stay serious and keep going - he soon gets the message that we're not going to give in.