how do u get kids not to bite I've tried biting back yeah he just laughs

Shoshonna - posted on 09/11/2009

Quoting maura:

Bite harder. No seriously you have to be sure you are not making this a game. If he is biting in anger or to control his peers he must be immediately and very firmly. DO NOT WEAKEN OR WAIVER EVEN IF HE CRIES PITEOUSLY. My son used to kick me all the time when he was about 18 months and laugh when I told him to stop, when I smacked him etc. I decided to grab his leg everytime he kicked me so he would become unbalanced and he stopped after three attempts. Problem solved. Be firm and be smart.

hey   thank you for advice on kicking   my son kicks me in my stomach and i am 7 months preggo with lil sis.    i will give the unbalancing a try.

does anyone know how to get child to stop jumping on stomach

Heaven - posted on 09/10/2009

Well i wouldn't recommend biting back.. i would think that just shows the child its okay ..if not that, it would teach them that well if someone does this to me.. i can do it back.
I've worked at a childcare center, and biting to toddlers is a form of communication. A child may bite when they want something, or is trying to tell you something. That doesn't make it okay, maybe timeout and trying to work with the child on finding another way to communicate.

Kassandra - posted on 09/10/2009

My eldest son, who is now 12, used to bite when he was around 14mnths old, all my family said to me, if he bites, bite him back, so he knows how it feels, i didnt want to do this, because i didnt want to hurt my son, but nothing else had worked, so i decided to bite him back, he snapped out of the habbit straight away, he never bit again, and at 12 now, he is a very well mannered, well behaved child who is very happy all the time, it didn't do him any harm. x

Susan - posted on 09/10/2009

Biting back isn't a good idea. It's just reinforcing the bad behavior because he thinks it's a fun game now. I just say, "Ouch! and NO!". He still laughs, but he's understanding that it's not acceptable. He doesn't do it nearly as often and thankfully he only does it w/ me, not other kids. Break him now because you don't want to have to go home w/ notes
from daycare or conversations w/ angry moms. Good luck.

Christine - posted on 09/09/2009

I am not trying to judge anyone on here, but biting the child back is child abuse, also too, it teaches them that biting is okay, just don't bite "ME"... if anyone ever bit my child I would press charges let me tell you.... I am not trying to call anyone an abuser or anything I am only stating a fact... plus too, would you like your precious baby's poor little hand covered with bite marks?

Christine - posted on 09/09/2009

I know one thing that definitely works for me, it did with my son, and also with children that were in my care.. I made sure I had the baby's full attention, on my lap, or whatever, then I had a friend of mine bite me on the back of my hand and I said ouch and scolded the friend,, the baby was so interested, and I showed him the boo boo and told the friend no no bite nno nnnooo .. thats not nice... you might think thats dumb but you know what?? it works for me every single time.. the baby sees the bite mark and understands.. lol. just try it ...

Maura - posted on 09/09/2009

Bite harder. No seriously you have to be sure you are not making this a game. If he is biting in anger or to control his peers he must be immediately and very firmly. DO NOT WEAKEN OR WAIVER EVEN IF HE CRIES PITEOUSLY. My son used to kick me all the time when he was about 18 months and laugh when I told him to stop, when I smacked him etc. I decided to grab his leg everytime he kicked me so he would become unbalanced and he stopped after three attempts. Problem solved. Be firm and be smart.

Didi - posted on 09/09/2009

Hi there! My daughter went through the same thing when she was a little over 2 up to about 3 or so. Believe me it was very frustrating to have to sign incident reports almost every week!! there were times when it happened 3 times in a row. I started blaming myself and the divorce situation. Remember this is just a phase all kids go through. Every morning before i drop her off in class, i reminded her that its not okay to bite our friends but its ok to bite on Nemo (her teether). If shes frustrated bite on Nemo. Then i asked her again "is it okay to bite our friends?", "what can she bite on?". By repeating it over and over she learned to stop biting. I also read her a book called "teeth are not for biting".

http://www.amazon.com/Teeth-Biting-Board... She loved the book and she used to walk around the house and said "biting hurts!". Apply same thing to hiting. She also went through that stage too!!! Good luck!!!

Hannah - posted on 09/08/2009

My son went through a very brief biting phase when he was about 14 months old. He was in daycare - actually bit one of the other kids once. Daycare and I had the same even approach. when he bit we would very seriously and sternly say to him, "We do not bite - it is rude and hurtful" and then remove him from the situation and put him in another situation, (he had a habit of biting my shoulder while sitting on my hip - if he did so this would mean i set him down in his room and walked away) - which usually led to a temper tantrum. and then when he realised he didn't get attention for his temper tantrum, he would start playing with the nearest toy. He quickly learned that he didn't get attention for biting and instead it left him without his favorite playmate - mommy. or left out of the group at day care.
whole process took a week - maybe two.

currently doing the same thing with hitting. it is working.

Charlene - posted on 09/08/2009

first of all how old is your son and is in day care or are you at home with him ive gone through both senerios and ya i bite him back to and laughs i tried time out ive tried giving him something that he doesnt like to eat ive tried tobasco sauce have you ever met a kid that likes it mine does but depending on wether if hes doing it for fun or on purpose or if hes just teething then he will probably just grow out of it hopefully im crossing my fingers