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Posted by Debbie on December 01, 2002 at 17:24:45:
In Reply to: 18-month-old biter :-( posted by Melanie J on December 01, 2002 at 16:11:26:
Hi Melanie, My 2 year old daughter also bites and it drives me crazy. I'm afraid she's going to really hurt my 1 year old son. She has even bitten me, usually on the front of my shoulder. I won't bite her back either, as I'm trying to teach her it's wrong, so what good would it do if I bit her??? And she's to young to really understand a time out. The only thing I can say is I personally find that it relates most of the time to frustration....is someone taking one of her toys? does she want something and cant tell you or whoever it is what she wants? does she want to do something and cant? is she tired or getting tired? is another kid provoking her? I do not think she is trying to be mean or doing it to purposefully hurt. When my daughter does it, I remove her from the situation and sit her down and firmly, without yelling, tell her "no biting", "say you're sorry", "biting hurts", "no more biting" and then I do not allow her to continue with what she was playing with (which might cause a fit, but it's a consequence she understands) and I give her something else to do. Please post back, I'll be interested to see the circumstances surrounding your daughters biting.
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: I have an 18-month-old daughter who is into biting :-( She is mean to her cousin that is 2 months younger then her. She bites him, me, her sister, my niece. It is out of control. She even bites herself hard enough to leave a red mark and then she laughs. I don't know what else to do. I don't believe that biting her back will work and I just won't do it!!!!! After all, she bites herself and laughs about it :-( She is a happy child and is so sweet but boy is she exercising her power with the bite :-( Thanks for any help!!!