I have a 2 year old daughter and she has this thing where she bites you but she thinks she's playing and as much as I tell her it's bad and try to correct her, nothing seems to be helping the situation. Any suggestions on how to make her stop biting?
2006-12-29 15:17:35 · 12 answers · asked by ♫Joshua's~♥~Girl♫ 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Please do not bite her back or put salsa in her mouth! Why do so many suggest hurting a child to teach them a lesson? Biting her back will only reinforce the message that biting is okay. "If mom can bite me, I can bite too." Those of you, who suggested that this parent bite her child back or put something hot in her mouth, stop offering such abusive advice! Go and take some parenting classes, read some parenting books and educate yourselves!
Take your daughter aside and ask her to let you show her how teeth feel on skin. Press her forearm against her upper teeth as if she were biting herself, not in an angry way, but to make a point. Tell her, "See, biting hurts!" Give this lesson immediately after she bites.
When she bites you, tell her “Ouch! That hurt! I don’t want to play with you if you are going to bite me.” Walk away from her. She will not like being ignored. You can also redirect her when she bites. Find something that she can bite. Explain to her that “If you want to bite you can bite this.” Check out this link about helping children who bite. http://www.askdrsears.com/html/6/T063900.asp
Hope this helps!
2006-12-30 06:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by marnonyahoo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most will say to bite back. This is not a good idea, the human bite can cause lots of problems. We tried spanking, time out, and other things but the thing that worked for us was telling him how disappointed we were and how wrong it was and then taking his TV away for the day. He only bite someone or something three more times after that. Each kid is different though. Good luck!
2006-12-29 15:23:32 · answer #2 · answered by reptmd 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It not bad for children to bite, they bite when they eat or it gives releaves when they are teething.... It is not ok to bite friends cause it hurts.
You can get her a special BITE ring ONLY FOR HER !!! this make sit very special and when she wanst to bite she can bite in that. try to intervene before she bites and remidn her we cant bite mommy or a friend and refer her to the biting ring. WHen she does bite she will have to play with something else or not with the person she was playing with as she bit. re direct her and firmly sya that biting hurt and don't give her any other attention...
It will not cahnge over nite but i am sure it will change within a week............. GOOD LUCK
YVETTE
2006-12-30 03:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by yvette777 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My one year old does the same thing. He bites too and he thinks it playing...but I started biting him back so he can feel what it feels like. It works some times...but not all the time. Im like u I need to know how to stop my child from biting...he'll be two in Feburary and still biting!
2006-12-29 16:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by PrivateWoman 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My daughter,who is now 2, did not understand why she couldn't bite people. We tried everything. Telling her it hurts,time outs, taking things away, etc. The only thing that worked was biting her. Then she understood that it hurt and now she doesn't bite.
2006-12-29 15:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by sara c 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The thing that worked best with all 6 of my kids ( especially my 4 year old girls) was to either bite them back just hard enough that they feel it or give them a light tap on their mouth- just enough to sting their lips, not leave a mark. Then show her where she bit you and tell her how bad she hurt you and that she hurt your feelings. It sounds bad, but its not really and its been workin for generations in my family!!
2006-12-29 20:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
All four of my kids did the bite thing - and I bit them back. Not hard, and not break the skin, but hard enough to elicit a response.
I have been bitten 4 times - once be each and no more after that. Once they understood that what they did hurt, they didn't do it again.
2006-12-30 02:40:28 · answer #7 · answered by Susie D 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i know this sounds a little mean but my mother did this with us when i was but a child buy salsa not too hot cuz she just little and put it in her mouth every time she bites some one soon she'll realise that every time she bites you'll make her mouth hot and she'll stop it also works with cussing
2006-12-29 15:30:11 · answer #8 · answered by Kelsey 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
bite her back? no--Im just kidding.
when she does it again, sternly/firmly (but nicely) tell her that it is BAD, & it hurts.
then walk away from her and go into another room (away from her) for a few minutes.
by you saying its bad & leaving her company--she will learn it isnt nice & should eventually stop.
good luck!!
2006-12-29 15:24:13 · answer #9 · answered by Shellberry 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This sounds bad, but bite her back. not hard, like not enogh to break skin, just enough for her to know that what she is doing hurts, Or like my daughter, another child bit her, that's when she stoped, it sounds barbaric, but I was ready to try anything!!
2006-12-29 15:23:25 · answer #10 · answered by tayla mom 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋