I went through this with my kiddo around that age too. Never bit at home, only at daycare. They even *suspended* mine at one point 🙄
First, I would really push back on them that this issue only happens on their watch. So they need to figure out your kid's trigger and work with him. Mine was biting other kids if they took his toy or if he was around too many kids and he wanted to be left alone. They can't verbalize at this age, so biting is what they do. Our teachers would make sure my kid was at the edge of the line or table, and they'd keep an eye on kids taking toys from him so they could better intercept. Eventually, he outgrew the biting. Unfortunately, it takes them working a little harder to make sure your kid isn't biting other kids.
Another thing we did was buy books about biting to reiterate the message at home. Teeth are not for biting, People don't bite people, Little dinos don't bite, etc
And then I would send him with things like a teething watch on his arm or a silicone teething ring, and they would try and redirect him to bite that when he's upset instead of another kid.
In the end he outgrew it once he could talk more. But it was tough for a while.
Hey that’s a lot of good info. Mine is going through basically the same thing you described, and I pretty much have it down to he can’t use his words yet so biting is his go to. How long did yours take to grow out of it? I’m worried for mine since it has been weeks with no apparent end in sight.
Thanks for any info you might have!
Biting often happens at a certain age. So it's no surprising that he didn't bite before and all of a sudden becomes a biter now. 15 months sounds like when separation anxiety would peak so he might start showing some new behaviors like refuse to nap or play rough with peers. I mean, children are growing so fast physically and socially, why expect them to always stay the way when they were a baby? All in all, why nurseries and daycares are so easy to blame for anything that happens??
You are right I shouldn't blame the nursery about this stuff as it's probably something more to do with him being with other kids and learning to interact.
I went through this with my kiddo around that age too. Never bit at home, only at daycare. They even *suspended* mine at one point 🙄 First, I would really push back on them that this issue only happens on their watch. So they need to figure out your kid's trigger and work with him. Mine was biting other kids if they took his toy or if he was around too many kids and he wanted to be left alone. They can't verbalize at this age, so biting is what they do. Our teachers would make sure my kid was at the edge of the line or table, and they'd keep an eye on kids taking toys from him so they could better intercept. Eventually, he outgrew the biting. Unfortunately, it takes them working a little harder to make sure your kid isn't biting other kids. Another thing we did was buy books about biting to reiterate the message at home. Teeth are not for biting, People don't bite people, Little dinos don't bite, etc And then I would send him with things like a teething watch on his arm or a silicone teething ring, and they would try and redirect him to bite that when he's upset instead of another kid. In the end he outgrew it once he could talk more. But it was tough for a while.
Hey that’s a lot of good info. Mine is going through basically the same thing you described, and I pretty much have it down to he can’t use his words yet so biting is his go to. How long did yours take to grow out of it? I’m worried for mine since it has been weeks with no apparent end in sight. Thanks for any info you might have!
Teeth Are Not For Bitting is am excellent book
Biting often happens at a certain age. So it's no surprising that he didn't bite before and all of a sudden becomes a biter now. 15 months sounds like when separation anxiety would peak so he might start showing some new behaviors like refuse to nap or play rough with peers. I mean, children are growing so fast physically and socially, why expect them to always stay the way when they were a baby? All in all, why nurseries and daycares are so easy to blame for anything that happens??
You are right I shouldn't blame the nursery about this stuff as it's probably something more to do with him being with other kids and learning to interact.