Hello,
Relax, please try to figure out the trigger point, what time, when and with whom....it happens. Assess and analyze - how you can prevent, intervene, or give a choice or remove one of the child from the scenario.
Also at this age action comes faster than words...so we need to give them words - if they can say AND/OR have more choices of toys that might be the cause OR keep one of them with you all the time. Talk about getting hurt and how it feels - accept/validate their feelings and attend to the hurt one first.
It can also be teething - I give them little wet small towels to chew on --(they take any shape in their mouth).
If tired/anxious/hungry -- please work with them...
Hope you can help them so that you are not anxious ...give it some time..this behavior can be a passing phase also.
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Jagruti Patel
Owner/Provider
Patel Family Child Care
Redlands CA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-30-2019 02:18 PM
From: Jamie Jenkins
Subject: Help I have a biter
I need suggestions on how to handle a biter. I feel terrible having to continually report that a child has been bit again ( the same 2 kids, both 2 years old). As a side note these kids are foster kids in my care, but I run a family child care home. Some have suggested getting a chew stick or necklace, but I do not feel like the child would understand that she is to use it in place of biting. She has a necklace and throws it at me. Also she is not biting for sensory input as far as I can tell. She is biting because she is mad. Suggestions are appreciated! Thanks in advance.
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Jamie Jenkins
Winslow IN
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