Biting

[Kimmy0712]

:help2: We are currently having a really hard time with Joshua and biting. He is 2 1/2 and i would think would be past this. It seems as though whenever he gets mad about something whether it is wanting a toy that Alex has or not getting what he wants he turns and bites Alex! :shuffle: Yesterday he bit him twice and the second time he left a pretty bad mark on his back. Today he bit him on his butt!

I don't know what to do to get him to stop. i feel really bad for Alex because he seems to turn his anger towards him. Alex knows since he is the big brother that he cannot hit or bite him but I am not sure if maybe I should let him bite him back once and show him that it really hurts when he does that.

HELP!!!!!

[Cami]

Aubrey did the same thing to Addison (her older sister) at about the same age. She never bit anyone else. She'd do it to Addison when she got really mad and frustrated. Like you said, I was tempted to let Addison bite her back but I didn't.

It was more like a phase and she did get past it. I was very strict when it did happen... time out, apology. And I tried to pay attention and stop Aubrey when I knew she was starting to get mad. I'd tell her "no biting" and I could see the look of frustration on her face. I'd tell her to talk to Addison instead, or to stop playing with Addison. Actually, I'm thinking now that I might have told her she could bite herself if she wanted to but that she couldn't bite anyone else!

Oh and I think we made a point of having Addison stop playing with Aubrey and tell her that she didn't want to play with Aubrey when she was being mean to her.

[Kimmy0712]

Thanks Cami that is a good idea about telling to that she could bite herself. We are trying to be very strict about it too, I just feel so bad sometimes because I am not always right there next to them while they are playing.