How do you stop your 2 year old from biting at daycare. ???

Question

She doesn't bite at home but her teachers say she does constantly at daycare. All of the kids in her class do and i don't want it to continue there or transfer to home life either.

Answer 1

you can't really stop her from biting at daycare you can talk to her about it.If she was biting at home i would suggest you bite her back not hard enough to draw blood or leave a bruise just hard enough to let her know that it hurts when people are bitten. I know day cares are not allowed to use capitol punishment so this would not work, maybe if you have a job that you can receive phone calls have the care provider call you when she bites and you can talk to her but if everyone is biting then the center has a problem and your daughter is most likely protecting her self

Answer 2

Biting a child back when they bite is considered abuse by CPS do not do it.    All I can offer is that you remove her temporarily and hire someone to babysit one on one until she passes this phase.  If not you could wind up having to pay doctor bills for all the children yours bites.  The human bite is very dangerous and it is recommended that when a child has been bitten their parents seek medical attention because the human mouth contains bacteria that causes staph and that staph bacteria is what causes necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating disease).  A parent of a child your child has bitten has every right to expect you to pay for any medical bills associated with the bite.  

Answer 3

If all the kids at the daycare are biting, especially if it's only happening there, it's probably a sign that the daycare staff either aren't dealing with it properly or just aren't dealing with it at all.  Unfortunately there isn't much you can do about what goes on at daycare.  Talk to your daughter and ask her why she is biting.  If she says she doesn't know, it probably means that she knows she can get away with it, which means you need to talk to the teachers or the director about disciplining her more.  If she tells you that the other kids are biting too, she probably feels like she needs to defend herself and you need to explain this to the teachers.

Answer 4

Put hot sauce in her mouth.

Answer 5

well my own son wasnt too bad about it, when he bit i told him no and stopped playing with him (we were usually playing "tickle monster" or something when he bit) and he's pretty much stopped but my former preacher and his wife had a son that was realy bad about it and he would bite his sisters so they were told to bite back  

Answer 6

You must not bite her back as not only are you giving the message that it is okay to bite as you have just done it but you could also be reported for abuse!  The problem lies with the centre and their stratagies in place to manage this type of behavior.  2 is the most common age for biting but can be managed if correct supervision and intervention is applied.  Children of this age can become bored easily and need the right level of engagement in thier planned activities.  I own 2 nurseries in the UK and we never have this problem as all staff do behaviour management classes. Never reinforce this behavior by doing the same to your child. 2 is also too young to punish, she needs positive reward for when she is not biting.  Let me know if I can help further but you need to findout how they are dealing with it at nursery and if they are consistent in thier methods.