What to do about BITING BEHAVIOR

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Children’s Books:
Teeth are Not for Biting: www.amazon.com/Teeth-Biting-B...
No Biting: www.amazon.com/Teeth-Biting-B...
Little Dinos Don’t Bite: www.amazon.com/Little-Dinos-D...
No More Biting for Billy Goat: www.amazon.com/More-Biting-Bi...
It’s Never Right To Bite Social Story: www.teacherspayteachers.com/P...
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No Biting: www.amazon.com/No-Biting-Prac...
The Biting Solution: www.amazon.com/Biting-Solutio...
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[@ruess]

I'm not sure how helpful a short 10 minute video would have been on a topic this nuanced. Thanks so much!

[@dancinglala921]

Thank you so much for making this video, my son already bit two different teachers. This honesty helped a lot because my son doesn’t bite at home but he already bit two teachers at daycare and he has been getting speech therapy too and special instructions

[@javisantiso7944]

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[@ivelissearellano6721]

Thanks. Straight to the point. Good examples and strategies. Thanks for resources. I'll recommend it to my clients' parents to watch.

[@theyorks]

Very helpful video! I have a one year old who has been biting me when he is frustrated. I have been curious to know why and this explains quite a bit. Thanks for sharing!

[@tamykacampos4395]

Thank you for all the helpful information.

[@danacole4827]

Very informative and helpful! I'm a preschool teacher in the two year old class and this has been a problem lately. I will share your link with my parents.

[@christinafeldkamp3872]

Thank you - very helpful! I have to admit, the Karen Katz book that was recommended only mentions biting on one page, and then goes into other behaviors. The rest of the recommended list was great!

[@MarcioGhiraldelli]

Thanks! Very interesting the bit about empathy and not sending kids to timeout or asking them to say sorry

[@juliebega7611]

Thank you! Very insightful, and jam packed full of information no rambling :) It couldn't have been shorter. Grateful to have discovered this resource

[@AprilEscobar]

Thank you so much! This video has really helped me to understand my child.

[@BossLaiiDy]

Thank you soo much for this video!! It was very informative. I loved all the solutions and resource you have provided ❤️❤️ I’m an early intervention specialist and have a couple kiddos who are bitting

[@mercystreet45]

An exceptionally thorough and informative video--its length belies its pith. :) Thank you, and I look forward to watching other videos.

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

mercystreet45 Thank you for the kind feedback!

[@RMLeLoup]

Thank you very much for this. Well worth it.

[@carlafonseca3897]

Lisa, this video is great! Really rich information and easy to understand. It was so helpful for my assessment of Why children bite. Thanks so much and i’m looking forward to watch new ones.

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Carla Fonseca Thank you for the kind comment!

[@gabrielasantos9253]

My has been hitting at home, but but a kid at school for the first time today. He’s 14months and I feel horrible for the parents! Thank you so much for your video. Took several notes and will try to put in practice as much as possible.

[@monicatorres594]

Excellent video thanks for all the good information!!

[@elainebrown9854]

Thank you so much for this practical video.

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Of course! Thank you for the kind feedback.

[@paleospear]

This is a very helpful explanation. Thank you very much for sharing this information!

[@erinmelson4981]

Thank you. This is very insightful and helpful.

[@luzserrano6860]

Loved the blooper! Lol Thanks for all the useful advice on biting!

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Haha thanks!

[@LAks-hy2bi]

It's not long ,as long as we learn how to help our little one's. Thank you 🤗

[@lilleamiga]

Thank you for this video. It helped me in my work as a preeschool teacher.

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

lilleamiga Of course! So glad it’s helpful :)

[@bydara6381]

Hi! I watched your video today. I hope you made more videos because this is very educational. Hope you are doing great.

[@cathrynreallydoescare3639]

Thank you that was hopefully helpful.🦋😃

[@mariabarraza4871]

Thank you so much it was so helpful to me I will try this strategies. I know it takes time and dedication and lots of practice. I appreciate you.

[@marinievesmejia6736]

Thank you for such helpful video

[@patriziadipasquale3574]

this was so helpful! thank you : )

[@onetimelovely]

This was great. Thank you! And yes I was here through this long video lol. I subscribe.

[@LauraAnn1980]

I know this video is old but this was so helpful thank you! I have a 14 month old who bites and from this video I was able to figure out several reasons that I think she's biting. Teething, sensory seeking, and frustration. Now I know what to do to help in each situation. She's also just learning how to give kisses and sometimes gets her teeth over involved. She loves giving kisses.

[@jessicavelez2492]

Thank you for this video. I've been having so much trouble with my 3 year old at her day care and biting. Both me and her Dad have tried telling her no biting. I'm going to try reading as I did that with potty training and it seemed to help. The social worker at the school suggested consequences like taking away a favorite toy but I feel that will not help at her age she is to young to understand.

[@honeyofajewel6331]

Thank you for this video. I am feeling lots and frustrated. Those are leading to me not believing in myself.

[@mosoandso]

My 1 year old is a very mild and sweet little dude. He loves to entertain by making doing things to illicit reaction. Waving, making faces and noises for response (“aww” “you’re so silly” “rawr! baby bear”). Recently he has been scratching and biting but it seems for my reaction. I say my reaction because he only does it to me. He giggles when I say “ouch” and goes for another chomp or hand swipe. I say things like “That really hurts, no biting. Be gentle please” and show him gentle/love touch. He doesn’t seem to understand “pain” and thinks it’s play. I’ve cried for real once which did surprise him and gave me love but on the whole he seems to think it’s play. He’s typically super super gentle (even when eating) so I’m sure he’s not intentionally hurting me but I’m covered in bruises and am dressing strategically now like a battered woman. I’m not sure what to do.

[@fvds2926]

I'm really hoping that me and my child's daycare teacher can watch this video and come together and helping my autistic son feel better Behavior techniques and also help them coping with things that he might be going through without me as his support system. I'm hoping his teacher can become a major support system in his life and help me and making him a stronger adult

[@sueweisberg1474]

This was great, very helpful A good reminder as to why biting occurs and the strategies that can be used

[@jennyfickes3051]

Thank you!!!!!

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Jenny Fickes Of course! Hope it’s a little bit helpful :)

[@1dulceritmo]

Thank you .. please more videos on behavior

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Ilovdance I definitely need to make some time to create more! :)

[@soheilsaemian9309]

Thank you Lisa, we just watched it and found it really informative and useful, appreciate your time.

[@mak8422]

Marvelous

[@maryssajoyceflores962]

Good day Madam. If it is possible, can we see whats inside the biting story? The one that is entitled "It's never good to bite" I think it would be a great help to us. Thank you so much.

[@NikholaRichter]

My son started biting after turning 3, from what i have seen is in self defense, and frustration. He is at Day care and Pre-school. He is not an aggressive child, and understands that bitting is not ok because as soon as he does it, he gets upset, and tells himself “no biting”. But he has not been able to replace that behavior with a favorable one.

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Hi there! I just saw this comment. Hope it’s gotten better! Since he seems to cognitively understand, perhaps it’s just a matter of him gaining more impulse control and self-regulation ability as he gets older.

[@rushdafathima3149]

I'm having the exact same problem ,when did it stop

[@priscillaguirre8266]

Hello, thank you for the video. My son is two and just started biting himself when he's really frustrated. Usually at the start of a time out or when I drop him off at daycare. He's really hard to calm once he's going. He hasn't bitten anyone else YET, but I'm afraid it will escalate. He LOVES his daycare, they say he stops crying within 5 minutes... it's just that transition that triggers him. I feel when I linger, it makes him more hysterical. I've tried giving him hugs, comforting words, talking him out of his anxiety and try to calm him down, but it seems to make it worse. Putting him down, walking away and leaving feels like I'm not being attentive to him emotions. Any suggestions, or is the quick band aid pull the best route?

[@chelseastrmserver2813]

Hi, thank you for the video. I watched all the way through because I’m a mother of a suddenly aggressive biter at 5 yrs old. He’s had the very rare instance of biting in the past but as of the last 2 months he has become increasingly defiant, increasingly aggressive, and im honestly not sure how to correct this. what led me here today was my son biting me on the stomach hard enough to draw blood. The most confusing aspect of the situation was the fact that we were having fun together only a moment before it happened. I think the reason was that I decided to end the play time at that moment and he wanted to continue playtime.

[@chelseastrmserver2813]

p.s. I should add my son has developmental delay alongside an ADD diagnosis just for some context. He has not spoken yet either. the odd word maybe here and there but nothing consistent enough to be considered speech.

[@jcole6700]

I don’t know what to do. We watch videos. Read books. He’s in speech therapy. They were working with him about space. But you can’t put a timer on these things

[@krissirhoades8450]

when I tell my almost 2 year old no she bites herself an tells me no

[@usa2342]

One person was working at a nursery. There was a toddler who bit other kids. The way she stop this kid from biting others, she pulled that kid hair when he was biting other kid. This kid understood that it hurts. Of course she did unnoticed to that biting kid. That kid learned this lesson and biting stopped.

[@seherabrar1091]

I came across this video while searching for a good video to help with my biting toddler. So basically my daughter is 23 months and she is a very good kid. Very loving and caring with other kids and adults. It’s just this one kid who usually comes over with his elder sister to play with my daughter that my daughter bites. They basically play in my daughter’s room with her toys and she’s had some trouble sharing which I think is normal because for the most part she shares. But she just doesn’t get along with the boy who is a year older than her but is very petite so looks much smaller than her. Today she bit him so hard and Ofcourse I intervened quickly and made her stop and immediately tend to the boy and told my daughter to stop and was firm with her. Then she hugged him and things were fine for a bit but again she wanted to bite but I stopped her before it happened. With my daughter I think she’s being territorial or possessive of her things but is there something I need to do or can do to control this behaviour?

[@zgirlval104]

I have this issue with my son too 😔

[@barbaramcspadden8655]

Kazoos are legitimate instruments and not annoying.

[@fideliskamsnok5685]

My son 1yr 7moth, when he gets annoys with his sister 1 yr 5 month, he goes in biting. I most time get pissed of seeing such a behavior.

[@taurinice]

👏👏👏

[@muhammadasghar6711]

Kids also bite when they are super excited, hyperactive or high on sugar. That's their way of expression of excitement.

[@earlychildhoodtherapist7527]

Absolutely!

[@SeanLandess]

Thank you, as a parent of a 3 yr old serial biter.

[@blazen4426]

😂😂😂 sounds from my son

[@rosemcginnis914]

All these videos are for parents of biters, what about the biting victims. My child was badly bitten by an older child at a daycare. What should we do?

[@klarissicasays3623]

What program did you use to edit your video?

[@lisamccormick1202]

iMovie :)

[@moniquegonzalez1397]

My bite me in my pregnancy and pushes me

[@krissirhoades8450]

how do I get her to stop

[@brittc7614]

Krissi Rhoades figure out the cause and then treat the problem. My child always bites me in the morning because I'm groggy and he's bored. He's always bored and loves attention so as soon as I see those teeth coming for me I. Say please don't bite me, be nice. Here let's go feed the dog or play with your toy.

[@jcole6700]

My 2.7 year old has been dismissed from daycare for biting twice now. He bit over 25 times in his new daycare he was only at for one month. Now we have to find another daycare but we will face the same problem. There’s no one else who can help watch him so I’m on my own b/c dad is away.

[@marlynnek6449]

When your child is still biting at 4, seek professional help.

[@Recroomsniperpro]

If you get bitten bandage it up

[@barbara1904]

I bit my son back, just enough to hurt and he never bit again.

[@nfh688jfnie]

We bit we got spanked we quit biting. End of story.

[@ChristineAbeto]

Thank you so much! I have so much lesrning today🩷