2yo biting at nursery

[CoffeeandCakeEqualsLove]

I'm feeling terribly embarrassed after picking up DS from nursery and being told once again he's been biting other children, hard.

He doesn't do it at home (though he's got no children interaction outside of nursery - so no opportunity). So I've got no idea what I'm meant to do or how to address it at home.

Any suggestions of resources I can look at or how I am meant to help stop this habit??

There's a book called teeth are not for biting.. It's great really visual.
Try not to feel embarrassed its a common 2 year old thing. Obviously if you are with him when he does it then be strict and reinforce not biting etc but if he doesn't do it at home it's hard.
Have they told you why he's biting? Is he angry or trying to play?
Ds went through a phase of it in nursery too. Never did it at home - he'd come home with a. Few bite marks before he did it.
They said though it was never in angry.. He seemed to be trying to play just obviously in the wrong way. Once it was when he was pretending to be a dinosaur and forgot to pretend. We got the book and read it lots and thankfully he only did it a few times and hasn't done it in a long time now.

It’s a phase and it’s not uncommon. I agree there is very little you can do at home about it, other than reading a book about it. Nursery should be following him constantly and making sure he doesn’t get the opportunity, in my experience it soon stops when you do that. I know that’s hard with staffing constraints but it should help quickly.

They said he waits until they are not looking and then goes in for a bite. It doesn't seem to be when he's angry - but that does make it sound like it's planned, which isn't great. But I guess also shows he knows it's wrong, that he's trying to hide it?

Book is coming Friday. Thanks for that suggestion.

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They said he waits until they are not looking and then goes in for a bite. It doesn't seem to be when he's angry - but that does make it sound like it's planned, which isn't great. But I guess also shows he knows it's wrong, that he's trying to hide it?

Book is coming Friday. Thanks for that suggestion.

That’s why they need to follow him constantly. In a few days in my experience kids stop doing it. He won’t like it, being watched constantly, but I’ve seen it work many times. I realise though as a parent you can’t tell them how to deal with it. I feel for you, it must be really hard when there is so little you can do. It is a phase though, and one that many kids go through at that age.

This a totally normal phase and my friends son went through the same. Has the nursery given any advice or offered up any solutions/action plan?

I started a thread on this very topic yesterday having had to have the same conversation with nursery.

I am honestly so relieved it's not just me. We have also ordered the book! My 2 year old does try at home, so we are saying no and then deflecting, or ignoring her.