help biteing problem!

audiesmommy · #1 February 8th, 2012, 03:58 PM

any one have any good ideas to help me teach my dd that biteing is not ok. iv tryed everything im open to anything i just want it to stop!. she thinks she is a mommy to her babydolls and i say no u dont bite mommy and she says mommys bite and go bites her baby dolls i have never even bit her back i tryed once and she just bit me again. she also bites her friends if she realy realy wants a toy but other then hat is not mean at all and shares well its just a few certain things like her blanket babydolls and ect

Jule'sMomInOR · #2 February 8th, 2012, 08:28 PM

Focus how it affects the person being bitten and tell her what she can do. For example, maybe you have a teething ring that she can bite. If she bites (or ideally if you can catch her when before she bites) tell her "We don't bite people. That hurts people and makes them very sad. Here, you can bite this."

Dr. Sears recommends instead of biting them back, you put her finger into her both and gentle apply some pressure to show her that it hurts. Children model our behavior so if you bite her, it will just encourage her to bite.

Good luck!

audiesmommy · #3 February 8th, 2012, 09:32 PM

lucky the past few days i catch her right befor and i say think twice befor you bite and she stops. i havent bittin her back yet i tryed once but she got me again right befor. she bites herself to like if i tell her how shes acting is not ok and its time for tiemout she walks to timeout sits down and bites herself then crys, i dont get it but i will try the teething toy idea and see if it helps im open to anything right about now.
thank you im going to go and find a teething toy now for when she wakes up

krsnow · #4 February 8th, 2012, 10:15 PM

My LO went through a biting phase too. I read somewhere to safety pin a teether to their shirt, that way it is always accessible. I used time outs for my LO even though many people thought he was too young for that. I think it worked for him because he rarely ever bites now. Also, I think it could have possibly been related to teething because it was before his molars came in.

Arei_720 · #5 February 9th, 2012, 08:40 AM

I agree with Mariah's idea ^ I had a biter with my first DD- she would get super excited about anything, come running up to your legs and bite your butt or thigh. I became very agile with keeping her at bay- whenever she'd start laughing or squeal and make a run for me, I'd put my hand down in front of her forehead! "No biting!"

audiesmommy · #6 February 9th, 2012, 11:11 AM

we have bin better today so fare no biting, i dont no if this was mean of me but i told her if she bites again her barney dvd is going away and she lost it but everytime she tryed to bite today i said do you want barney to go away and she would stop and go huge the dvd box lol. we dont watch alot of tv here but this one barney dvd is her fav and only thing shes loves to watch. so im hoping for a good rest of that day. thank you all for your advice.

shockandawe · #7 February 9th, 2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Arei_720

I agree with Mariah's idea ^ I had a biter with my first DD- she would get super excited about anything, come running up to your legs and bite your butt or thigh. I became very agile with keeping her at bay- whenever she'd start laughing or squeal and make a run for me, I'd put my hand down in front of her forehead! "No biting!"

Isn't that interesting? huh. Normally you associate this behaviour with frustration and anger. Not excitement.

I also had a small chuckle here visualizing it. Mommy's sure do have to get agile at a lot of things don't we?