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[quote=Anonymous]I had a biter in a nanny share who would just randomly bite the other little girl.  With that kid there really wasn't anything leading up to it, no altercation, no toy theft, nothing. It was just random biting. The mom of the victim would always ask me what led up to it (unlike your nanny I was up front about it even though I hated that it happened and hated that I felt like it made me look bad). I'm not sure she believed me when I said nothing led up to it but it was true. The biter was only about 12 mos old so there really wasn't anything much I could do other than say no biting ad nauseum. That family moved away and the biter got put in day care where she continued to assault others with her teeth and it caused a lot of problems. I think she eventually outgrew it.

My current family has a three year old and 19 month old twins all of whom are biters. Unlike the previous biter, these kids do it out of frustration which is easier to navigate. Usually. You can stick up for them when a toy is stolen, or help them through periods of frustration. It seems to help when they know you'll help them with toy theft or other toddler injustices when they know you're watching and will get the toy back or whatever. One day the nineteen month old boy was on a rabid biting bender all day. It was his mission to bite as much as possible. My legs, feet, shoulders, his siblings, nothing was safe.  He would literally follow me around trying to bite. All day. In those circumstances all you can do is firmly say NO BITING!! If necessary, tap his mouth and/or nose and say no biting very firmly. It pisses them off but seems to work. I wish I had thought of it earlier in the day.

Does your son normally use a pacifier when in bed? If so it might be worth trying to use it during the day to see if that helps. He might have an oral fixation that isn't being met. [/quote]

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