Bitgrumpy has given really good advice! ??

I haven't had this with my toddler yet but when/if she does I'll tell her she hurt me/them and now it's owie (she understand this). She already says sorry and kisses owie's better if she hurts me or her baby brother by being a bit rough. Mind you she hurts her brother by trying to kiss him too hard. If she continues bad behavior we sit her down away from toys for a minute which seems to work.

How is this ot??

I bite my son back he stop biting but with my son when he was going for the attack he do it in slow motion so he was easy to stop before he bite

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I was I biter when toddler and after I almost took one piece of the arm of one little girl at child care my mom bite me hard in my arm in front of the other children and I never bite again... I don't remember anything of this btw

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I agree with biting back, as a last resort. If you've tried naughty corners and a little smack I honestly think biting back just as hard will shock them.

My sister bit me when I was about 11, she drew blood. I was told to bite her back (just hard but without drawing blood) and she never bit again.

I believe in smacking in the right instances but don't believe in biting back, purely because they don't learn, it just makes them think its okay to bite.

I wouldn't smack my daughter for smacking me because it just encourages the behaviour, but would if she did something dangerous.

I would be really consistent with a naughty corner/chair.

I've always just bitten my siblings back for biting, not to hard but hard enough to shock them and it has worked to stop it pretty quick.

The best way is to just give them a lil bite every time they bight you or someone else if your watching.

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I'm so embarrassed to say this and please don't think less of me but Flynn is a mega biter and one day after months trying every gentle method I could think of and had been advised of and my arm being covered in bite bruises I snapped and I bit him back. It went against everything within me but it was the only thing I hadn't tried and I had heard so many people say it had worked. It DID NOT work. It made the problem worse. He started biting himself every time I even slightly rouse on him or say no ? I feel so awful, it breaks my heart every time he does it, he bites his little hand :( oh god I feel sick thinking about. I can't believe I let myself do that. I do What grumpy said and I've also had success with walking away. You know how they say when they bite when they are bf break the latch and put them down and seperate the 2 of you, well I kind of just use that principle.

He's bitten twice its pretty normal. I'm shocked at these responses. Take his hand look him in the eye and say ouch you hurt mummy. We don't hurt people. We don't bite. Distract him with something else. Making a big deal lets him know that's how he gets attention. He will grow out of it, punishment isn't the answer its a normal part of being a toddler. Respect starts early and goes both ways.

We did time out and a smack, told her it was naughty and not nice because it hurt people.

Then she was bitten on the face (!) at daycare and she must've been bitten so hard that the bruise lasted about 3 - 4 weeks.

Daycare were really good at stopping the behaviour too, even though not in this case!

Also try and stop them before they get to do it. I always make my daughter say sorry, before she could say the words, she would give me a kiss sorry.

Be absolutely consistent on every single occasion, they learn quicker than you realise.

Please please please don't bite back. You are telling your child it's okay to bite.. Time out, a firm smack.. It's going to be trial and error until you find something that works but once they know its not okay they should stop.

As soon as he bites. Lock him straight in the laundry.

(Obviously make sure there isn't anything that can harm him)

It's cold and nothing in there for him to play with.

My dd was hitting her little sister and we locked her in the laundry every time.

We explained to her it was naughty and she had to apologise.

She is only 3 but she knew exactly why we were punishing her...

After a week or so she stopped.

Unfortunately you need to be cruel to be kind in these situations.

Always always follow through on

your words & punishments..

good luck it's not easy!

They grow out of it!! Just let them know its not ok either by time out, saying no firmly, a little smack..however you want to discipline. Biting back made my son think it was a game. He was so bad he bit a girl on the face at daycare! He just stopped one day :)

Well not sure this is the way u would like to go about it but my daughter starting biting me when she was little to the point were she was actually drawing blood, so one day I decided this wasn't exceptable and when she bit me i bit her back just as hard and from that day on she never did it again :)

I'm going to get slammed for this- bite him back- only hard enough to shock him not hurt him