Posts Tagged ‘toddler’

Look who is growing up….
and too damn fast….

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.

It’s official……

Tatertot is traumatized when it comes to the very thought of actually sleeping in his toddler bed at night.

He loves to sit on it and read books, snuggle up with his dino or just sit there and laugh at Zman, but the minute you try to lay him down in it for the night ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!!  It’s like someone hit the CRY/SCREAM switch on my sweet little monkey.

It’s sooooo sad!

I even made the attempt at playing tough mom and let him cry it out in hopes that he would give in and just lay back down……10 minutes later…..still crying….still screaming….

I went and rescued him. For the next 15 minutes, he wouldn’t let me put him down. He was scared shitless from my attempt to be tough…..I can’t be tough with him…he melts my heart….

He recovered rather quickly on the next trip into his room when he saw that his mattress was back in his crib and that’s where I was putting him for the night.

Anyone have any tips for the big move?

He is 14 months old and loves his bed all day long……until the sun goes down.

My other 2 children made the big move within weeks of their 1st birthdays.

Open to all ideas!