Toddler is either being bit or biting himself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's usually pretty easy to tell from a bite mark which are the top teeth and which are the bottom. An arm bite that you do to yourself will have the smaller arc of marks on the thumb side. An arm bite from someone else will almost always be the opposite.

Signed,

Someone with way too much experience!

Wow I didn't even think to examine it like this! Thanks. My DS' mark is a bit confusing because there is something that resembles a lip on the thumb side and then a thinner arc on the other. I'm guessing the lip like thing is the top teeth but I can't be sure.

Signed,

A grown woman sitting at her desk trying to bite her arm in different positions to figure this out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's usually pretty easy to tell from a bite mark which are the top teeth and which are the bottom. An arm bite that you do to yourself will have the smaller arc of marks on the thumb side. An arm bite from someone else will almost always be the opposite.

Signed,

Someone with way too much experience!

Wow I didn't even think to examine it like this! Thanks. My DS' mark is a bit confusing because there is something that resembles a lip on the thumb side and then a thinner arc on the other. I'm guessing the lip like thing is the top teeth but I can't be sure.

Signed,

A grown woman sitting at her desk trying to bite her arm in different positions to figure this out

That sounds more like he was sucking on his own arm.

— same person with too much experience

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's usually pretty easy to tell from a bite mark which are the top teeth and which are the bottom. An arm bite that you do to yourself will have the smaller arc of marks on the thumb side. An arm bite from someone else will almost always be the opposite.

Signed,

Someone with way too much experience!

Wow I didn't even think to examine it like this! Thanks. My DS' mark is a bit confusing because there is something that resembles a lip on the thumb side and then a thinner arc on the other. I'm guessing the lip like thing is the top teeth but I can't be sure.

Signed,

A grown woman sitting at her desk trying to bite her arm in different positions to figure this out

That sounds more like he was sucking on his own arm.

— same person with too much experience

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You aren’t going to be able to figure this out and that is ok. If it was me, take care of the bite mark and let it go.

+1

If it's not an isolated incident, that will become apparent (he'll regularly be biting himself in the same place, or they'll identify a kid in the class who's a biter) and then you can deal. This one, let go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's usually pretty easy to tell from a bite mark which are the top teeth and which are the bottom. An arm bite that you do to yourself will have the smaller arc of marks on the thumb side. An arm bite from someone else will almost always be the opposite.

Signed,

Someone with way too much experience!

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