Originally Posted by TwinKristi:
Yeah I don't really have a policy because like she said, I'd have to term my son because he's the biter BUT it's often his reaction to something else going on. Someone hits him, he bites. Someone takes his toy, he bites. But at 18-22mo it's hard to enforce rules like that. A child over 2, that's different for me. I had a baby who was 12mos bite. He bit me once and he bit another child as well. It's kinda hard to suspend or term an infant ya know? A child, yes. But an infant? No.
I would term a 19-22 mo who bit- We don't do biting here! Not saying it is not developmentally appropriate, just saying a biter is not a good fit for our program.
For me when and it becomes a habit to bite (even in reaction to something other than pain -when someone takes a toy, or cuts in front, or sits too close, or colors your paper, etc) that would be a term in my program.