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How do I stop him biting?
Title says it all really, Barney has turned into a pitbull!! He keeps biting us, sometimes when he is cross, sometimes with no warning at all. Poor Millie gets the worst of it as she isn't as good at seeing him coming, and he often bites her without warning while they are playing. We've tried shouting no at him, he hates being shouted at and it often makes him cry, but it makes no difference to the biting. We tend to just remove him and ignore him completely so he gets no attention for it but I can't expect Millie not to squeal when he bites her (he's left a full set of teeth mark bruises twice this week). Any ideas? He's only 16 1/2 months so too young really for a naughty corner which is what we normally use with Millie when removing attention doesn't work.
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How we (and his nursery) dealt with it was as soon as he had bitten he would be told firmly "no that hurts mummy etc" (or at nursery the gilrs would say "you've hurt my friend so and so") and then look like your upset. he was then sat on the floor and we walked away from him, not giving him any attention at all, and he didn't get any attention until he approached us and said sorry or asked for cuddle.
The biting stopped within days and he's never done it since (apart from other night when dad told him to go find mum and bite her bum!!!) i think the trick is to not shout and rave about it as to them this is still attention but to make them realise how hurtful they are being and that no one likes people that are nasty and hurtful
Hope this helps x
We have done this with ours and have never had a particular problem with biting. Of course we may just have been lucky lol!
Mx
[Modified by: princessjane on November 24, 2009 08:06 PM]
Hope he stops biting soon hun. He might think it's a game when he's biting his sis as she squeals, but hopefully what you're doing will show him it's not a good thing to do. It's so hard to know how to discipline at that age, I struggle with what to do with Evie. Lily goes on the step but Evie is too young for that. Good luck with it.
xxx
Good luck with Barney! xx
He would also bite on the sofa. He did it more when he was told off. But then it just stopped.
Know when he is moved away from things or ive told him off and his mouth goes towards my hands or knees i ask him 'did mommy feel teeth then' and he thinks about it and doesnt do it. Probably because he knows he gets sent away from me to the otherside of the room till he gives me h hug to say sorry. Zackys 17 months now by the way.