My son will be 1 on March 1 and has a mouth full of teeth. This afternoon, he was standing up holding on to my chair and his 9yrold sister was beside him, He leaned like he was going to kiss her and bit her on the cheek. He bit her hard enough to leave a bruise. I don't know if he meant to do it or not. How do you stop a 1 yr old from biting? We tell him no no. But is there anything else we can do?
2007-02-16 14:34:30 · 11 answers · asked by lilbit6996 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
My son is 13 months old with eight teeth, and he also bites a lot. At this age, I don't think there is usually much aggression behind the biting; it is mostly an attempt to relieve discomfort.
For one, make sure he has LOTS of other things that he is allowed to bite on anywhere he may be in the house. Besides the usual teething toys, try a cold, wet (or even frozen) washcloth, an empty bottle with a nipple he can chew on, or a pacifier). When he tries to bite, grab a chew toy immediately and give it to him.
Obviously, tell him not to bite (very simply at this age -- "No bite!").
Make sure anyone close enough to him to be at risk of being bitten knows to be careful around them. I also have a 2 1/2 yr old daughter who I have to remind constantly not to put her face near him when he opens his mouth and leans towards her. Usually I can tell with plenty of time when he is about to bite because he will open his mouth and lean into whatever/whomever he is about to bite.
He needs to get relief for the teething pain he is feeling (probably his molars at this age), so you may want to try giving him some Motrin or Orajel (or both). At our 1-yr check-up, my pediatrician actually advised me to give him Motrin EVERY night at bedtime to help ease the teething discomfort. If he is biting a lot during the day, he may need some during the day, too.
Try to solve this as a teething problem, not a behavior problem (unless you really do think this is intentional and aggressive biting, but I think it is unlikely at this age... only you know your child, though!)
Good luck!
2007-02-16 15:19:29 · answer #1 · answered by calliope_13731 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your child at the age of 1, definitely did NOT mean to do it. Babies learn through the use of their mouth. Remember how they put everything in there.. even dog food from Fido's bowl?! Your son probably just got a bit excited. It is a common problem with children and telling them no firmly is definitely one way to go. He doesn't understand it hurts. I had three kids. Of them all though, one of them was way, way bad about this.
We had tried everything and too many children were suffering, including other people's kids. So, we had his brother bite him back. This did not work the first time.. but it began to make sense to him that it hurt and over about a week's time he finally quit.
2007-02-16 22:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by riptidesareblue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably do not want to do this, but I was a biter and I would bite my mom all of the time and she tried everything to get me to stop. Well I didn't and finally she got so sick of it she bit me back and I didn't do it anymore. Seriously, though I would ask your doctor because it is a behavioral thing and they would probably have some tried and true suggestions for you and your little one, since I think this is a fairly common problem. You could probably also research some methods on the internet. Good luck.
2007-02-16 22:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by dragonfly7887 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheesh. Whatever you do DON'T bite back. That is completely unnecessary and considered corpral punishment especially on a little baby.
With my son I found the one thing that works is to tell him "NO" very sternly. If he doesn't stop I'll physically sit him down. If he goes to do it again I repeat. I'll repeat "NO" coupled with the physcial sitting down until he gets the message. My son has gotten very good at listening. It just takes consistancy and patience! But, he'll get it!
2007-02-16 22:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did it with my son when he use to bite me I would bite him back as hard as he bite me and after a while he stopped bitting now he does not even think about bitting anyone.The doctor use to tell me to pinch his ear lobe but that did not work. I know it sounds mean and all but try it and see if it works.
2007-02-16 22:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My baby tried the biting thing about a month ago. (He's a year old). I just took two fingers and tapped his mouth and said "No, No" in a stern voice. He pouted for a couple minutes, but he didn't do it again.
2007-02-16 22:41:31 · answer #6 · answered by Kim 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nip it in the butt, a little tiny dab of cayenne pepper on the tongue will do the trick.
you can try it with other things like soap, bitter things (ear wax), sour (lemon), just try to do something that will turn him off to certain foods like sour or lemony foods.
2007-02-17 21:45:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, don't bite him back.
Give him a short swat on his hiney when he does bite.
Kids are not supposed to act like animals.
2007-02-17 02:47:53 · answer #8 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe his teeth are hurting and he needs something to bite on. Get some of those teething biscuits for babies.
2007-02-16 22:44:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
BITE HIM BACKSOFTLY MY BABY BROTHER USED TO DO THE SAME THINGEEWULD EVERY ONE TRY A STUFFED ANI MAL SO HE WONT BITE UR DAUGHTER
2007-02-16 23:00:19 · answer #10 · answered by chex_1r 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋