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It is all a phase, and it all will pass.

I don't have experience quite like this, but I've often wondered if I will in the future. My child is, shall we say, opinionated, and once got bit because she stole a toy from another baby. But the teachers are very calm with the kids, even the fussy ones. They all have spells like that.

One thing that has helped us is to see what their corrections look like there, so we can be consistent at home. When someone misbehaves, they say, "no, thank you" to stop or correct the behavior, We try to use the same language at home, for consistency's sake. We also say, "no ma'am," and they use that for LO, too.

It passes, this was my son (not with biting, but hitting). I can't tell you how many times I would get a call or an email from the teacher about something or other and I would literally cringe.

My daughter was a tough case at daycare pretty much for an entire year, though the first couple months were the worst. They said they had never seen separation anxiety that bad - and the director has been there almost 20 years.

Maybe we just had a fantastic daycare or really great teachers, but I actually felt like it endeared LO to them more in the end... like they "earned" her affection. I never once felt like she was a thorn in their side because they were so sweet about it.

Still, it broke my heart. As time went on she started to have more fun at school but she would still have bad days. So I know it is really hard.

It will pass! My LO was a biter for awhile, but she grew out of it.