Hello ladies,

Hoping that someone can help me. My little 10 nearly 11 month old cheeky boy has started to bite me (only me no one else) I have no idea how to stop him from doing it . He has 8 teeth and my arms are covered in bruises - I have noticed that he tends to bite me when he is either tired or frustrated with something. When he does bite I have been pulling him off me and saying no biting it hurts mummy...
Please help ladies its summertime now and I want to be able to wear strappy tops without living in fear of being bitten! :cry:

My lo is more of a pincher than a biter! I have read that babies can start biting out of the blue when a new set of teeth are starting to come through so a wee dose of paracetamol now and again might help. You'd know then if it was teething causing it. When Jason nips or bites me he is usually tired or frustrated and I'm usually in a rush to get of the house! If he is carrying on like that I say "No!" in a very firm cross voice and put him down on the floor facing away from me. Then I give him his dummy and try again when he has calmed down. I am very firm with Jason already because its best to start and as you mean to carry on.

Izzy's teeth have all come through together so i started to presume it was teething however we have had two lovely weeks off from the teething and izzy has still continued to bite.
I'm just the same at faithie, I dont really tolerate anything like biting because it will get worse when he/she is older especially the terrible two's. I just say 'no' to her so she knows.She usually gives me a big cheeky smile after which makes my heart melt.

We used to get issues with biting when teething. I just say "no biting, biting hurts" every single time. It took a couple of months but my dd eventually got the message and no longer bites me.

Thanks ladies for your replies i will continue with the 'no biting it hurts' we had a no biting day yesterday fingers crossed he has stopped x

We had issues with my son when he was around 20 months, and had to get help as he was nearly expelled from nursery for it. We had brilliant help from our HV and parentplus, who tested him and found his speech was delayed. Does LO talk much or make any noises. My son couldn't get his feelings across so was using his teeth to get attention. One thing the nursery did which worked really well was put him in time out but not say a word to him. We think that when he was being put in time out and being told why, he was still getting attention for it, so after a few times of no attention, he got better.

It could be teeth coming through, I know my son bit down on everything he could find when he was teething (although his biting people didn't start til much older) or it could be that your LO is trying to communicate but can't.

I know yours is a lot younger than mine was but it might help, and maybe a chat with your HV next time, they can offer some support / answers?

Good luck! I know it probably seems horrible now but it will pass in time!