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It happens...any reasonable parent will not be too upset if they know you are taking action to try to prevent further incidences, which you are. My youngest son turns into a pit bull with his brother as it is his only defense...If I see it I say, "no biting" and separate them. It is rather funny to watch him try to slip one in there, not funny when he succeeds.
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ooh.. I like the colors. I will have to get one if I get an infant.I didn't tell her the name f the child that was bit, but because I said her dd also tried biting my son, she knew who it was. This boy is the only one who I watch besides her child, on Fridays. I guess I could have worded it more carefully.
UPDATE : I emailed the mom of the biter to tell her Ineed more communication so I can be on the same page and know what's going on so I know what to look out for and we can work on the biting problem together. She said her dd didn't have a biting problem "yet" , and I'm thinking UM I beg to differ ... She told me that the cousin that her DD stays with at MIl's house started biting her real bad , making bruises and breaking the skin. They fight and so in retaliation her DD now bites the cousin back. I believe she is imitating her cousin's behavior over here even though my son and the 8 month old don't provoke her. I believe she is now in the habit . She told me her and the MIL will tell her no and put her in time out or pop her ( and the cousin's) butt as discipline and she was fine with how I handled it ( firm NO bite, quick time out in pack n play ignoring her, so she had no attention , just negative consequence) .
I want to reply back that I think it's probably a good idea if she took a break from her cousin for a while , or HER biting others may very well get worse. I would offer to bump her to FT (I'm actually advertising for fT) but I don't want to have her FT (even if temporary)until I see how she does the next 1-2 weeks. Of course I can't say that can I ? So I haven't even replied back with anything. I don't know if tht is over stepping by even telling her that the environment she is in ( at MIL's with the cousin) is a bad idea . I know she wants to keep her with family as much as possible and probably not have to pay for any more childcare outside of family . I'm the only one outside family who has had her (shes been with me since 3months. And only 2 days a week. Sometimes family is bot the best solution if the environment is toxic/unhealthy. We are constantly hugging and kissing on my own 14 month old. So you know what he does to everyone ? He is always hugging and kissing on everyone
. She is biting and being aggressive because her cousin is doing it to her the days of the week I don't have her. This mom is going to either lose me or her DD will get worse, or both. And I think if she uses a regular home day care , or center it will not be good because she will be a biter entering a place with more #of kids to Adult/s . Because I'm just a license exempt mom who only keeps 2ft with occasional drop ins . Right now I only have 1FT and she is PT.
Anyway, here are the pictures I promised:
Sorry its dark because its night .
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