Biting Leads To A Dr. Visit Need Help ASAP

[mama2one]

I am new to this forum and hope I can get some help asap

this morning another child walked up to a younger child and grabbed there hand a took a big bite, I immediately tried to get the child to release there bite I have never seen anything like this before.
The injured child is my nephew whom is under 2yrs old, I immediately cleaned
the wound and iced it. sat the other child own and explained to them that what they did was wrong. I called my brother at work and met him at the
doctors office, he is there now they said something about a possible shot, the bite mark is pretty bad, his skin is tore back and was unable to stop the bleeding, swelled up and red.
my question is what should I do? this is the first time the child bite someone
and could possibly mean a shot to a child. the injury is not a regular bite mark you would normally see, looks like a dog bite him. would you kick the child out immediately or give a warning?

[NeedaVaca]

I was wondering how old the child was that did the biting?

[mama2one]

2 years old she I was informed she got kicked out of her last daycare for biting

[CedarCreek]

That's hard..it's a first time offense I'm guessing but biting hard enough for the child to bleed and have to go to the doctor a.s.a.p....I think I would be having a serious talk with dcp and sort of see their reaction. It would be troubling and I would term if they said that was a problem at home or at another daycare or where passive about it. If they are serious about correcting the problem and appalled at the behavior, I would give a warning that if it happens one more time you will have to term for the safety of the other children. And then I would shadow that kid like white on rice.

[CedarCreek]

2 years old she I was informed she got kicked out of her last daycare for biting

I typed my response before I saw yours! Yeah, term.

[bunnyslippers]

I would probably terminate immediately. I understand it was a first offense, but bites are so dangerous. If it required medical attention, then it is a very serious bite. The liability is too big!

[mama2one]

Thank You, I was leaning more towards term because of the past experience at her old dc. I wanted another dcp advise before I over reacted. thank you very much for your help

[Play Care]

How old is the child who did the biting? Does he behave aggressively otherwise? Was he upset about something?
In eight years I've only had two biting incidents and they were both younger kids who clearly wanted to see what would happen if they bit down on their friends. A firm "NO BITING! BITING HURTS!" helped answer their question. But had it gone on, I would have termed.

I guess if the child has been very good with you in general, I would put the family on warning. He would go to arm's length supervision and need to be with me at *all* times. If I knew my attention couldn't be right on him(using the bathroom or assiting other children in the potty, etc.) he would have to go to the table with an activity until I could be with him. I would use lots of praise for playing nicely, using words, etc. After a week of so I might ease up and let him play more freely but still in mine line of sight only. If he did well we could see about giving him more freedom.

But if he doesn't behave well with you anyway and this is just the latest thing he's done, I would term because of the seriousness of the injury. And yes, a bad bite can result in shots, stitches, surgery... Biting is bad for business

[Play Care]

Just saw that she was let go for biting from her last dc...The one question I have is how the parents presented this to you? Were you aware that it was this bad?

I would term immediately.

[Lorna]

If the child was terminated at another daycare for biting i wouldn't keep the child. That bite sounds really bad. If I had my child at your daycare and they were bit like that I wouldn't leave my child there again.

[Starburst]

Consult your liscensor

At my college's daycare center; one of our professors, who is also the director of the preschool/daycare, said that she once had a toddler that was biting other children everyday and because of how many incedents they reported they were almost going to get written up for not supervising the child close enough. But in the end they didn't get written up because during an inspection (where both licensing and the child's parents were present) the child bit another kid right in front of everyone (so it was not do to lack of supervision it was the child was just quick and impulsive).

Anyway she said she wanted to keep the kid a little longer because she wanted to work on correcting the behavior but licensing told her that because it is hard to predict when he/she will bite and the fact that they bite with close supervision- the toddler was a danger to the other children. So she had to let the child go.

Bites can lead to infections if the bite is deep enough to break the skin due to the bacteria in the child's mouth. The oral hygiene of the biter doesn't even really make much of a difference because everyone's mouth has bacteria (good and bad). Sorry if I just gave you OCD and now you have to brush your teeth 10 times every hour.

Sometimes you have to do what is best for not only that child but all of the children.

[itlw8]

This is a serious injury and they child is a known biter. You HAVE to terminate. If the child bites again you will be held liable.

I would call parent now and explain the problem and send the child home today.

I do not terminate easily but this was not a normal bite You put your business and even your house at risk if the child bites again.

[momofsix]

For a bite that serious, and from a child that is a known previous biter, I would term.
I would suggest to the parents that their child isn't ready for group care anywhere until this biting is stopped. They should get a nanny or some other type of 1 on 1 care.

[countrymom]

thats kind of scary that the child is biting so hard. Does she bite her parents too. I know children bite, but they don't bite hard enough to cause damage. I would term.

[mama2one]

The child who did the biting has never really done anything bad here, plays ok with others, only bad thing I have encountered is a lot of whining and mine mine mine, her parents told me in the interview but did not go further in detail of what happened at previous dc. she has been with me since beginning of December but dad was home for a month so I didn't have her, so maybe 2 months she has been here and not one bad incident with her until today, besides the usual 2 year old problems.
Now I am new to being a dcp, does the injured childs parent pay for the dr bill, do I, or can the one parent go after the other. which I hope does not happen, because it happened here I should be reliable for it right?