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| Hi Everyone. My name is Sara and I have a 14-month old energetic boy who bites at times. It has been so distressing for me since he has bitten a couple of other kids around his own age and I am always the mom in a playgroup that has to apologize for my son's behavior. My husband and I are trying very hard to break him of this habit. He has tried to bite us too when he is really frustrated, angry or tired and over stimulated. I have been trying to read anything I can get my hands on to see how to curb this issue...I am hoping it will pass as he gets a bit older. Any suggestions or anybody in the same situation? thanks. |
| Posted by Sara on 10/01/2008 10:17 AM
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Hi Sara,
I am in a similar situation only my son is 23 months. He bit one time a few months back, but this month he has bit three times! Yikes! My problem is that he never bites when I am around. He only bites when he is in daycare, twice, and in the churchs' nursery, twice also. I don't know what I can do to stop it since I am not there. Everything I read tells me to stop them, tell them NO firmly, give the kid who was bitten lots of attention and kind of ignore the biter. I don't think I can do that when I am not there and he is too young to understand if I discipline him when I get back from work or church services. I don't know what to do, he is one bite away from getting kicked out of daycare, but I truely believe it's something they are not dealing with. If they were dealing with it and watching him properly he would not end up biting. My proof- he dosen't bite when he is with me. Grrrrrrrrr! |
| posted by on 10/01/2008 10:27 AM
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| My son went through that a while back at 2 yrs old. I put hot sauce on his lips after he would bite me and then he just suddenly quit doing it!!! Might try that, it worked for me. |
| posted by Suzanne on 10/01/2008 11:50 AM
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| I was wondering how to break my son of it...he is only 10months(well he will be on Sat) he has only done it to me tho, I'm not sure why but he thought it was funny. If he was older I would have spanked him but at 10months they don't really understand it. I hope that you can figure something out, I'd love to know too |
| posted by Amers on 10/01/2008 12:49 PM
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I got a 13 month old son Nolan, and he's a biter at times. I notice it's when he's playing around being a little goof, upset not getting his way and he knows what he's doing since he see's what he gets in reaction. I pat his mouth, NOT hard but just enough that he gets the idea with a firm NO being told. He didn't do it when he nursed for for 12 months, which shocks me but not nursing he has a habit of doing it a little more.
It's a phase, my two daughters went through this and they grew out of it. Odds are my son will grow out of it, as will yours and my two girls did it out grown it. I went camping with the kids, with my extended family and my cousins 12 month old son bit my son. They were in a pak n play together, my son is a little taller then my cousins son and he was arm/shoulder height. Wasn't hard, but was enough that Nolan my boy was shocked. I didn't get too upset with my cousin, boys will be boys or more a less it's a toddler phase. *hug*
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| posted by Martica on 10/01/2008 10:30 PM
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I would stay away from hot sauce. It can be deadly, especially for infants: (see pediatric info below)
Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist from Boston, MA, recommends against the use of hot saucing. He said that it can burn the child's esophagus and cause their tongue to swell. This can create a potential choking hazard. He said: "There are many different kinds of hot sauce on the market, and parents who say they know the dilution to use so it won't sting, or say they only use one drop, are wrong. It's done because it hurts. It stings. It burns. It makes you nauseous." Giorgio Kulp, a pediatrician in Montgomery County, VA, says that the use of hot sauce on children is dangerous because of the risk of swelling and the possibility of triggering unknown allergies. He notes that "Every child's reaction, physically, is different." So it might be safe for one child but not another.
An associated method of inflicting pain on children is the force feeding of hot-peppers. Two child psychologists reported that this "can result in anaphylaxis or cause significant burns and damage to developing tissues in the mouth, esophagus, intestinal walls, stomach, and colon."
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| posted by Tanya on 10/18/2008 10:20 PM
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