Three incidents in preschool

[Anonymous]

Two kids through private part time preschool. Not a single biting incident. I think biting is normal in group care settings up to about age 22 months. After that it should be rare if kids are rested and teachers are supported. Daycares want you to believe multiple biting incidents every day are totally normal but they’re not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two kids through private part time preschool. Not a single biting incident. I think biting is normal in group care settings up to about age 22 months. After that it should be rare if kids are rested and teachers are supported. Daycares want you to believe multiple biting incidents every day are totally normal but they’re not.

yep. It means kids are overstimulated, not appropriately supervised, and/or they arent intervening when things escalate (not aware of what the signs are/dont care).

If you have a biter in the class, vigilance is a requirement AND you need to know the triggers. I

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the daycare's response. Biting is a thing that happens with very young kids. The question is whether the daycare is responding appropriately.

My kid is not a chew toy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the daycare's response. Biting is a thing that happens with very young kids. The question is whether the daycare is responding appropriately.

My kid is not a chew toy.

The parents who say this always end up having a second kid who's the biter...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did the bruise happen? Was it a thrown toy? An abusive adult? A kid mimicking what happens to them at home? A kid attacking?

Were the bites from the same child?

How is your kid responding, are they scared, are they just fine, etc

The ear bruise is concerning. One of the mom’s in my mom’s group actually
Had an ER doc refer her to CPS because of an ear bruise which is uncommon for an accidental injury. I would definitely investigate the circumstances there.

Also for repeat biting incidents - what is their plan for prevention and supervision of the biter (if it was the same child) to make sure it doesn’t happen again?

[Anonymous]

Usually biters are the most spoiled ones, especially girls

[Anonymous]

Im going to share an unpopular opinion but not one of my three kids was ever it bite or anything like that in an actual preschool. I only hear about biting in daycare.

[Anonymous]

Im sorry. But kids should not be biting. Parents do better. No excuse to be biting humans.