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and I can't get her to stop. She bit her older sister and drew blood. I tell her to stop and all that but she just laughs. How do I get her to stop? She is 17 months.
Please help, any advice would be great.
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i have never had to deal with biting on a bad level. buit if i did, it would be a tap on the mouth and in the corner, she needs to be shown that it will not be tolerated!! a friend of mine actually told her dd to put her arm in her mouth andbite when she wouldn't she asked why, and her dd said "hurt" and her mom said that next time she bites she will get bitten back, and not to bite becuase it hurts!! other than that i have no idea. i would try time outs and telling her very sternly that biting is bad and it hurts.
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Unfortunately, I had lots of experience with this. With my own kids, I immediately lightly pop them on the mouth, firmly tell them NO BITING, and make them sit. Then turn my attention to the biten child. When I was a toddler teacher I dealt with it pretty much the same way, without the pop on the mouth. You may want to see if there is something specific that triggers the behavior so you can avoid it or at least be on the watch for it.
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My dd has been doing this for awhile. She is 16.5 mos. There are three reasons, in her case - if she's teething and needs something to chew. If she is feeling ignored and wants my attention (like if I'm reading). If she's frustrated and trying to show her anger (most often). I try to teach her brother to keep his limbs away from her mouth (and hair away from her hands), especially when he is not doing what she wants. She will still lean over and try to bite. I will get right to her level and say "No bite!". She does understand. We haven't cured her, but she, indeed, does know it's wrong. I guess consistency and waiting it out are needed. Personally, when my son went through this stage, I didn't let him go play with others - it just wasn't worth it to have him get that reputation when I knew he'd grow out of it.
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My ds bit me three times, dh once. He was around 18 mos. I could never figure out his triggors. He was always getting lots of attention, was not provoked, was not frustrated, didn't think it was a game, etc.
I just kept reinforcing "We do NOT bite, that hurts!" I hated that phase. I'll admit this was the one and only time (the one and only occasion) that I spanked ds. He had bitten me SO bad right where my armpit meets my shoulder. I yanked up my sweater and showed him the bloody marks (YES it drew blood) and then I spanked him on his bottom. I am NOT proud of that moment and I've never spanked him since (he's 5 now) and I don't advocate doing this! But, the biting stopped after that. I'm sure it was because the phase was over. Hang in there, it will get better.
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My dd tried biting a few times when she was around that age. At first I just firmly said No, but when she would keep it up I would lightly pop her mouth and sit her down. She has a time-out chair that she goes to when she needs to "reflect" on her behavior, and after a few times of being disciplined she stopped. She did bite once recently (she is 2 1/2) after she had gotten overly excited, but as soon as she did it she realized what she had done not only hurt me but that she would get in trouble. I put her in her time out chair just for consistency's sake, but she seemed to know right away that she had made a bad choice.
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When my daughter was about the same age as yours (shes 19 now) she got kicked out of pre-school for biting. She still remembers biting kids, and she says its because they did something to her. I believe they are frustrated and cant verbalize what it is they want or dont like so they bite instead.
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I am glad this topic was brought up. I have been going through this for the last year or so. dd#2 has stopped doing it she will be 3 this month but dd# 3 who will be 2 in a week is still doing it. I push her cheeks together (not hard) and tell her "no biting" . She sometimes stops but rarely. I think in time it will stop but it sure is hard to avoid them when you don't know when they will do it!
I kind of figured out why ours does it and I think it is because we like to pretend to eat fingers and toes and bellies. Do you know what I mean? Anyway, she just does not realize when she does it she is biting and hurting. Thought there are times that she does it when she is mad..............Good luck!