Thad likes to get people to react. I think that is a lot the age and a little of his personality. I try not to react loudly/harshly when he does things he isn't supposed to. I say no in a low tone. I redirect without anger (well, I try). Thad has now started biting me when he is frustrated. It fucking hurts and he wants me to say "OW!" So, I try not to. I pick him up, touch his teeth with my finger and say "no bite". Then, I turn him around, sit him on my lap and repeat "no bite" etc. for about 30-60 seconds.
How would you react to this? It is intentional. I am not ok with ignoring it.
But seriously, Owen has started doing this. I tell him no, he laughs, he does it again, I say no and end our play time. If I am holding him I put him down.
My Grammy always bit back!
But I was a golden child. I didn't bite.
I end the interaction if it is hair pulling or hand flailing/hitting. I let him rage on the floor. Biting just feels so much more intentional. I want him to never ever do it!
My brother bit me all the time and I am traumatized.
Kai bites too, but strangely it's not out of anger. He just thinks it's funny. I pull him away from me and look sternly in his eyes and say "no biting" in a harsh tone, then I put him back on my hip. If he does it again I put him down and say "no biting." It does seem to work, not that the behavior has gone away entirely, but he stops doing it at that moment. That's all I got.
Matilda went through a biting phase. She still does a bit but usually only to me. When I say OW or NO etc she laughs, evilly. It is for fun for her. I just keep saying no and eventually I will put her down on the floor.
She now has a new reaction to my husbands "NO"s for things. It makes her wail. He really upsets her by saying no, it actually works because she stops doing things when he tells her no. But my no is obviously pitiful and laughable.
She also is the "hair puller" at daycare and they work with her on doing "gentle touches" a lot. now she will pat me gently/rub my hair, which is very sweet. Though then she'll get bored with that and try to claw my eyes out again
Lincoln has been biting for months. Like you, I touch his teeth and say no bite. He then shakes his head while touching his mouth and says "bi". So, he understands but I can't get him to stop. He does it when he's excited or frustrated.
Macy bites me ALL the time. And she has like 11 teeth so it is super painful! I have been thinking that it is related to teething because it seems to come and go. Sometimes I am literally holding her head back as she comes at me with mouth open. In short I have no answers, nothing has worked for us yet. She has learned the word OW from it though....
Lexi does it out of anger or for attention. I say no bite and put her down. If I react saying OW, she laughs. Neither one of the boys were biters, so this is new for me. It doesn't seem to be happening as much lately.