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Terrible Twos Blues
So my sweet darling Katelyn continues to have raging out-bursts, no big surprise. But her behavior today was a bit more alarming. She bit me 3 times. She did it twice last night too. She went through an ugly month like this at about 12 months old, so I thought we were done! :( Now it's worse because she seems to really understand that she's hurting me! And she's refusing to say sorry and LAUGHS at me! Oh My! 4 comments from 4 users
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posted by
kevinmorrison
on Apr 29, 2008 at 02:00 PM
I would just repeat the consequences you already mentioned. I wish there was a long drawn-out philosophy behind my answer, and maybe someone else has a kid-tested, mother-approved solution, but I think as long as there continue to be consistent undesirable consequences for actions, the message gets through eventually. I think kids are in a constant research mode, continuously testing if/then theories. "If I do this, then that happens." So we have to stay consistent to reinforce their findings. :-) posted by
Christina
on Apr 29, 2008 at 03:04 PM
I've heard of parents biting their kids back. I don't think I have the guts to do that, but I suppose there's no magic answer here! Like Kevin said, just be consistent. I've had to figure out the one thing for each kid that really drives them crazy to get them to behave. My daughter dreads timeouts and for my son we will take something away that he loves to play with. Just got to find something appropriate for their age I suppose.
Good Luck, My daughter was a biter for a week or so, but I can't remember what we did to stop it. posted by
Rhiannon
on Apr 29, 2008 at 03:27 PM
It's hard! Mostly because you just can't get into their minds to figure it out. My normally well working people skills are no match for the 18 month old of my life! :) posted by
Jason
on Apr 29, 2008 at 04:00 PM
I don't know if this would help, but there's this book, Teeth Are Not For Biting. We've used three others in the series to various effect, Hands Are Not For Hitting, Tails Are Not For Pulling, and Germs Are Not For Sharing, but hey, it's worth a shot. Good luck!
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