Biting

[Momof4]

I put the onus to stop the biting on the parent. I had a biter in care last year and in one day a baby went home with a huge bite on his cheek and another child had a bite mark on his arm. I showed the parents of the biter and told them it had to stop immediately. I was right there but it happened so fast I couldn't even stop it. I watched her like a hawk but she still did it whenever somebody touched her toys. Sorry you have to go through this! In my case, there was no reason for it other than the toy issue. If you get to the root of the problem, that's key also.

I'll tell you what the dcMom did that evening. When her daughter tried to bite her, instead of yelling ouch as usual, she grabbed her arm and bit her back just hard enough to make her realize it really hurts. It worked! You and I can't do that, but the parents can. Maybe you think this is horrible, but parenting means DOING something and I'm proud of this dcMom.