How do I get my 9 month old son to stop biting me?

He's very enthusiastic about those teeth. I give him plenty of things to chew, which he enjoys. He doesn't bite anybody else, thankfully.

He has recently begun this trend and it is painful. He has broken the skin twice. I don't doubt he responds to my reaction since he usually laughs his cute head off, but I don't seem to be able to refrain from making any sort of noise when I'm surprised by the painful implantation of his teeth in my face or arm (his chosen targets).

He's too young for a time out. How do I stop this. I don't want him biting me or anyone.

Asked by Mamasunotheremuch 55 months ago Similar questions: month son stop biting Health > Dental.

Tell him to stop biting you Have you tried telling him "NO" and "STOP". Tell him that is not okay and that you don't like it. If your face lets him know that you are serious he will beging to understand.

Sources: Mother of 2 and years of working with young children .

Bite back! Not terribly hard but enough that he knows it hurts when he does it to you.

We had a similiar problem recently I asked the same thing about a month ago. Here is a link to some of the responses I received. It might give you some additional ideas to help with the teething pain and deter your son from using you as a teething ring.

askville.amazon.com/askville/OpenQuestio... I totally understand where you're coming from. Our son started probably around 10 months trying to mouth our feet or toes of all things. Of course we wouldn't let him.

But, at the time I didn't realize this was only the beginning. Then at around 13 months or so he started occassionally trying to bite down on his father and I. He never broke the skin but it was still painful sometimes.

Usually we managed to see him coming and stop him before he got too far. But, I was very concerned because he went to DayCare and I didn't want him to think it was OK to bite the other children. We talked to his teachers and let them know what he was doing to us and to keep an eye on him.

Thankfully he never bite another child. I knew the biting wasn't out of anger or frustration, but out of trying to find relief for his little teeth. We tried many different techniques.

We tried saying "NO BITE" when he bit or attempted to bite one of us. Then we would give him one of his teething toys and say "This you can bite". I'm not sure if this worked so much, but then I read "What to Expect the Toddler Years" section on biting.It said, to make sure you're not inadvertantly rewarding the biting behavior.

So for example is your child bites you to get your attention and you instinctively pick him up or if he bites you to get your attention to give him a bottle or more food and you give it to him, then you're rewarding the behavior. I realized that sometimes we may have been doing this in other ways.So, when my son sat in my lap and tried to bite down on me I would promptly remove him and place in on the floor and say "NO BITE, if you're going to bite mommy then you can't sit in my lap". I would then give him a toy he could bite to re-direct his actions.

And then, maybe a minute later I would pick him up again and reward him for his good behavior. I think this may have worked the best for us. He realized that he wasn't getting any rewards for the bitting behavior.

Also, we tried to be very consistant. And now that he's fifteen months he's stopped this behavior all together. Like I said, he didn't do this all the time, but it was a concern of ours and luckily he has outgrown this behavior.

We also tried to do everything we could to try to alleviate whatever teething pain he had. The best advice I can give you is hang in there, be consistant, try different techniques to see which work best for you and your son and he'll stop the biting. Don't worry.

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This always worked with my son.. When he bit me I would say "ohhhh" and act like I was crying. If it continued I would bite him back. Not hard, or course.

Just hard enough to let him know that it's not ok. Bite him and say "No" in a firm voice. Every child is different but it worked with mine.

Good Luck! .

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