2 year old biter! Help! He bites my baby!?

This is a no brainer, but hard to do nonetheless. Don't let him near the baby! He shouldn't be biting her, and he shouldn't be 'defending' her. Unfortunately the time for our family's patented biting cure has passed, but you might try biting your grandson. Obviously just a nip. Don't say anything, but as soon as you know he's bitten the baby, grab his arm and nip him hard! Don't say anything afterwards either. Likely he has not made the realization that what he's doing to your baby HURTS. When you bite him, it should help him to realize this.

Good luck with that one. Any chance you can enlist your grandson's mother in this training or are you raising both?

he's too young to understand still......ya just have to be vigalent and keep an eye on them till it passes.....it won't last too long - if he's two he'll start getting the "future" concept down (whats bad now is bad 5 minutes from now or a week from now) in the near future - and you can start working some behavior modification with him..... patience mom........bet they're real CUTE most of the time......

Discipline is difficult these days because of the fine line between that and abuse. We found out that a drop of tabasco sauce on the tongue after every biting incident very quickly ends the problem for most. Just a single drop on the biter's tongue. Technically it is a food, so it is not considered abuse, and it leaves no permanent damage. If the tongue is still "burning" after 5 or 10 minutes, eating a piece of bread works better to get rid of that. Liquids, usually just spread the burning sensation.

Bite him back.

I have a defect in a part of my brain called the 'Anterior cingulate cortex', the part of my brain that controls the response to stimuli, esp. pain. I feel sharp pains all over my body some times, without any actual pain occurring. It is effected by things like chemicals found in chips, eg 621 - msg, or 635 - ribonucleotide, mostly 620 - 640, and some artificial colors.

When I was little I was protectively aggressive for the puppy we had, though never used to bite it, I did bite myself a lot, as I was unable to tell where the pain was coming from...

If you want to ask me some questions feel free to PM me.

Also I strongly suggest that you keep your child away from the baby, as it is possible that the child can't control how hard he bites, and might not realize he is actually biting.

An under 40 grandma w/ a 6 month old infant. Sweet. Why is a 2year old left with an infant? Ya know...It is possible to manage your drinking and your life. Get help.

You need the shock factor in your disciplinary technique... DONT do that.. DONT bite your cousin/sister... maybe a slap round the face to really get his attention

get down to his level, bite him back, say "NO!" to him with force and mean it. then put him in time out for 2 minutes (because he is 2 years old). after his time out, go to him and talk to him about what happened and why it was necessary to be done. then, last but not least, hug him and tell him that you love him. before i get emails or child abuse complaints, this is just a tool to teach him that his behavior is unacceptable, but that he is loved in spite of his behavior.

teach him the word gentle,show him what gentle is.

He can not bite the baby, Tell him NO, you can not bite the baby, you can not be with her BECAUSE you bit her. I love you, but she is little.
He just wants you to give him as much attention as you did before she was born and doesn't have the words to tell you.

bite him back and say dont do that again tell him no he knows better terrible two.