re: How do I get my kid to quit biting

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don't do daycare

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So he can be the weird little mama's boy when he starts school.

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Wait until the kid is 2-3 and start playing around with you. Fun as shite.

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I can't fricking wait. I want to do everything I can with the little guy to make his childhood as fun as possible. Wanna take him to the zoo, to sea world, to the library, to spurs games....frick, I can't wait until he's old enough to take him to the kiddie playground across the street. I'm obsessed with this kid.

Shock collar.

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So he can be the weird little mama's boy when he starts school.

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I never stopped being a weird little momma's boy, tbh

Wouldn't change it for the world.

Congrats on the lil one on the way!

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Wait until the kid is 2-3 and start playing around with you. Fun as shite.

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Wait until he's 12 or 13 and can bathe himself, wipe his own arse, mow the yard, and fix his own meals...even better!

Crate training works. Keep him in his crate all day, only let him out to eat and shite but if he bites his food put him right back in. Once he can eat without biting you can leave him out for longer amounts of time but if he bite anything start the process over.

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.

Check out the title of that book on the right.

What the frick ARE teeth for, then?!

Buy the daycare a supply of ammonia capsules and have them pop one and pass it under his nose each time he tries to bite.

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I've heard of biting them back but he just laughs when we do that.

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Bite harder:

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We've also tried slapping his hand.

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I've thought about something but that was when I was in the 2nd grade and in the '70s. Our principal used to slap our palms once with a small strap no longer than our hand. Wasn't terribly hard but it stung. Won't pass as punishment today.