How do you know if your child is going to be a biter? I’m worried that DS might be one/become one.

I have all these questions flying around my head, I don’t know if I’m making a mountain out of a mole hill….

Is it something he’s learned? From where? What can I do to stop him? Is it just a phase he’ll grow out of or is it something I am going to struggle with always worrying about taking him places and who and when he’s going to bite?

My boy is 12 months…nearly 13. He bit me for the first time on July 10th. Well maybe that’s not true. Before he got his teeth, when he was about 8 or so months old he bit my nipple a couple of times, I figured it was because I’d gotten lazy with proper latching. He only did it a handful of times and then stopped, I figured I’d gotten things under control, that I’d worked through it so to speak.

He has 4 teeth now. We had a few close friend over to the house the other day, and we were all having lunch. He wasn’t being ignored by any stretch of the imagination. Everyone was playing with him. We were all sitting on the floor with, I was interacting, we were singing and he was slapping his knees in time to the music. He up and sat on my lap, and grabbed my arm. I thought he wanted a cuddle so I went to cuddle him when he latched on. AND I MEAN LATCHED ON!!! OMG DID IT HURT. He sunk his four teeth in and bit. I’ve done a lot of training with puppies and dogs that bite, so was able to control myself enough not to rip my arm out because I think he’d have taken a chunk of flesh. I told him we don’t bite, biting hurts. Then suck my finger gently into the side of his mouth (where he has no teeth) and pried him off (rather like I would have a dog). Told him again that biting isn’t nice, it hurts, then we went on like usual. No more incidences.

But he keeps doing it He bit DH the other day. Pretended like he wanted DH to kiss him, then latched on to his eyebrow when he got close enough…drew blood. I had to pry him off DH he just wouldn’t let go. He’s bit me on three other occasions, only once did I not have to pry him loose. He’s bit my mum as well. Thankfully I don’t think he’s bit anyone else. But what if he does? What if he bites one of the kids from daycare? He doesn’t let go he could really hurt them

I just don’t know what to do, any help or advice from anyone else that’s had a biting baby/toddler would be really helpful.