biting - advice please

[bagpussmice]

dd2 has recently bitten dd4 - once quite badly!
I'm not sure how to handle this - I have twice put her up in her cot for 5 mins until she agrees to come down and say sorry. Is this the right tactic - I think she still enjoys the attention from being put upstairs, so I wondered if an ignoring or paying more attention to the victim would work better? I obviously want her to learn that she does not bite anyone.

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she is 2 - I should have written dd2 2yrs bites dd1 who is 4!

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your dd2 is learning about control - it is like throwing, something they can experiment with to show their personality and Self.

Show you don´t like it, but I would not ignore her... it can make them often seek more ways of control which are often not very good ones, like more frequent biting. I find brief explanations that sink in a better long term.

yes ignore the bad and praise the good.
that doesnt mean dont show your anoyance that she has done this.

you are already doing teh naughty place but cot shouldn't be related to being naughty as it may make bedtimes a bit of an issue in time to come. maybe you could use a step or whatever.

establish teh naughty step when she has been naughty on other occasions, then when she bites say "that was naughty. i am very disapointed, go to the naughty step" then turn away from her and ignore her and make as big a fuss of the injured party as you can.

she will see WHY you are ignoring her and aslo that what she has done si wrong but she will nto be getting the attention.

hope she stops it soon....but its a phase they al go through so dont panic too much