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re: How do you deal with a biting baby at daycare?

Posted on 11/3/16 at 10:33 pm to
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 11/3/16 at 10:33 pm to
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Just wondering, what are the roles and responsibilities of the people running the daycare and the parents of the biting toddler?


My gf works at a daycare with the ages you're talking about. Biting is a huge problem with some of the kids that age.

The rule where she works is if a child bites 3 times within a 2 week period they get sent home for a week. A certain number of times within the "semester" and the child is completely kicked out of the program.

They actually had to kick one boy out within the first few weeks this year after the little shite bit another kid 3 times with the same week. The other girl in the class got fired because she would be sitting on her phone the whole time leaving my gf watching eight 1-2 yr old children by herself, which is apparently more difficult than it sounds
Posted by tigers102886
Member since May 2008
1227 posts
Posted on 11/3/16 at 10:51 pm to
My wife and I were touring a daycare last week and in the middle of our tour, a dad had to come and pick up his kid for biting. He was not pleased.
Posted by Rockbrc
Attic
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 11/3/16 at 10:56 pm to
See thread on rabid raccoon
Posted by bradwieser
Cornell Fan
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Posted on 11/3/16 at 11:07 pm to
Put it down.
Posted by ChunkyLover54
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 11/3/16 at 11:45 pm to
Don't make your wife/gf/bitch work
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:09 am to
I've had one kid who got bit a lot and another who bit a lot. It's frustrating but part of toddler life.

Kids bite because they don't know other ways to express themselves when they want attention.

ER? That's a bit much. As a new parent I can see being scared and taking them to their pedi or to urgent care.
Posted by BayouFann
CenLa
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:12 am to
Being bit back is the fastest way to break that shite up. And its an early life lesson that they'll understand.
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20759 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 12:12 am to
I had a coworker back in the 90's whose son was a serial biter/hitter. He was kicked out of four daycares (that I know of).
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
47597 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 1:03 am to
Geez. Kids bite. Get a grip.

P.S. Sounds like your first child. What would you if your own child was the biter at that age. Blow a gasket?
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 1:07 am
Posted by RBWilliams8
Member since Oct 2009
53419 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:02 am to
I think I can help because I've been catching up with the walking dead. From what I've learned, if you cut off their arms and remove their teeth they'll become docile.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:05 am to
I think you need to reconsider the daycare

Most daycares of high reputation will boot a kid if (s)he bites three times like that
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:25 am to
Someone's gotta take that that little baby girl down.
This post was edited on 11/4/16 at 6:27 am
Posted by Benne Wafer
Member since Jan 2015
405 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:27 am to
First off, you don't blow a gasket. If your kid is in daycare, chances are s/he will be bit at some point. Lord of the Flies mentality and all that. *Your* kid might end up biting another kid down the road. My oldest came up with bites that bruised over a few times, different kids each time. This is very common and a phase in the one year old room, by the time they move to the two-year old room it isn't an issue.

Speak with the director of the daycare and see what their biting policy is. Ask if it happens again with this kid that he be moved to another room. Move to another daycare but realize, chances are still good your kid is going to be bit.
Posted by TexasTiger1185
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2011
13074 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:41 am to
Cover your kid in cayenne pepper. When that other rascal bites their mouth will light up with burning pain!
Posted by crispyUGA
Upstate SC
Member since Feb 2011
15925 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:45 am to
As the alpha, it is your duty to defend your pack from outside dangers. Go beat the shite out of the girl's dad.
Posted by Perrydawg
Middle Ga Area
Member since Jan 2014
4773 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:45 am to
my son is one year's old and he has been the recipient of a few bites at day care as well as bitten a few himself. It seems to have subsided a bit now that he is not teething as much. He bit the shite out of me one night and I took the old school method and bit him back, not enough to break the skin but enough to know that he needed to cut that shite out. I do not believe we have had a biting report come home from daycare in about a month so that is good. It is a fact of life of toddlers that they are going to bite. This is our first child and my wife was freaking out the first time he got bit as well, but it just comes with the territory and kids are trying to assert dominance (just like a litter of puppies).
Posted by tigerdup07
Member since Dec 2007
21979 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:52 am to
they're babies. toughen up
Posted by LSU-MNCBABY
Knightsgate
Member since Jan 2004
24392 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 6:59 am to
There is a bitter at our daycare in the same age range, he has bitten a ton of the kids, multiple times. They say after the 3rd time they tell the parents and keep him home for a couple of days or something, nothing they can really do about it.

Posted by choupic
Somewhere on da bayou
Member since Nov 2009
2024 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:04 am to
It happens. Some daycares it happens more than others. We've been to three different ones and my son has been bitten or scratched at all three. The first couple of times he was bit first. After that he started to retaliate.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83686 posts
Posted on 11/4/16 at 7:16 am to
quote:

Just wondering, what are the roles and responsibilities of the people running the daycare and the parents of the biting toddler?


normally the biters get kicked out of the daycare
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