pulling hair and biting

My 21 month old son is pulling his sisters hair and sometimes trying to bite her head. I tell him no, but he just laughs. He obviously doesn't understand "no", yet. Any suggestions on how to correct this? Thanks!

 

We've recently had this problem with Andrew. He goes to time out if I catch him physically attacking his sister, same for her. They are definitely old enough for time out at 21 months. I always say "we don't bite", "we don't push", etc. and have them hug and say they are sorry to their sibling. I also use the 1-2-3 magic system for non-violent infractions!

 

Yeah, you will have to probably have to start some time outs or something.

At our 2 yr. visit the other day, the pedi said with twins "short of drawing blood" try to let them work it out - but I intervene if it becomes physical. We haven't really gone through a biting thing.

Martin did bite Alison's hand when she put it in his mouth a long long time ago. But that happened twice I think that's all. (PHEW!) Sorry, I don't have great advice!

 

We have the same problem..Colin's my bitter, he broke my skin on my shoulder one day, i almost dropped him it hurt so bad. I bit him back. he didn't like that too much. he is starting to understand no, when i see him getting ready for a fit i put my finger in front of his mouth and say NO very firmly..i think & hope he is getting it he is doing it less & less...

 

One of my boys used to bite his brother all the time. Their pediatrician had a great suggestion and it really worked for us. When he bites his brother, the biter gets a 2 minute timeout in his playpen with no toys or other things to entertain him. When his time is up, I calmly explain to him that biting is wrong and then make him apologize to his brother. Then teach him how he can express himself with words, "Please stop that." "Can I play with the car after you?" etc.

Biting incidents definitely decreased after using this method. But the best effect was that it prevented me from yelling and screaming and getting emotionally worked up about his biting. I just calmly pick him up and put him in his timeout. He still lapses once in a while but he's come a long way since those days when he used to bite all the time.