November 17th, 2009 | 
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Now, I’m not new to this whole parenting thing but I am new to the issue of biting. Zman never bit when he was little (but was bit frequently while in day care) and the Drama Queen did it once and never attempted to do it again.
This brings me to child number 3, the infamous Tatertot who is 20 months old!
AKA—The Biter Extraordinaire.
Just when you think he is being the sweetest little thing ever and he’s all nice and snuggly….
CHOMP!
And we aren’t talking a little nibble here and there, we are talking a full on leave marks ohmygodthathurt kind of bite!
I swear, he can bite just as hard as I can.
He leaves marks.
He bites me, Hardworking Hubby, Zman and Drama Queen and usually it’s without any warning and for no reason whatsoever!
Now, we’ve tried redirecting him when he bites.
We’ve said No Biting! in that mean evil parent voice numerous times.
We’ve given him teething rings, teething toys and even suckers to give him something else to bite but nothing seems to work and I think we are close to holding him down and yanking all of his teeth out one at a time. ( Come on, you know this is something we would never do and is a total exaggeration!)
So my dear Mommy friends in the Blogosphere and Twitterverse, we need your help, advice and tips to get this kid to stop munching on us like we are his afternoon snack!
Please let us know how you’ve dealt with a biter and what worked for you.
I had a bad biter @ about 18 months when we brought her sister home from the hospital. It continued, at a decreasing rate for about 14 months. She would do it out of jealousy or frustration. We constantly told her it was not ok, it hurt, and would put her on time outs. Nothing seemed to work wonders for us. She was always very oral so this was her way of “venting”. Many peopletd us to bite her back, but I just did not have it in me and thought that would just teach her it was ok.
It’s hard, but be patient and show as much love & affection as you can so they know love feels good.
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I’m not going to be of any help here. Both mine bit and it took forever for them to, what seems like, “grow out of it”…b/c nothing really worked over anything else. All I can say is good luck and I hope it’s just a phase and it passes soon!! I’m sorry cuz it DOES hurt like hell!!
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I know that this is mean.. and considered probably child abuse.. But Caitlin was a biter, she bite my mom once so hard she broke skin and bruised it…So my mom bite her back and she never bite anyone again…
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I honestly don’t remember what I did when the boys bit. Brittany bit me once I shrieked as it hurt. LOL She never did it again. I don’t know what to to tell you. Sorry I am not much help.
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