[ubermum]

It depends who he bites. If it's KylieMinOgues kid, it could start another EB hissy fit.

[Catmummy]

My son went through the biting stage. I am under the impression most children do it. He bit me hard enough to draw blood a couple of times, and we had one incident at daycare where he bit a little girl, however the next week he was bitten himself. In the end he was bitten more often than he bit someone else.

I didn't flip out, I understand that's what children do, however some mothers get really unreasonable when their child is bitten in such a situation.

He'll grow out of it, I promise OP

[tazcan]

I am under the impression most children do it

I don't think most children bite but it is common enough - probably one child in a room of 20 would bite (as a statistic), at least that is what I have observed. If a child is bitten they might start to bite back in retaliation. One little girl was always biting my DD at daycare. DD had never bitten anyone, but one day the girl bit her (for about the 10th time in a period of a few weeks) and DD turned around and bit her back - that was the last time she bit DD. (and secretly I was very pleased DD had bitten her back, which is bad of me, but at least it stopped the problem).

This post has been edited by tazcan: 23/04/2012, 11:39 AM

[Xander2]

My DS has been the 'bite-ee' and also the 'biter' at his daycare. I had to sign an incident form both times as did the other parents. it's a phase they go through (he's 3 now and doesn't do it anymore, only lasted about 3 or 4 months I think) It's frustration in most cases not being able to express themselves properly.

My DD (15 months) hasn't started biting yet (although she has been bitten at daycare) but I'm sure her turn will come.

Good luck OP

[Lightning_bug]

I don't think most parents are understanding when their child is bitten!

I'm not suggesting they like it. Not the Kumbaya-style understanding but more the gritting your teeth and accepting it happens. Once or twice. Basically, they're not about to come running with pitch-forks.

If you hadn't been understanding you would have confronted the other parent, or worse still the child.

If biting was a recurrent thing I'd be more angry with the child care facility for not dealing with the issue appropriately. When DS went through his stage our CC facility was fantastic. They organised a meeting with us; gave us some tactics so we were on the same page at home and; they took a detailed diary of DS's day to identify triggers.

A good CC has training to deal with the issue. If they didn't, I'd be looking elsewhere.