18-months old and biting!

• 08-21-2008 6:11 PM

  MomOfTwins Joined on 08-03-2007 Michigan - TTC since 9/1/08 Posts 414	18-months old and biting! Reply Contact Hi everyone! I've got a biter.  Addie bit Hadley 4 times today and she also bites me and my husband.  Any suggestions on how to stop this behavior with such a youngster?  You tell her no in a stern voice and she laughs. She thinks it is funny and apparently great fun.  Any suggestions welcome, please help!!!!  Cheryl

• 08-23-2008 1:32 PM

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  Tina'sTwinksPlus1 Joined on 06-07-2004 Just south of KC, MO Posts 2,561

  Re: 18-months old and biting! Reply Contact Are you using time out yet?   When my two were that age time out was a booster seat on a kitchen chair in the corner of the room so we could buckle them into the seat.  We didn't need a buckle after a while.  Patience went through a biting stage around that age.  Time out really did the trick for her.  We would also put a favorite toy or two in time out for several minutes to make the effect more drastic.  Good luck!   Tina SAHM Baby CHANCE due January 21, 2009 to Christian and Patience 1/27/05 at 37 weeks 4 days Vaginal Birth after bedrest from 28 to 36 weeks After 4 years of trying, 2 years of meds, six cycles of IUI

• 08-24-2008 5:22 AM

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  Laura1643000 Joined on 08-19-2006 Upstate NY Posts 291	Re: 18-months old and biting! Reply Contact Hi Cheryl, We went thru this for a long time and I finally called the pediatrician. He told us to let Kaitlin bite her sister back after a attack. I hate to say it but it worked. Aubrey never bite anyone again, it was like she had no idea biting hurt. Hope this helps you out Laura

• 08-26-2008 9:15 PM

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  chellekay Joined on 01-04-2006 Utah Posts 8,085	Re: 18-months old and biting! Reply Contact I have been going thought this too.  Gwen bites Gilbert a lot.  I have had not idea how to stop this.  I have been telling Gwen no and then comforting Gilbert but that seems not to work.  I will have think about having Gilbert bit her.  I just afraid Gilbert will start bitting. __________________ http://chellekay.blogspot.com/ x2

• 08-26-2008 9:26 PM

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  nyrd_gyrl Joined on 11-15-2004 Northern Virginia / DC Metro Posts 1,487

  Re: 18-months old and biting! Reply Contact I remember biting. My oldest was a biting terror at about that age. In retrospect I should have tried time-outs, but I hadn't discovered that yet. What cured my son is one day, when he was around 2, I was leaning over him trying to buckle him kicking and screaming into his carseat when he hauled off and bit my square on the boob. Without even thinking I grabbed his arm and bit him back. Not hard enough to do any damage, but enough to get the message across. He never bit again - even at day care. I felt like a total heel, but its hard to argue with results.

• 08-27-2008 9:36 AM

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  Mom~of~Munchkins Joined on 09-14-2005 Posts 4,360	Re: 18-months old and biting! Reply Contact Damn good idea about buckling them in!  I'm SO gonna try that!!!  I've got a runner (who happens to be a biter, too...ugh).  Thanks!

• 08-29-2008 9:41 AM

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  DRS~Are~The~Best Joined on 09-12-2006 Germantown, MD Posts 1,376

  Re: 18-months old and biting! Reply Contact Daniel was a biter for a while -- every once in a while he still slips.  And Simon is starting it too -- but he only bites me (on the shoulder)......There is a kids book that day care suggested we read to him (but I can't remember what it's called unfortunately -- I will try to remember to look it up later today).  We never did though..... What eventually worked for Daniel (and it took a WHILE) was IMMEDIATE time out (no warning) when he bit -- also we kept telling him "NO BITING -- IT HURTS!!!!!!!" every time he bit someone.  He started repeating it after a while.  Overall, things didn't stop for about 6 months after it started (except for the rare slips). Hope this helps! Ilene