Just been bitten by my 23 month old!

[CountessDracula]

We have been away on holiday for a week, she just spent her first day with her nanny for about 10 days and came home a right little brat! Understandable, all a bit confusing for her.

DH and I just took her out for a coffee etc and when we were walking home she didn't want to be carried, I was in a hurry and picked her up and she sank her fangs into my boob and gave me a huge red lovebitey looking thing

I was absolutely shocked, I'm afraid I just put her down and smacked her bum (don't think she noticed through dress and nappy, I didn't really connect), then dh and I both shouted at her that she was a naughty girl and put her in time out in the hall. She screamed and cried for a minute or so and then sat quietly on the bottom step for a few minutes. She did seem genuinely sorry when she came back

Did we do the right thing? (apart from my abortive smacking attempt). How do you deal with such a sudden and unexpected attack?

oh and also after this time out thing, what do you do then? My natural instinct is to forgive and forget immediately, not a sulker. But does that lessen the impact of the time out? Should I be looking cross for longer?

My dd bit me once and only once at about that age.
I spoke to her very angrily, told her she was never, ever to bite me or anyone else again and then left her to cry for a bit.
She's never done it again.
I'm with you in that I don't believe in harbouring a grudge with little ones - once they've got the message that they've done wrong, you're angry and they've learnt from that I tend to kiss and make up.
Let's hope you nipped her biting tendencies in the bud - but then she is a vampires daughter, what did you expect .

you are so right sponge!!

I think you did the right thing CD ...
Don't hold a grudge, she has been punished and that is the end of it (until the next time!)
I find that DH holds a grudge with DS for too long and sometimes hes finds then that the 'cross' times run into eachother as DS tries to get DH to laugh and DH is still cross and then attention seeking starts and it all goes wrong ...
DH is trying really hard to not be so hard on DH and we are finding things getting a bit easier ...
LOL @ Sponge