Anyone have a biter?

Elliot is biting me quite a lot at the mo! And it bloody well hurts! All affectionate bites of course. Apart from saying 'No!' which of course he really doesn't understand what else can you do?

 

Just be consistent with the "Don't bite Mommy" and ride it out... (And I would stick to "Don't bite Mommy" instead of just a generic "No," which means nothing to a young child.) That's pretty much all you can do. Andrew went through a big biting phase, but he got over it, thankfully. Oh, and be careful! Try to figure out when a bite is coming and avoid it. (A would give me a big kiss in the mouth - and then he'd try to bite my lip off if I wasn't paying attention! )

 

Both of mine are doing this, too. For them, alot of it is teething. Finley is cutting 2 teeth and Sullivan is cutting 1 tooth - and before they had teeth they'd always use our shoulders, legs, whatever as a place to gum - now with teeth, it really hurts! I always say something like PP suggested - Don't bite mommy, no biting mommy, etc. and then I move them off of my lap if they continue. They like to climb into my lap, lay their head down on my leg and next thing I know they're trying to chomp down!

 

Biting while nursing, I take it? I had one who did this to me for the reaction he got (which made him smile. . . didn't make me smile, LOL). I solved it by calmly, with no reaction, latching him off, putting him in his crib, closing the door to his room as I left him alone for a few minutes. after a few days of that, he stopped biting me.

 

Ditto Holly! I would say (speak nice at least at first) "Don't bite (Mommy)." You can go an additional step and give him something to bit (teething toy) in place of to let him know that it is acceptable to bite on toy. Be consistant!

 

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Ditto Holly! I would say (speak nice at least at first) "Don't bite (Mommy)." You can go an additional step and give him something to bit (teething toy) in place of to let him know that it is acceptable to bite on toy. Be consistant!


I agree with Jackie, our will bite when they are teething. I tell them "no" and give them a teething toy to bite on. At this age I don't think they are biting to be mean but either because they can and/or it feels good on those incoming teeth.

 

Thanks for the replies - will adjust my reprimands! It's not whilst nursing btw - just everywhere when he climbs over me! He has 6 teeth and it can come keen! Was cute when just gums but not now!

 

Yes, we had the same issues. As with the pp's, just be consistent about saying no and then redirecting. He will get it eventually. Most of the time my biters did it when they were getting teeth.