Please help I have A biter!?

No way!! You want to make sure that she's not biting others...that includes adults and other children! I am having the SAME problem with my twelve month old son. He does it out of fun...giggling and playing around - not to be mean. So, it's hard for me to swat him, but dh and I started swatting him for it this week. I don't want him thinking it's okay to do that - EVER. One book told me to not make a big deal of it and he'll lose interest in biting. Didn't work for me. I'm clueless b/c my dd never did this...hmmmm...GL to you!

First off you are NOT a BAD PARENT - I think parents now a days are to scared to discipline their children because they are so worried about what will happen - well look at what's happened to society when children are not disciplined. There's children all over tv talk shows who think they are in charge of the parents - and why? because the parents give in and don't give them consequences for their actions! I'm the parent of a 2 1/2 yr old and 15 month old twins - my oldest daughter loved to bite her brother and sister - and trust me she did it alot - I tried putting her in time out and even bit her back - it worked for a while - but then when I really sat down and watched her and the times that she did bite - it was out of frustration - so I spoke to our pediatrician and asked for some advice - she said to give her something that she was allowed to bite - so we did - she got a biting pillow and whenever she got upset or frustrated my husband and I would tell her to calm down and if she needed to she could go and bite her pillow - it worked - unfortunately now the twins are starting to bite - and she is now seeing how bad it hurt and still doesn't bite - it's a never ending cycle.

Good luck to you!

Don't take anyones advice when they say "bite back."

I work in child care and have 3 children. Biting back only teaches that it is okay to bite. You aren't a bad parent, just don't tap her mouth anymore. She is only 10 months old and doesn't know that biting hurts, she is testing her world and likes the reaction even if it is negative. Check out site below.

I was a biter too, my Mom tried to do everything from spanking to biting me back. The only thing that worked is having me chew soap. My Mom gave me a bar of Ivory soap to bite and I chewed it and then spit it up. I never bit Billy Messenger again.

No you are not a bad parent, just remember to never hit a child on the mouth. The control of force is too difficult for most people. If you have to hit a child only hit them on the bottom with a bare hand. That way you have as much control as possible and can modify the force you use.

Make sure you do everything out of love for the child, and not anger. This is what you do with a biter. Immediately after she bites you, bite her back. Due to children's short attention span, you have to take immediate action, or she wont understand why you do this. What this will do is make her associate biting with pain. Keep in mind, you're not doing this to get back at her. It is simply to train her not to bite, and to realize that it hurts. It may take a few times, but she should catch on.

Absolutely not! She may be biting because she is teething and feels the need to chew. My daughter went through the same stage. Try a sippy cup with a 100% juice Popsicle and water to make a slushy! It worked on my daughter (Now one) and she understands that there are somethings you can and can't bite.

you are not a bad parent

don't do the biting back...the nastiest germs are transferred from a mouth and it shows that if you are bigger then biting is ok...toddler logic

I like the idea about the biting pillow.

my child was bit 3 times on the face in one day at daycare so I know this behavior must stop.

Ten Months. Well you need to know babies that are teething that have teeth. its a new thing to them. and when they learn to bit things. They will bit anything they can get in reach of their little hands. I dont think its good to be hitting your daughters mouth cause she bit you. My little nephew is 9 months and he bits me. and some times he bits me to the point to were it hearts. Its not good to yell or hit them cause babies dont know their own strangth. So to stop the biting of fingers and showlders. hand him a teething toy. there are foods you can boy your babie when they are teething.

but hitting is not the right action to take to this situation. without hitting just give her a soft teething toy.

put her in a time out, when she tries to get up, put her back up, time outs are supposed to be 1 minute for every 3 months old they are. (untill they reach 2 then its just 5 minutes) i know its just a time out, but i works on my 2 year old. I also agree with every the others try getting those bitter biskuts. its a food for teething babies.

Bite her back!! It may sound like a morbid act of retaliation, but it works. My 3 year old hasn't bit since then.