BITING AT ONE
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BITING AT ONE
| Wed, 08-09-2006 - 2:26pm |
I AM A MOTHER OF ONE YEAR OLD TWIN BOYS, I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH BITING. WHEN THEY GET ANGRY OR FRUSTRATED WITH EACH OTHER THEIR FIRST REACTION IS TO BITE ONE ANOTHER. I HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS SUCH AS, SEPERATING AND TELLING THE BITER NO BITING AND THEN IGNORING THEM AND GIVING ALL THE ATTENTION TO THE INJURED BOY, I HAVE ALSO TRIED BITING BACK TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP, BUT IT SEEMS IF YOU ARE TRYING TO TEACH NOT TO BITE WHY WOULD BITING THEM HELP, I TRIED BECAUSE IT WAS SUGGESTED THE MOST. FINALLY I HAVE TRIED SWATTING ON THE HAND AND SAYING NO BUT AGAIN I FEEL LIKE HITTING THEM TO GET THEM NOT TO BITE IS KIND OF DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TIMEOUT SEEMS LIKE THE MOST LOGICAL SOLUTION TO ME HOWEVER THEY ARE ONLY ONE YEARS OLD AND TIMEOUTS AREN'T REALLY EFFECTIVE AT THIS AGE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? SHOULD THEY BE ACTING SO AGGRESSIVE AND FRUSTRATED ALREADY AT ONE? HELP PLEASE.

I think biting may be pretty common for that age and Ryland bit me once and I sternly said "No biting" and he hasn't done it since.
I WILL LEAVE THAT TO MY HUSBAND THOUGH. ANYWAY HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
Had a hard time reading your post cuz my eyes kept crossing.