2 year old bitting?

Question

My sister's two year old who is almost three has been bitting my five year old son. She's been bitting him for about a year. she has bitten a couple other people, mostly adults and no other children just mine who she spends a lot of time with. When ever she bits him my sister will put her in time out and she has to say she is sorry. it doesn't seem to be working though she is still bitting after a year. Any suggestion's on ways to get her to stop other than telling him to bit her back. Thanks

Answer 1

I apologize in advance, but the only thing to stop the biting, is to bite back.

That way they get a feeling for how it hurts. Don't really hurt the child, but give him/her a feeling for how it can hurt.

Also., you may want to consider why the child is biting.

Sometimes, children have a need to do something that feels hard and tough. Things like extra time on the swing set  or jumping on a trampoline can help Bounce balls, things like that. Extra sensory imput will definitely help out.

Do an internet search for  "sensory diet". It's not a diet, but it'll help. Gives you an insight on how it feels to nave these sensory needs

Answer 2

i think bitting back is a great solution as it teaches the biter that it hurts & that it's mean to do it.

Answer 3

Biting back works. It has worked for many. The problem with biting back is doing it "right" (as if there was such a thing). If you bite back right, it gets the idea across to baby that if she bites, she will get bitten back and it will hurt. So, she stops the behavior. However when not done "right" (ie: too hard or too soft) it doesn't help at all and can get a parent into some trouble. That's why they recommend not doing it anymore. Several moms I know bit their children back. For most of them this has worked. One of them however had a 4 year old that bite and she bit her daughter back when her daughter bit her. She bit her daughter hard enough to leave some teeth marks on her. In preschool they asked her what happened and she told them mom bit her. They called to ask mom if she had bit her daughter and she said that yes, her daughter bit her and she bit her daughter back. That night, her daughter didn't come home with her, child services actually took her daughter into custody for two days to do evaluations!! My kids didn't bite, so I never went threw this.

Answer 4

Biting back is an option...but let YOUR son defend himself that way!  Personally, when our son started that biting stuff, we gave him a spanking, followed with a dab of soap in his mouth.  Had to do it twice...but the behavior stopped.

Answer 5

Have you tried biting back.You dont do it hard enough to leave marks,just to show that it doesnt feel good.