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He is definitely teething (he has quite a few teeth already), but today is the first time he has actively crawled after someone and tried to bite them. Is he too young to know better and this is just a case of him trying to gnaw on anything he can, or can he actually be intentionally biting? When I picked him up, he stopped, but then he grunted and tried to dig into my shoulder and I turned him around so he was facing outward to stop him. His mom said he threw his first temper tantrum the other day ad bit the tip of his finger off! It is red and he basically took a layer of skin off, but is this normal? He seems so little to be showing such aggressive behavior, but he is teething so hard right now, that I am not sure if this is just a reaction to that? ANy advice is appreciated!
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I'd say it's both ...teething, and the way infants get to know the world
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I wouldn't classify this necessarily as aggressive behavior but more frustration over his inability to express himself about his teething pain.
It's normal for teething kids to try and relieve the pain/pressure by biting mom or anyone with flesh near his mouth. Facing him outward so he does not have access was an excellent way to teach him pro-social behavior. (not biting/hurting others)
He has NO idea that if he bites someone that it hurts that person as he is incapable of perspective thinking. ALL he knows is biting flesh alleviates his pain.
The tantrum mom told you about is another example of how kids understand 100% MORE than we give them credit for....they tantrum because they understand what we want from them but since they can't communicate their needs to us, they are frustrated and it shows as a tantrum, power struggle or unwanted behaviors. Those are the fastest ways to garner attention....just not always the "right" or needed kind of attention and that's where we come in.
Our role is to help bridge that communication gap so they can have less tantrums and even less unwanted behaviors.
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