giggledoll .. how old is he?

Sometimes a young age child does not understand "time out"

I personally do not believe in time out .. I believe in redirecting.  Instead of focusing on the behavior ..redirect the child into something more positive ..........some say then you let the child get away with it ..no

you say NO or STOP when the child bites ..then you take them and show them a more peaceful way to play and learn.

If a child is out of control a high chair or bed is a good idea .. let them have a tantrum in a safe place and do not watch them have it .....but do check with them but dont let them know your checking <wink>

When my twin grandsons were going through the biting stage nothing seemed to work. One was always biting the other. Biting him back did not work, time out didn't work, thank god he grew out of it.

vinegar dip your finger tip in and place on the biters tongue every time he bites and say NO but do not repeat the word bite JUST NO


NEVER BITE A CHILD BACK  - you are teaching a behavior when you do this!  Yes they will realize it hurts but words and redirection works much better..not only that but if someone sees you doing this or sees a child with adult teeth marks on his body ..its grounds to be reported to the authorities!

my youngest daughter started biting so i took all her toys off her for the rest off the day and took all her privilages away.
if you stay firm wuth this it always works and its not servere.
its a fair punishment

My son started knawing on us since he had control of his head. I use to say we have to get him to stop doing this before he gets teeth. However, that did not happen. I was bitten by his little teeth (before his first birthday) once unexpectedly, as he was biting out of habit not anger at this time. I scolded him and he repeated the behavior several times after that.  Once I bit him back and he looked at me and waved his lil finger and said 'No biting!'. I had to hide my laughter. it was then he realized hey this biting thing hurts. Jake is now 18months and bite usually out of fustration or excitment . He bites when he is overly tired and when you are playing with him and he become really excited. Slowly he is growing out of the behavior.

TIME OUT.
I read somewhere that time out should be done for half of the child's age (2 years= 1 min, 3 years- 1.5mins). In my house we call it the corner. Jake knows his corner and that bad behavior can cause him to be placed there. Even when we are public he knows his behavior can land him in the nearest corner (which only happened once in a isolated spot of a clothing store). If he is misbehaving and I look at him, he will stop and say "Corner, Corner !". Once in the corner he will cry as if he is being tourtured for the first 30sec and remain upset for the last 30 sec.  A trip to the corner is followed by a hug for as long as he wishes to be hugged. I had tried spanking him, but found the corner to be more helpful in helping him to acknowledge his behavior is wrong. HOWEVER, Jake also knows that he can be spanked with "fella" (which has only happened once).  All I have to do is say either corner or fella and he corrects his behavior.

Parenting is helpful with advice and suggestions from others. However, you are the one that knows your child and you have to take all that you read, hear, and observe and find the right balance for your child.  I feel that is you know for sure that you are good parent and will do anything to see your child grow to be a balance contributing member of society you shouldn't let others opinons make you feel bad. At the end of the day, if you know in your soul that you did something or thought something towards your child that makes you feel awful then DON'T DO IT AGAIN, find an alternative. I love this site and hope that my offering is a blessing to someone.