I have 4 kids and he is my only one to ever bite.. so I dont know how to handle this! Please help! Thanks!
2007-02-02 06:19:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Ummm SoftballCutie... HE IS 11 MONTHS OLD. NOT EVEN 1 YEAR OLD YET.. Good grief
2007-02-02 06:28:34 · update #1
Do not bite him back as this will only teach him that it is ok to do it,two wrongs dont make a right, next time he goes to bite move away from him so he can not reach you to bite you and shout NO.do this each time he will soon get fed up with it.
2007-02-02 06:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by lynda w 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nuetering him will only take care of part of the problem. If you want to stop his aggressive behavior you need to use something called operant conditioning. For example: Every time you play with him and he doesn't bite you, give him a reward, like a treat. This is positive reinforcement, and it will teach your dog that only certain behaviors are acceptable to you. On the opposite end, every time he does bite you, punish him. You can yell "NO!" or give him a quick swat on the nose. He'll get the message. If he's really unruly, put him in an empty room for 5-10 minutes as a time out. This is negative reinforcement. Eventually he'll learn that it's much more beneficial for him to act in a way that pleases you, then the way he wants. And after a while, you won't even need to keep treating him for good behavior, he'll have the understanding that it's expected of him.
2016-05-24 05:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biting can be a difficult thing to handle. At your son's age, his biting is most likely because he is still in a very oral stage of his life where his exploration of the world around him involves putting things in his mouth. He also may be beginning early acquistion of his 1 year molars. He has probably found that when he bites people, he gets a pretty fun response from them and may even laugh after he bites someone. He is not being mean. The best method I have found to control biting is this: After he has bitten someone, you hold him gently, but firmly with enough pressure that he knows you mean business by whatever body part works for you (his arm, his shoulder, his chin, etc.). You look him in the eye with a very serious face (hard to muster sometimes with that cute little baby smirk on his face!) and say firmly, "No biting. Biting hurts people. You may not bite (insert name of person he bit here). If you want to bite, you can bite this." Then, you give him something else that he CAN bite. At my house, we have the "biting pillow". It is just a little throw pillow with a washable cover that kids can bite when they feel the need. You can use a stuffed animal, a teething toy, a cloth diaper or burp cloth, etc. If his biting is situational in nature, then you may have to plan ahead for intervention. If he bites his older siblings when they are getting rough with him, it may just be his way of telling them to stop. You want to change his behavior and it can be best accomplished by consistent redirecting to an appropriate activity.
2007-02-02 07:12:17 · answer #3 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, as bad as it sounds, biting him back and making it hurt works. My niece was like a piranha constantly biting. The old folks said bite her back. My sister did and she stopped after the second time.
2007-02-02 07:52:31 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie A 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't bite him back cause children are competetive and he will try to bite you harder. Everytime he bites you ar anyone put a pea sized drop of HOT SAUCE on his tongue and let him know that will always happen when he bites. It worked on my son. He used to bite all the time, his brother bit him back and when he wasnt looking he lunged on his back and bit him til he bled. Thats when my mother told me to use HOT SAUCE and it worked the first time. Do not allow him to drink water right away.
2007-02-02 06:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Ghostly Ghost! 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I agree with the ones that say bite him back. It always worked every time for my kids. Just don't bite hard, just enough so that he feels it and gets that it hurts.
2007-02-02 06:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
bite him back. my kids used to do that and they did not realize how bad it hurt people until i showed them. after the first time they never bit anyone ever again.
2007-02-02 06:40:10 · answer #7 · answered by lidakamo 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
point to him and tell him NO firmly and like get him some chew toys, maby hes teething and it hurts or something
2007-02-02 06:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
sorry to say but your going to have to bit him back ... after they see how it feels they won't bite. yes I have done this to my little ones when they bit people. it is gonna break your heart but it has to be done. not very hard or nothing ... just enough to get the point across.
good luck.
2007-02-02 06:22:43 · answer #9 · answered by ♥just me♥ 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Flick his face when he bites. Just lightly, not hard enough to leave a mark, but enough to get his attention.
2007-02-02 06:22:30 · answer #10 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋