Biting 13 month old

[maxdyn]

I am asking for a friend. She posted this on our local mom board and everyone told her to start biting her

Her daughter just started daycare and had bitten before, but only her mom. At daycare now she is biting the other children repeatedly, sometimes 3 or 4 times in a row. The daycare provider has asked her what to do so that they are reacting consistently.

Any ideas?

[niq]

It's totally developmentally normal at that age, young toddler rooms are a postapocalyptic nightmare. At 13 months I would really just redirect? She can try to ask her daughter to her words, or ask leading questions like "did you want that toy? Did that other kid do something you didn't like? Can you ask 'please' or 'help' next time?" but I'm not sure the message will get through at that age.

There's a book "Teeth are not for biting" or something like that, and other similar books that drive home messages like "use your words" that can be thrown into the bedtime story mix, but it's going to take a while.

[maxdyn]

Thanks! I will tell her about the book. I am lol at post apocalyptic nightmare. It's a tiny home daycare with just another 1 yo and a 3 yo so I don't think the provider has dealt with it before

[niq]

Sept 25, 2015 18:38:40 GMT -5 maxdyn said:

Thanks! I will tell her about the book. I am lol at post apocalyptic nightmare. It's a tiny home daycare with just another 1 yo and a 3 yo so I don't think the provider has dealt with it before

our kid is in a center ... the 12-18 month room seems like the most miserable place on earth, except when it's time to eat.

[VillainV]

Very normal. My kiddo is/was a biter. I would ask what the circumstances are -- is it out of frustration? Sometimes pre-verbal kids bite because they don't have words to explain frustration, for example if another kid takes their toy.

With C, it was because of teething. We sent a few teethers to daycare and the biting stopped.