I am worried that my 14 month old is a biter!?

Question

My 14 month old has recently been trying to bite me. He doesn't do it when he is frustrated. He does it when he is happy. He might be trying to kiss me and has the whole concept confused. Is this common for boys? Have you had this problem? How long did it last? Did you do something to stop him or did he simply grow out of it?
Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Don't be worried. It's normal behavior for a child his age. Many children do do it when they are frustrated or angry because they have no verbal way to express their feelings. They also do it because they have not gotten control over their emotions and body reactions.

Next time he bites, look at him very sternly and say "No! That hurts." Redirect him to another activity.

Answer 2

Unless he's doing it maliciously I would not worry too much. When he does it why not try saying something like ahh giving me a kiss how sweet and kissing him back so that he gets it right. If he is biting then the only affective way I've heard of to stop them is to bite them back. I know that sounds barbaric but you don't need to do it hard just enough for them to know it's not nice and that that is what happens if you bite. Good luck.

Answer 3

My daughter use to bite when she was 1 1/2. The first time she did it I told her NO! She did it again and I bit her back. The was the last time she bit me. She is now 4. Works like a charm.

Answer 4

The key to a biter is to bite him back. I know this sounds awful, but hear me out.

My nephew used to play "biting games" with his mother. It was pretty stupid if you ask me because then his biting starting happening with my daughter.

He would get mad at my daughter if she had a toy he wanted, so he would bite her. Not just a little nip, he would bite her so hard it would break the skin and leave awful bruises on her. And his mother would laugh and say, "Boys will be boys."

Beleive me, I was pretty mad. I stopped letting my kids play with her kids. And I was not going to let my children behave like that.

They all three tried the biting thing with me, so I would bite them back, not hard enough to leave a bruise, just enough to let them know that it hurts. Then I would kiss their boo-boo, have them kiss my boo-boo, and I never had a problem with biting again.

Please, nip this in the bud before it gets out of hand. Good luck!

Answer 5

No, I wouldn't say it's common for boys, although small children biting isn't uncommon.
You need to tell him "No' and make it very clear that it's unacceptable to bite. If he continues to bite, just bite him on the hand one day and he should stop the biting.

Answer 6

This is emoshion,he is exsighted and not showing it right.its over comming him and hes expressing it threw bighting,toddlers dont communacate well and you do need to stop him from doing it but a firm NO BIGHTING! will do tell him that hurts thein move on hes not rying to hurt you hes just expressing intence feelings.Be very caushious when hes arround outheir children.I saw a little boy in the emergcy room with bight marks all over his body from his giddy sibbling useing him as a chew toy when he got exsighted.He will grow out of this with your gidance

Answer 7

Yeah, I got a similar problem. My daughter hits people then laughs. She's 15 months, I don't know where she got it from. I heard they move on to other skills eventually at their own pace.

Answer 8

tell him NO - and when he learns to kiss - reinforce with -
what a sweet boy!

as a precious Mother, you need to learn to teach now -
and get his attention - or else when he is 16 - you're toast!