besides wiring jaws, how can you stop a 22 mth old girl biting people???!!?

Answer 1

bite her back and see how she likes it

Answer 2

I can't believe the number of people here advising you to bite. DON'T BITE HER BACK! as some have said before it will only reinforce that if you are big then it's ok to bite

Some useful tips:-

Use a firm NO! as soon as she bites

Remove her from the situation

Ignore her and give the child who has been bitten the attention

These three must be done as soon as it has happened.

Once she's been sat for a while go and say that biting hurts and that it's not kind. Let her play and don't say any more about the situation, it is over!


In the meanwhile,

Make sure the child has plenty of praise when she is doing well and behaving as you'd like.

Watch out for when she's biting - children bite for a number of reasons (fustrated, can't communicate feelings, attention, teething)

Remeber she is only 22 months, lots of children bite at this age because they can't communicate or deal with they're emotions. It's just a stage!

Answer 3

Where do these people get the idea that biting back is the answer? WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT TEACH? Oh yeah.....if you're bigger it's OK to hurt others.

NEVER EVER EVER bite a child back!

With a child who is biting, you really have to do what I call "get off your butt parenting" and be RIGHT THERE when she is interacting with others. You have to watch her closely so you can teach her. The very first thing that you need to do is to figure out if certain things seem to trigger the biting. Then you can step in BEFORE it happens to "head her off at the pass" so it doesn't go that far.

At this age, she is probably biting as a way to communicate. Help her learn the words that she needs to express herself again. (After all...the true meaning of discipline is TEACHING!) "That made you mad" or "you look angry" or "I can see you are frustrated" are all good phrases to use to help her learn how to express herself better. TEACH her how she SHOULD respond in the situations where she is biting instead of biting her back!

If this isn't working, another possibility is to take HER arm or hand and press it into HER teeth so that she can feel how sharp they are. Tell her, "Ouch! Biting hurts! No biting!"

If she does bite someone, the VICTIM gets all the attention and then you need to make her appologize.

(Really.....what IDIOT would bite a child back?! Maybe next time you people who say to bite back do something wrong at work your boss should come smack you, how would you like that?)

Answer 4

It may sound horrible, but it works. First, try the slap the mouth technique. May work, may not. Also, bite her back. I've known a LOT of people who do this, and it's not as bad as it sounds. Don't bite too hard, because little arms/fingers break easily, and so does a baby's skin. I have had to bite my son (he is 21 months old today)
It's all about discipline. If you don't discipline early on, they learn early on that they have the upper hand. You cannot let them think this, because then they will challenge you in everything. Including biting. Show them how much it hurts. When you get bit, cry a bit, cover your face with your hands. Tell her, you hurt me. Then tell her what it feels like. Hope this helps\

Answer 5

Hey mommy, I'm going to tell you to bite her back ! Not so hard that it leaves a mark but hard enough that she feels it. This way she will associate biting with pain. I don't agree with the people that it makes them think its o.k. to bite or that she learned it from some other child. My twins are 6 now the girl use to bite the boy so bad that it use to leave marks and she didn't learn it from anyone. Let me know how things go. good luck& happy biting. lol!


what ever momma2mingbu it works with some kids I tryed everything before I decided to try biting her the only thing that work was biting and about 20 bite marks to late for her twin brother.

It's really not that serious!

Answer 6

My 26 month old son has bitten my husband and I (mostly me while nursing-please, no weaning advice) and I just tell him no and give him something more acceptable to bite on (usually his blankie). Is your 22 month old still teething? My son was just until recently so the biting always increased when he was teething. Now, he still does very occasionally and I think it is old habits dying hard but I also noticed that he does it when he is very tired. So i'm sure it is meltdown behavior.

Need to add: soap in the mouth - hello, that is lye and dangerous.
Hot pepper - that was used on me and I loved it and now I have a high tolerance for spicy food (and a raging case of reflux)

So check out what is going on with your daughter which is causing her to bite and tale care of the cause - at this age, biting is a developmental symptom.

Answer 7

ok i would not ever recommend biting her back as tempting as it is,
it depends what situation she is in when she bites... is it to another child when they are playing with something she wants and biting them is the way she gets that toy, if so then you take her away from the other child, sit her in a boring place , ie the bottom of the stairs and leave her there for 2 mins , 1 min for each year she is old, if she wont sit there on her own which she probably wont then sit near her with your back to her, DO NOT TALK TO HER for the 2 mins she has to sit there, when the 2 mins is up tell her why you didnt like her behaviour and what she could have done instead ie come to you for another toy, this can work in most situations if you keep trying,
it may sound like this is for children who are older thsn she is but as a full time child minder to other peoples kids IT DOES WORK!!! and she is not too young for time out youll be suprised how much a nearly 2 yr old understands!!
hope it helps you!

Answer 8

Wow thats a hard one..each child is different..my grandson had a terrible biteing issue..what i did with him was to tell him in a stern voice NO..tell him thats naughty and it hurts..they do understand..second if he continued it he would be placed in time out for about 2 minutes..no toys no tv etc during that time..it started to work then he reverted back to biting..i took his own hand and made him slap his mouth every time he even started to try and bite.he was so angry he eventually bit himself...then he knew how it felt..the biting eventually went away...some people have told me that they put a drop of hot sauce on the tongue..but i worry about that as it could cause the child to lose his breath...what ever you do you must be consistant ..that is how they learn..wish i could be more help.Wish you luck..and just know that it will stop eventually..

Answer 9

Everyone is telling you to bite her back. Don't do it. Children need some reassurance. She is old enough to use some words to get her message across - constantly remind her to use her words. Ask her what she wants and needs. You didn't explain if she does it when she needs something or is upset. Or if she simply bites for no reason at all. If she's biting all the time then there is probably something that is bothering her in her mouth. Good Luck!!

Answer 10

There is no solution, it is a normal phase that a lot of children go through. Usually it ends when one of the child's peers, usually a child they are closest to either smacks them a good one or bites them back. Just keep an eye on the biting to be sure that the skin is not broken or any bleeding, if so take the bitten child to the doctor.

Answer 11

NEVER EVER bite them back..what are you teaching her by doing that? Is there a specific situation that prompts this? Is she teething? When it happens calmly tell her it's not OK..she has hurt someone's body and their feelings, have her help you wash off the bite, and at that age, she can go to a quiet area to calm down and think about what happened..this may sound too simple to be effective, but after all the years of being a toddler teacher, it is something that works..if this is happening in a child care situation, talk to them about changes in your life or classroom changes that may be causes of this..