My little girl is a biter whenever she teeths. She only does it at day care. I don't why that is. She doesn't do it at home. In the last teeting phase she was in, she was booted out for a day. We worked hard for her NOT to bite again meaning we put her on motrin to relieve the infammation and pain, we gave her pacifier so she could chew on it. We massaged her jaw as much as we could. Then her first molars came up and she was fine then. NOW her 2nd set of molars are in the works and she is on a biting rampage. She is back on Motrin and we are doing everything we can to resolve this but the owner, from what we heard, is upset now and has mentioned that she would need to boot the baby permanently from day care if she does it again. I am so stressed out because this daycare has been good to us and our oldest daughter loves that place and it's across from where I work...I do not want to separate the girls, you know.
Have any one of you experience having a biter and what have you done to resolve it?
H~
I watch 4 children daily and
I watch 4 children daily and very seldom do any of them bite, but I have noticed recently the 14 month old girl biting when another child takes a toy away from her. I am thinking it is a stage and it will pass, although her parents and I are working on teaching her not to bite. Another 17 month old bit yesterday because another child was disturbing him, in which I have never experienced it with him before. I watch the kids closely and prevent most of it with the 14 month old from occurring, but it really caught me off guard with the 17 month old. Do you think it could be other reasons why your child is biting? My son is 17 months old and he has always bitten my husband and I. He pulled a little girls hair for a while just to hear her reaction to it, but after working with him, he no longer does it, but he still bites us when he is teething. A friend of mine stopped watching a little 15 month old biter because he left a permanent scar on another child. I believe this child did it out of anger though from problems at home. I can understand where the day care is coming from, but also as a parent, I understand your stress.
Maybe once your child is past the stage of biting, can she return to her favorite day care. Good Luck!
One Happy Mom in Arizona.
Have you tried a cold
Have you tried a cold teething ring and telling her if she wants to bite she can bite that? Sometimes my 18 mth. old just needs to bite something when he teeths, so I offer him a better option than a person. Good luck. I'd be freaking out too.
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How about orajel? I used to
How about orajel? I used to put this on my kid's gums - makes them drool a lot though. Good luck - ya have to respect the day care because they may be responding to complaints.
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This happened to a friend of
This happened to a friend of mine as well. It passed but unfortunately not fast enough because her son got kicked out of day care. It sounds like you are doing what you can. Hang in there. Isn't there something for babies to put on their gums that numb it a touch? Perhaps ask your pediatrician.
We placed a call to her
We placed a call to her pediatrician yesterday. We haven't heard back yet. We tried everything. Hyland and other homepathic tablets makes her sick. Oregel makes her sick. She refuses cold ice stuff. She is the bitty difficult one of the two girls. And yeah we respect the owner big time. We are just worried about separating the girls like I said our big girl has friends since infancy there and they are tight. They have treat us well. If it happens then we will have to figure out something. sigh
H~
If the daycare will allow
If the daycare will allow it, bring it a bunch of teething rings, pacifies, etc. My oldest also had something that was like a washcloth, but rubber on the corners. He held it like a blanket but chewed on the corners.
You don't want to lose the daycare, so maybe consider taking a day off work or adjustinbg your work schedule so you can keep your child home during the worst of the teething.
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Hopefully you can talk to
Hopefully you can talk to the ped today. I would ask for some pain meds to help her settle down. Just to get her through this phase. And/or like the other post suggested, see if you can temporarily adjust your schedule to reduce how much time she is in daycare.
My kids would never use teethers or any of the teething gels, and I don't use homeopathic remedies, but they weren't biters either, just cranky and miserable. Good luck and let us know what happens!
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I don't have any experience
I don't have any experience with biting (knock on wood), but I was wondering if in addition to soothing her whether you have done anything to teach her that biting isn't okay, ever? I understand that her gums are hurting her, but she needs to understand that there are consequences for her biting.
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The problem is that she does
The problem is that she does it at daycare, not home...so we can't do anything about it until we catch her do it. But the day care have been working on her and so far she is doing much better.
H~