10 month old biting...?

Question

My 10 month old is a very sweet boy. He is very good with everyone. He will even give "kisses" on your cheek if you ask.
Only problem is he likes to bite sometimes when he is playing. It really can hurt sometimes (he has 7 teeth). What would be the best way to get him to stop doing this? I wouldn't mind so much except that he has a 13 month-old cousin and they "fight" sometimes. I don't want him to hurt her unintentionally.

no - it isn't teething...he bites and giggles. His teething bites are much different...

Answer 1

All my kids did this. Mainly due to me playing with them and biting lightly on them. They do not know how hard is too hard so they just go for it.
If you can't wait it out, he will stop at some point, you can show him how it feels with out biting him.
When he goes to bite you, put your thumb into his cheek to make the skin go between the teeth and he will start to bite his own cheek. He will not bite himself hard, it is instinct not to hurt yourself, and he will stop real quick. When you do this, let him know that is how it feels when he bites others.

Answer 2

The old-fashioned remedy for kids biting humans is to bite them back. My mom did it to her kids. It actually seemed to be pretty effective for most kids.

I think a remedy that might be more fashionable now would be to isolate him from the situation when he bites. That would go something like this:
You are playing with the baby, he's kissing you, and then he bites! You say OUCH! loudly and move away from his face. Then put him down and stop playing with him. You might add "No biting. We don't bite people." You can resume the game after a few minutes. The point of this is to teach him that the fun stops when you bite.

I think you should be watching the children closely when your ten month old plays with his 13 month old cousin. A biting baby is likely to try it out on anyone around. Use the same kind of technique described above if he manages to complete a bite before you can stop it. It would probably be best if you could stop that bite before it occurs.

Remember too, that the human bite can be quite dangerous. If it breaks the skin be sure to get medical attention. Failure to do this can result in severe infections.

Answer 3

He could be teething and biting down helps ease the pain. Try some motrin, and a cold wash cloth. If he uses a binky, stick the binky in the freezer, nipple down on top of an ice cube for a little bit just to get it cold, and let him suck on that. The coldness will ease his pain/discomfort.
He could also be mimicking someone else biting. If you see other children around him biting, or an adult, stop them. Children will mimick. Keep telling your son, "we do not bite. It's not nice to bite". Don't laugh at him when he does this, or he'll think he's doing something good. Stop others from encouraging this as well if they're laughing.
Children need repetitive teaching, so you'll have to do this often before he understands that biting is not tollerable.
You can tell him also that biting is for eating food, not for biting people.
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

My boy did the samthing, and i know you probably don't want to hear this because i didn't either but truely if they bite, bite them back with a little sting and it makes them not want to bite again. and another thing, is don't ever play bite because at this age it gives them the wrong idea. So never make like play biting any kind of fun or they don't understand the difference of when it is and isn't ok. If you don't want to bite them back then you need to pop his mouth and sit him in time out until he learns. Good luck!!

Answer 5

After he bites someone tell him its not nice to bite and give a teething ring or a cold rag and tell him to bite on that. I worked in Daycare for several years and have seen so many kids bite, its very irritating but it is a phase and he will get over it soon.

Answer 6

I did it when I was a kid, and I totally hurt other little kids and they got me back too. It hurts, but it was never bad enough to actually puncture the skin. He'll grow out of it before long, but until then just give prior warning to his cousin's mommy or whoever he's playing with...they might hurt each other a little, but there aren't going to be any serious injuries. Otherwise, I would suggest giving him something to chew on...teething toys*^_^*

Answer 7

unfortunately not to much he has discovered biting. a stern NO sometimes will work with a no biting added for support of what it is he isn't supposed to do. When we were kids parents bit back now days it is child abuse. Good Luck with this one and hope that the 13 mo.old doesn't bite him back

Answer 8

We had a child like this in our family. The only way they were able to make him stop biting people was to bite him back.

The same with pinching, or kicking.

Answer 9

When he does it, pick him up and look him in the eyes, telling him firmly (but not loudly) 'You can't bite! It hurts (name) when you do that!' then set him down away from whoever he's bitten. I'm the only one my son bit, so I just set him down and walked away, but in this case he would need to be moved. When he learns that biting means being seperated from his playmate(s), he won't be as inclined to do it.

Answer 10

I used to babysit an 11 month old who loved babies so much that she would bite them. we just had to sit her down everytime and try to explain to her that that hurts and is not ok, which is hard because she was so young. eventually she grew out of that stage though.