HI everyone, My 8mo daughter has been biting a lot lately especially her 7yr old brother.Everytime they play together she latches on to him and hasn't figured out how to let go yet so he usually ends up all bloody and in tears. It has gotten so bad that he has decided he doesn't like her and now wishes she wasn't in our family. How do we stop her from doing this and get him to start liking her again. This is causing a lot of problems for us at the moment because he has started biting her back when we're not looking. Please help.
Thanks to everyone for their input. Unfortunately I can't bring myself to bite her back because I know she is too young to understand why I would be doing it. But I think I will try the bad taste thing, maybe vinegar coz I'm too much of a wuss to make her cry lol. Thanks again.
l know this sounds bad but all 4 of my boys went through a biteing stage.....mostly on me and l had to do this and bit them back they never would bite me after that. It worked for me, not a hard bite just so they felt my teeth.
You could always try something nasty in taste......good luck.
One thing you could try is using something that tastes horrible and let your daughter bite that (like the nail varnish that you can use to stop nail biting, Tabasco, vinegar etc) put it on her own hand or your sons arm if he will let you.
If your daughter doesn’t seem to understand that it painful maybe the horrible taste might help.
there are a lot of people that say do not bite, but my daughter bite me when she was about 18months old and i bite her back, she has never bitten me or anyone else back. My sisters daughter bit, my girl the other day and we told her to bite her back, so she knows how it feel, she hasn't done it since. But it is your choice, do what you feel is right.
Hmmmmm
I was going to suggest that you let her bite herself
The other thing I did was my daughter was everytime she went to bite I would say a loud but not shouting NO!!!
and ignore her for a couple of minutes.
My daughter quickly learnt that when I said No it meant NO!
You just have to monitor at all times
As for your son, just make a fuss of him but don't let him play with your daughter without supervision
Always try and stop her before she makes contact with him
Bear in mind that biting is part of their excitement and pleasure of having fun
My daughter only bit me when she was really happy, so the first sign to watch for would be over stimulation
My 2 yr old went through the same phase of biting his older brother. He would do it when he got too excited and when he got frustrated, you need to be aware of the triggers and just a keep a close eye on her, it's extemely frustrating i know but NEVER bite her back!!!! My older son at one time had 3 bite marks on his back that bruised and he also bit friends kids and as a parent of a biter it's very hard. Sit your son down and explain to him that his sister does love him and that she is too young to realise what she is doing that she just gets carried away and doesn't know how else to express her frustration or excitement. This worked for us. When your daughter does bite her brother show her the mark and tell her that she has hurt him and made him cry. Good Luck!!!
sit down with them both near eachother maybe also teach your son how to not get near her mouth ,, and when shes near his hand teach him how to move out of the way fast??
this may not be a popular answer but it worked for me, bite the biter back! dont let your son bite her, but if you catch it in the moment bite her back so she knows it hurts and can see that it is bad.
my daughter had a playmate who use to do exactly the same thing to her, the mother wouldnt address it so i asked her could i bite him back she agreed to let me and after around 3 bite backs he stopped doing it, he was around 9 months old and was viscious, and i didnt give him a hard bite just enough to shock him!
Hi I'm not sure I could do that to her. We do put her arm and fingers in her own mouth so she bites them but it doesn't seem to bother her. She has left big marks on her own arms and she doesn't even cry. Thanks for the input.
I don't think it's from teething, it seems to be more for fun. She latches on and then shakes her head around like a dog with a bone, and then she laughs when Nick starts crying. I think she's really becoming a little sadistic lol.
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