Help, advice, Please?

"C. Gregory" ) writes:
also, biting is a big issue from time to time, and that one really bothers
me, because he bites my roommates child occasionally (he wont bite for
weeks, then suddenly he's a biting fool.)

Here's a post from a long time ago that I think is a
really good answer to this:

Alicia said:
Subject: Biting child

I can give you my ideas without spanking, yelling or biting back. We
had the same problem with our daughter. She didn't seem she wanted to
hurt; she was just testing out the new chompers. She would bite me
alot around 11 to 12 months of age. If she bited me I would make a
really sad face put her down or stop playing with her and walk to my
room or to the couch and cover my face in my hands like I was crying.
I would say OUCH really firmly while I was doing this. If my husband
was around he would add to the act by saying "Are you okay?, Are you
Sad?, Are you hurt? Then he would come over to comfort me not really
addressing the child in correction or anything instead he would
comfort me the same way he would comfort her if she was hurt.
Understand of course my daughter would watch this and sometime would
cry like she should have been hurt. We made a point to not give her
the direct attention but redirect her attention to the hurt parent.
After awhile she wanted to comfort the bitten parent too. My daughter
after a couple times of this drama would pick up that it made mommy
sad and daddy sad. She hasn't done it since.

This worked for us.
Alicia

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Cathy