does anyone else 12 month old do this?

Question

my son just turned 1 and for a month now he has been biting me
he will make kissing noises then he will dive for me and bite me on my arms my hands my breast anywhere he can get to. the thing is he does not bite my boyfriend or my boyfriends parents who we are living with. so i was wondering if this a normal 1 year old stage. i tell him no biting but he is 1 and does no t understand what i am saying he just laugh and keeps doing it. i do have a 1 year dr appoment on the 20th should i bring this up to the dr . any feed back would be great thank you

Answer 1

do it back to him...........
NOT HARD AT ALL!!!!!!!!!


i have the same problem with my 14month old who likes to scratch..........it was getting out of hand and i GENTLY scratched her back.....where she can feel it but did NOT hurt her.......and at the same time i say HURT real loud

and she also does the same thing with my hair(pulling)(she actually pulled some out)
i did the same method and she stopped after 2 times i did this........i dont feel its cruel if you are not hurting them........

it really works..................just remember DONT DO IT HARD and remember to say hurt(or something like that )so they can associate the word when they feel (slight) pain to the two things going on and which will hopefully result in no more biting.......

i hope i have helped you

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Answer 2

I would bring it up to the doctor just to be on the safe side but i don't think you should worry to much it will pass. I have a 4yr old and a 11 month old. My 4 yr old was a rare perfect baby. No biting hitting barely sick teeth came in with no problem BUT......... The other one now was the exact opp. LOLOL. She bites. And bites hard. Like you said where ever they can get a grip they will bite. Her doctor and my mother both told me she is just now starting to learn that her teeth can make people scream and jump. The hard she does the louder they scream. Just like when they "discover there hands and feet". Give it some time and it will pass. My little girl has not bit anyone in the pass week. Hopefully she is done with it. And they do understand when you say no to them at least mine does. She also knows how to fake cry so daddy can pick her up. They are small but smarter than we think LOLOLOL.

Answer 3

Let me ask you this? Do you do the raspberry's with the baby? If so he could be getting it from that. I don't know why else he would do that. They do say that biting can be caused by being tired, hungry, and that the leading cause for biting is the parents playing with them and biting them. Playing of course and I have friends that have had a similar prob and it is hard to break if they are used to you doing it...Good luck...my 18 month old is the bitten one right now in daycare!

Answer 4

Does your child see your boyfriend doing this to you, children are like sponges, and they soak up every thing they see and then try and do it for them selves, You need to watch what happens around him and then when he goes to do something like that GENTLY put your hand/ two fingers across his mouth, NOT HITTING but blocking it so as he cant bite them and say no. you may have todo this repeatedly, you can also try and put on somthinglike perfume or better somthign that wouldnt hurt the child if he were to get a good taste of it were he bites and the taste will drive him from doing it. Asking the pediatrician is a good idea, they will beable to help alot.

my nephew saw my sister and her husband when he was about that age playing "peekaboo" with her blouse top, and he would drop balls into his shirt and look for them or try and do it to any other Woman, but not man that he happend to be around

Answer 5

Yes you could bring it up at the appointment. Also one way to stop the biting is...next time he bites just bite him back. If he bites your hand you bite his hand. Wherever he bites you bite. Just remember bite just hard enough that he gets the picture that it hurts. A couple of bites to him and this will be done. Trust me I know for a fact that this process works.

Answer 6

Everyone says bite them back. Don't do that! That just teaches them that its ok to bite. You can try rubbing a tiny, tiny amount of orajel on his tongue when he does it. He will make a connection that everytime he bites, he gets that bad taste in his mouth. At one year old he's not doing it to be mean. He may just be teething. This is totally NORMAL! Try keeping some orajel around for teething in case it is his teeth, or maybe some tylenol to relieve the pain. Is he drooling alot? If so, its definitely teething.

Answer 7

Most children will go through a biting stage. My 2 youngest sons did. They quit after a while though. It was just a phase and I knew that. When I got bit though I would get them, make them look at me and give them a very firm NO. That was really all I had to do with them several times, and they realized it was not ok to do.

Answer 8

My 1 year old bite me like that too - 1 year olds are weird. I just kept telling him no, and if he laughs, pat him on the mouth witha a stern face and tell him no. Maybe he thinks he can with you becasue your soft with him. DOn't feel bad, mom's usually are....but when it comes to this, i'm sure you'd hate to hear your kid is the one who's biting in class! Get this little guy under control now or you'll get phone calls - no one likes a biter! Just be firm - you can do it mama!

Answer 9

He doesn't understand it hurts. You need to be firmer when you tell him no. Look him straight in the eye and say "NO!" strongly with a low tone. If he laughs then say it firmer and be really serious. You gotta let him know that it is bad to bite.

Answer 10

When he goes to bite you push him away and say NO in a very firm voice and don't allow him near you.