Thursday, July 26, 2012

Biting

K (15 1/2 months) has started biting, but thankfully she is only biting me and not her friends.  It seems to happen when she is frustrated.  I tell her no biting, and put her down and walk away for a minute, during which time she usually cries.  She's been teething, so I'm also giving her a toy that she can bite on afterwards and telling her that if she needs to bite, to bite the toy instead of Momma.

Any additional suggestions?

7 comments:

  1. Philomena was a biter for awhile too. It sounds like you're doing the right thing by offering her a diversion with the teething toy. After a while I could sense when P would bite me and I would gently remind her no biting before she did it.

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  2. Hopefully it's just a phase. What you are doing sounds good.

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  3. You're doing what you need. It's up to her to get to a point where she wants to listen. . . Which can take a lot of repetition in a toddler.

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  4. When she's able to communicate more...hopefully the biting will stop. Your key word for me was that she was frustrated. I work with a lot of kids that have language/communication issues and sometimes they bite. You did the right thing by saying "no", walking away and giving her an alternative. Just keep doing that and with time (and patience on your part) she'll get it. She's blessed to have a mommy who cares. :)

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