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Robert has been a biter since 5 months (now 11 months). I have bruises on my left shoulder, inner thighs, belly, finders...anywhere he can reach when playing or being held (on my left hip). He generally does not bite his daddy or brothers, although he has started to chomp down on Marcus too.
I have removed him from my body and put him on the ground while saying "no bite". Sometimes he cries and others he laughs.
I have given him something to chew and when I say "no bite mommy" I add "bite this".
In part it may be teething, but I think he does it just because. We could be playing and he will do it. So not borded. He does it after eating, so not hunger.
Any help on how to get him to stop would be appreciated!!!!!!!
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Well, it sounds like you've covered most of the bases I would suggest. One thing you might want to try is just leaving him....walk right away. He's getting old enough to understand what you're saying, so you could even say something to the effect of, "Ouch, that hurt my shoulder (with a sad/angry face), I'll be back to play (or whatever you were doing) when you're ready." Yes, it's a lot of verbage but I think the most important part is that you're not going to stick around for it. Maybe you'd even try the leaving without all the dialogue for now...good luck!
I'm sure you know this, but kids bite for a reason, they're trying to tell you something. At 11 mos, or any non-verbal age, it's hard to decipher what. Maybe you could try saying, "You look angry, do you want the book back?" or whatever made him angry. You know, change it up for the alleged reason he bit. See of he'll SHOW you (walk/crawl) over to what he wants?? Let us know! HTH
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I can't help on how to make him stop. Dylan (1) has also been biting for the past month or so! Atleast he bit my mil the other day. good job baby!
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DD has been a biter for months she's now almost 15m. The occupational therapist we work with (DD has sensory intergration problems) recommended something called a jiggler (vibrator) to help desensitize her month. She also has an ark grabber and a chew stick and a few other items. She loves the jiggler. They are spendy but well worth it.
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Originally Posted by momof4girls
DD has been a biter for months she's now almost 15m. The occupational therapist we work with (DD has sensory intergration problems) recommended something called a jiggler (vibrator) to help desensitize her month. She also has an ark grabber and a chew stick and a few other items. She loves the jiggler. They are spendy but well worth it.
Interesting - so how does it work? Some of the bites are so instant and no warning that I would never get anything in his mouth before he clamps down. Does it sense when he bites on it and then vibrates?
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With my ds was about 1 when he decided to chomp down on me, I actually took my lips and press against him arm and pretend to bite back and then told him "that's ugly". It was actually like a semi hard kiss, but that with the "Mommy's not happy" voice broke him. He never bit me or anyone again.
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Sorry it took me so long to reply. No actually you turn it on and it is a constant vibration. Sometimes she bites it, sometime she just mouths it or puts it on her checks. We also use it to help sensitize her hands and feet because she also bites her self. I have seen toys in the occupational therapy catalogs that vibrate when you bite them. I see if I can find the catalog tonight and I'll pm you. The ark grabber and chew tube are also great I just give them to her through out the day. Sometimes she chews on them sometimes not.
DD was biting everyone and sometimes we just didn't catch her warning signs that she was about to bite. We always tell her in a firm voice after she bites someone "No that hurts no bite". I have had bruises that took almost a month to heal. It's taken a couple of weeks but if I really think about it she hasn't bitten anyone in almost a week. We now know the warning signs that she's about to bite and we just remind her no biting and then give her something to to chew on. Also we work on sensitising her hands and feet every few hours either with vibration or a ball with nubbies, dry washcloth or something with a texture (this is called a sensory diet) and she hasn't bitten herself for a while either.
Hope this helps and if you have questions just ask.
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My nephew bit another kid at day care yesterday, around the eye (you coud see the teeth marks)...maybe I will mention those items to the mom and dad.
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I may get flamed for this, but my friend lightly thumped her daughter in the mouth when she bit..not enough to HURT, but enough to get her attention from the shock, I think...and it took about a dozen times of doing it for her dd to decide it wasn't worth biting. It has turned into a game for her...so it HAD to be stopped. (She was about 8 mnths old)
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I might get flamed also for this I am a firm believer in a flick on the mouth or cheek to get their attentioin both my younger ones were biters dd did it out of anger to her cousin who is only 4 months older than her and mean to her so she would always bite back i would seperate them and do everything in the book thats when i finally flicked her and she stopped doing it. MY ds only does it when he cant get any other pooint across but when he nursed he did it alot and that was a big NO NO! so trust me it will work out I have been around all kinds of biters and depending on the kid you can try every trick in the book to see what will work for you!