Biting

[bright sparks]

I would keep a written record of all incidents, speak to the parents to see if this child has bitten before and then I think the best thing you can do is to shadow the child In the hopes of catching her before she bites. As a punishment I would strap her in a highchair away from the other children and tell her she can not come back to play if she is going to hurt her friends. Doing this continuously might help to both prevent this from happening and may over time solve this problematic phase.

[AmandaKDT]

I would keep a written record of all incidents, speak to the parents to see if this child has bitten before and then I think the best thing you can do is to shadow the child In the hopes of catching her before she bites. As a punishment I would strap her in a highchair away from the other children and tell her she can not come back to play if she is going to hurt her friends. Doing this continuously might help to both prevent this from happening and may over time solve this problematic phase.

Yes, I plan to write it down in my incident book to keep a record and will be telling the mom today at pick up. I am pretty sure this biting is new, I have had this girl full time since she was 11 months old but I will confirm it with her mom. I have been working so hard to get this dcg to stop with the hitting and pinching and thought we were passing that phase, but now apparently it is turning into biting.

I always pick her up and put her in the time out spot, and she will sit there for a minute or two - but she seems mostly unaffected by it. She will just sit there with this quizzical look on her face, then she will wander back out and start playing again like nothing happened. She is such a sweet heart otherwise.