https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 02:22:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biting-5#post-2427782 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:51:41 +0000 PinkElephant 2427782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My girls are similar ages, and the little one is a hair puller/hitter/biter. We are working on not giving it much attention when she does these things - after a firm "No biting!" and stopping her in the act, we ignore her. If she continues to hit/bite, we remove her from the situation, and attempt to talk to her about why she is mad.</p> <p>With this in mind, I'm trying to show my older DD that sometimes (particularly with hair pulling), DD2 does these things just for a reaction. By yelling, whining, crying, or hitting back, she's perpetuating the behavior. I encourage her to say "That's not nice, &lt;lil sister&gt;. I don't like it when you bite me!" and walk away.</p> <p>When she manages to hold it together and do that, a lot of times DD2 will chase her down to hug her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biting-5#post-2427773 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:46:04 +0000 kodybear 2427773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we just went through this with our 17mo biting at daycare. the book "teeth are not for biting" made a huge difference! they read the same book at daycare and so having both of us reiterating it helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biting-5#post-2427700 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:13:14 +0000 Bao 2427700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: That's exactly what our situation is like...boundaries and not being able to express with words </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biting-5#post-2427660 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:57:44 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2427660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter just got bit for the first time by her little brother. It was on her chest and it left a bruise. While he's still too young to really discipline, we did talk sternly to him more to just reinforce for her that its not ok. We also did talk to her because we have told her over and over to not hug on him and if he pushes back she needs to respect him. So we told her that since he doesn't have words, and she wouldn't listen to his cries that he did the only thing he knew to do to get her to stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/biting-5#post-2427635 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:38:54 +0000 Bao 2427635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 22 months and just bit her sister today (3.5) and actually drew blood. I was at a bit of a loss since this is something she just started doing. I sternly told her it is not ok to bite, repeated that a few times, and had her apologize to her sister. On the flip side, her older sister has done her fair share of hitting/pushing/sitting on over this past 6-9 months. I know kids have these behaviors but is there a way to stop it? Or at least keep it somewhat controlled? I don't want them beating up on each other every time one of them gets upset. </p> <p>Did your LO go through a biting phase? How did you handle it? </p>