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14 month old biteing?

my daughter has started biting me and other people. I came home from work the other day and she ran up to me and gave me a hug i huged her back and she shunk her 4 lil teeth in my shoulder. i dont use spanking as a form of disaplin, i want my daughter to know hitting is wrong so i will never use that as a punishment, but fisrt thought came through my mind was pop her one in the mouth , i didnt instead i set her down walked out the room and she threw a fit as though she did not know what she did wrong! is this normal for toddlers to have a biteing stage? how do you get through it?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    yep, kids bite. some dont but most do.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Two of my children used to bite,the first one i worned twice that it was a naughty thing to do and it hurts my feelings that he did it,he continued to do it until one day i bit him back ,not hard but enough to leave a mark and it scared him so much he never did it again.The second child i told her stories about how the tooth fairy can see how many times she has bitten somebody and if she continues to do it, the toothfairy would come and take all her teeth out without money and she would cry because she loves beautiful teeth that dont bite to put up in the sky at night .this worked but be prepared for a million questions about the toothfairy :)

  • 1 decade ago

    My son bit another child at 17 months - it was scary and upsetting for the child and for everyone around and I felt awful. It is just a phase and unfortunately something some toddlers do.

    I was told by the health visitor to say very strongly. "Do not bite! Look you made *name* cry!" then turn away and lavish comfort on to the one who was bitten and not spend time giving the biter attention by telling them off.

    My son has gone to bite me but I caught him just in time and said "Don't you dare bite me!" and he looked me in the eye but didn't bite - thank goodness.

    Good luck.

    PS 2 months later and no bites recently so it could be a short phase!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    First mistake Mom. You cannot be effective with your toddler if she never learns consequences. Spank her and stop trying to be her best friend.

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