i don't know if you've tried this..it sounds really simple, but has really worked with owen.. when he started biting at xmas time, we just kind of pretended he was giving us a kiss(and moved away a little so he couldn;t latch on!!) and said "kisses" to him and made a fuss about him giving a kiss and after a few days he just kept kissing everyone, no more biting..he is a super smoocher now, and just kisses all the time..but not sure how this would go if he's biting other kids, there was only adults around, so it was a very united effort..good luck!!
Rachael - I wish I had an answer for you and myself but unfortunately I don`t, Matthew started biting at 14 months, I was very heavily pregnant at this stage so thought it was attention seeking as I couldn`t do what I used to do with him but it has continued, now it seems when he gets excited he bites, you should see por Adrian at times, I feel like a bad mother but I watch Matthew like a hawk and still he manages to bite Adrian, he is so quick, it`s got to a stage that sometimes Adrian doesn`t even cry he`s so used to it.
We go to Gymbaroo on Wednesdays and the last couple of times Matthew has very nearly bitten children there, I feel so embarrassed about it and feel like the other mothers think I`m absolutely hopeless at my mothering job.
Whenever Matthew bites I always tell him no, biting hurts, we don`t bite xyz, I then put him into his playpen for 2 minutes - sometimes it works sometimes it doesn`t and two minutes later he can be back in there!!!!!
Like totalbabe if I catch him early enough I pull him off Adrian and say give Adrian kisses, yes it does work and he is a very kissy cuddly boy.
I`m so sorry I don`t have any ansers, I just hope they all grow out of it soon......
Bec- Hmmm why can I see myself filling out incident reports everyday if Matthew was in child care
Oh Rachael - Is Milo biting Daddy too? It`s Adrian, myself and other kids that Matthew goes for but he is getting better with me and I`m not covered in bite marks like I used to be - I was often in tears after him biting me.
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