What should i do about my 15m old daughter biting herself?

Question

she dont bite anyone else but her, she dont draw blood but where she bites gets real red and blotchy, she only does it when she gets mad. any help would be great. thanks

Answer 1

your daughter may be biting herself due to frustration, there isnt really a lot you can do apart from telling her no, when she bites, she will probably stop when she realises that she has actually hurt herself

Answer 2

Ignore it.  She is trying to get your attetnion so you will give in and give her what she wants.  My youngest used to bite herself as well...only she would actually break skin and bruise herself in the biting.  After a couple of weeks of ignore it she stopped.

Answer 3

evil spirits are waging all kinds of war

this reminds me children that cut themselves. you might want to study what CUTTERs do to remedy their addictions to pain.

in the bible there was a spirit possed person that kept falling on the fire.

Always seek a priesthood blessing and pray for protection from evil

not all cutters are possessed but the oppression of spirit beings can lead a person like pavlovs dog.

if the child were older i might suggest pharmonarcotic hypnotism and post hypnotic suggestion as a possible cause. but how old does a child have to be?

Answer 4

I strongly suggest talking to the child's pediatrician. It is possible the child has frustration / anger management issues and needs alternative avenues in order to deal. Your pediatrician should be able to help with this. She may eventually stop but it could lead to other behaviors (personal experience), and telling her no isn't going to stop it if it is out of frustration.

Answer 5

i would take her to the doctor to see if she cant feel the pain because if it hurt she wouldnt keep doing it. does she do any other self destructive things that should hurt? or does she not cry at all when she falls down and stuff? better to be safe than sorry. Its extremely rare but some kids are born without being able to feel pain.

If not then im not sure. My little one never did things like that. She has bitten other people tho...

Answer 6

theres nothing that you can really do now she will grow out of that stage just tell her that it is bad when she does it

Answer 7

First of all, ignore it when you're around her, or calmy without saying anything mover her arm (or whatever she bites) away from her mouth, because otherwise you could get into this viscious cycle of negative attention seeking, and that is HARD to break out from. (He bites, you say no or get upset, she get's attention, even though it's negative and will do it again)

But I can see it is concerning for you.It looks like she needs a way out of her frustration and doesn't know how. So see if you can give her words. "I can see you are angry, (upset, sad, frustrated) because you can't reach your toy (just an example) why don't you ask for help, say "help mommy".

Then is she does, make a big happy deal about it... If she learns what her emotions are called, she can use words instead of actions to show her emotions...