My 22 month old keeps biting at nursery and it's really stressing me out because I just can't see how to stop it when it only happens when he's there. It's nearly always a disagreement over a toy and is becoming an almost daily problem. He has friends he plays with of the same age outside of nursery that we see every week and he's never bitten them, if he did I would obviously teach not to do it!
We read him 'teeth are not for biting' every night and I've done many hours of late night googling but I'm really at a loss how to stop it. I've asked the staff a few times to shadow him but I think after a day it two of no incidents they must just let him get on with it and it happens again.
There's now a mum I see most mornings who gives me filthy looks and loudly made comments to another mum when I was getting in the car about him not being nice, I'm guessing she was talking about my son.
I feel awful for her, her child and all the other children he's bitten, I understand why she is angry and probably thinks he's a thug and I just let him do it. I feel ashamed that I can't see how to fix it.. I stress about it regularly and I sometimes don't feel proud of my son which is a horrible way to feel.
Other than the biting he's a really loving and fun child. The staff say he's really good and does play nicely he just gets fixated over certain toys and gets impatient.
Is there anything more I can do?