My 14 month old daughter is in the toddler room at nursery two days a week. There's a boy in the room that has a track record of biting her and others (I've witnessed his behaviour myself at drop off and staff have mentioned its a bit of a problem they are working on). If there's a biter in a nursery room I wondered how long it takes to change their behaviour (i.e. stop the biting) and whether there's likely to be a few months of this behaviour. They boy in question seems to go for the faces of other children (poking/scratching with his hands as well as biting).
My daughter's face dropped when he walked up to her and poked his hands towards her face at drop off this morning and she looked scared. The nursery staff member managed the situation very well, told him no XX, use kind hands then kept my daughter close to her while someone else steered the boy off in another direction. However, I imagine it must be very hard to always be able to do this given the demands on the nursery staff during the day, hence the injuries! I'm hoping this isn't going to be a problem for months on end. Anyone had similar experiences and how long did it take to stop? Thanks!