re: How do I get my kid to quit biting

I bit mine back, hard enough to hurt, and it slowed her down. Didn't stop. We did time out and spanking when appropriate, and it slowed, but didn't stop.

You need to have help from the daycare. If they aren't willing to work with you, find a new daycare - either one with fewer kids per classroom or at least a better teacher/kid ratio. Ours put an extra aide in the classroom to help make sure it wasn't happening. They also let her have a teething bib (to bite if it's teething related) and/or a pacifier if she wants it.

We bought the books about not biting and we read them a lot.

It's difficult when they're younger, but we are also trying to teach words. No no if someone is trying to take her toy. Please if she wants someone's toy. And the teachers are aware so they know to step in if she starts saying no no to a kid. We are teaching her "soft" for if she's being too rough with pets or people. We practice saying no no and please all the way to daycare in the mornings - and both parents are involved in that effort.

We found it's a worse problem when she's tired/cranky (like if she's had a bad sleep night) or when her personal space is too crowded. Summer has a smaller group of kids, and we have only had like one incident in the last month. It's been amazing. Good news is your kid will take up for himself.