It is your responsibility to work with the school to get the biting under control. Absolutely tell the new director what has been going on and appeal for help in getting it taken care of. The key here is that you must be willing to work with the school/teachers/director. Otherwise your child will just get kicked out again and you will gain a reputation of trying to throw the problem at the school.

Anonymous wrote:Omg yes you tell them. Why wait for something negative to happen to another child when you can give a heads up that he has been known to bite and they can keep an extra pair of eyes on him. Also, you need to ask the current teachers the situation that surrounds why he bites. Another child taking a toy from him? Him wanting a toy from another child and biting? Will he scream and then bite? The more you know, they better you all can prevent it

But that’s the thing. Due to what in my opinion is way too much teacher rotation and a very poor system of communication, it has been nearly impossible to get this type of information from his current daycare. It sounds like either he is doing it totally at random, or they have not been able to identify what triggers the behavior. If I knew certain situations where he would be more likely to bite, I would definitely see value in letting the new daycare know since it could help them prevent an incident. But with the information I have now, it seems like it might not help them much in a practical sense.

Anonymous wrote:Any daycare worth their salt will be aware that there is a risk of a 21 month old biting another kid. They should have policies and procedures in place to deal with it.
I don't see any value in telling them, especially since it very well could have been situational with the specific kids and/or environment.

They do and it’s kicking out the biter.

Op, yes tell the new daycare so they can be aware.

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Anonymous wrote:Its normal a few times but this sounds excessive and not normal.

+1 I’m on a warpath to get a kid kicked out of my DDs daycare class. The child has bitten my DD 4 times and broken skin. The daycare is monitoring the situation but the child needs to be gone. We are talking to attorneys.

There are attorneys who work to get kids kicked out of daycare??? That is so depressing.

Anonymous wrote:If the current director is really overreacting, the new director will recognize that response level is inappropriate. If the current director’s responsible is reasonable, the new director will give you a heads up that noting won’t be tolerated there either. Hiding it just kicks the van down the curb a tuition cycle.

FWIW, when my youngest brother was biting kids in daycare, he landed at a center that was cool with the chawing and nipping. One day, another toddler bit him on the cheek so hard that it broke the skin and left a scar. The director was nonplussed. She would have kept a great white shark enrolled if the tuition was paid on time

this is such an amazing, evocative image!

If the current director is really overreacting, the new director will recognize that response level is inappropriate. If the current director’s responsible is reasonable, the new director will give you a heads up that noting won’t be tolerated there either. Hiding it just kicks the van down the curb a tuition cycle.

FWIW, when my youngest brother was biting kids in daycare, he landed at a center that was cool with the chawing and nipping. One day, another toddler bit him on the cheek so hard that it broke the skin and left a scar. The director was nonplussed. She would have kept a great white shark enrolled if the tuition was paid on time

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Anonymous wrote:Its normal a few times but this sounds excessive and not normal.

+1 I’m on a warpath to get a kid kicked out of my DDs daycare class. The child has bitten my DD 4 times and broken skin. The daycare is monitoring the situation but the child needs to be gone. We are talking to attorneys.

Inadequate supervision. Chances are other kids are hitting, kicking, shoving, pulling hair and other similar things that the staff are not intercepting. Bites just happen to stand out more. Pull and protect your child.

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Anonymous wrote:Its normal a few times but this sounds excessive and not normal.

+1 I’m on a warpath to get a kid kicked out of my DDs daycare class. The child has bitten my DD 4 times and broken skin. The daycare is monitoring the situation but the child needs to be gone. We are talking to attorneys.

Yeah, laywer up. That's the best way to deal with toddlers toddlering.

Anonymous wrote:Its normal a few times but this sounds excessive and not normal.

+1 I’m on a warpath to get a kid kicked out of my DDs daycare class. The child has bitten my DD 4 times and broken skin. The daycare is monitoring the situation but the child needs to be gone. We are talking to attorneys.

Its normal a few times but this sounds excessive and not normal.

Don't complain about the other daycare to him. They will be keeping an extra close eye on him as he transitions to get a better feel of his personality and behavior. If anything I would say there were concerns in his class with children biting and he has recently tried to bite you at home.

Omg yes you tell them. Why wait for something negative to happen to another child when you can give a heads up that he has been known to bite and they can keep an extra pair of eyes on him. Also, you need to ask the current teachers the situation that surrounds why he bites. Another child taking a toy from him? Him wanting a toy from another child and biting? Will he scream and then bite? The more you know, they better you all can prevent it

Tell them. It’s a known issue. Don’t wait for it to be a problem.

Any daycare worth their salt will be aware that there is a risk of a 21 month old biting another kid. They should have policies and procedures in place to deal with it.
I don't see any value in telling them, especially since it very well could have been situational with the specific kids and/or environment.

My 21 MO DS is on the verge of getting kicked out of his current daycare for biting and hitting. The biting has really only gotten bad within the last 2 weeks when his canines started coming through, and he hasn't broken skin that I'm aware of. Of course, the behavior is unacceptable and needs to be addressed, but he does not do it at home which makes it difficult for us as parents to help. His teachers seem to think it's normal, but the director is poised to kick him out at any moment, and I feel that communication overall regarding the situation has been extremely lacking. We found another center with an immediate opening and decided to transfer him in the hopes that a new environment might help. My question is, should I tell the new center about his recent behavioral problems? I'm leaning toward no because I'm afraid it will bias them against him off the bat, but I'd be interested in the opinions of others.