When I pick Ian up, I get a sheet from daycare where they've recorded when he slept, ate, etc. There is also a "memorable moments" section which is usually something benign and not very memorable like: "Ian explored with the yellow blocks today," or "Ian played around the table with Jack today". Today it said "Ian explored with his teeth today, causing a bruise mark on another child." That is memorable. They elaborated in the Comments section:
Ian has been a little agressive today : ( (good thing they're not going to be there when he's learning how to spell) He bit a child on the nose and left bruises and was hitting children with toys on the head. Does he do anything like this at home? to the dogs?
I'm not really sure what the dogs have to do with it. But, yes, he has just started biting me at home, and yes, he does bang things on other things. They didn't have much to suggest to help him stop doing this -- they said it is a problem they typically see in the toddler room. Ian has too high a teeth to age ratio. He's not really old enough to easily learn that biting is not ok.
My nursing book had some good suggestions about avoiding biting during nursing, which I am very motivated to try out tonight. I'm not sure what to do about biting the other kids, though. Right now I'm just hoping he will grow out of this phase quickly!
Since he wants to bite everything, I gave him a wet washcloth at home, and he proceeded to bite it vigorously and suck the water out of it (maybe he's part vampire):
Here he is (slightly out of focus), showing off his new toothy grin:
3 comments:
hahaha the dog comment made me laugh out loud! Ferocious baby is such an oxymoron. Just reassuring you that we have quite a few biters in our infant room. It is not just a toddler thing, and definitely not an aggression thing! Usually it's the opposite, affection. Washcloths are great, plus teething toys (the kind with liquid inside) in the freezer, soothing and time consuming! haha
Ouch. I can't imagine what that would feel like while nursing. Poor precocious Ian, way ahead of his time in every way.
The dogs part made me laugh too. I don't think Zrbrt would tolerate much biting from him... or am I wrong?
In centers with "biters"-- there are two type of kids-- those who bite,and those who get bit. Is it wrong that I felt pride the day that instead of finding teeth marks on my child, I found an incident report in her cubby stating that she bit the same kid who repeatedly bit her??? I think not!
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