Biting - Kansas City,MO

K.,
My friend was just talking to me about this on Sunday. Her first child was a biter, he would bite anything that moved or didn't move, not out of defense or anger, just biting. What a developmental health service worker told her was to give him lots of things he could bite on because he needed extra oral stimulation. (The worker also had a biter and this is what helped her) She kept a bag of pretzels (or what ever is a healthy snack that you child likes) with her at all times and about every five min she would give him a pretzel. And gradually she began to notice when he needed it and the increments got longer and longer.
Hope this is helpful and that you can find a solution that works!
E.

i was a biter... this may seem crazy.. but my mom put my finger in her mouth.. and bit down easily.. just enough so i knew it hurt.. i never bit again!!! it worked...

My daughter was a biter, and while it was mostly with one particular child that was also a biter, she did go through the phase of biting her father and I and others. We eventually bit back enough that she felt that it hurt and she started to understand and stopped.

This might sound mean, but bite her back. Not hard, not in anger, but enough so that she understands it hurts! I did it to my daughter, feeling horrible the whole time, but she hasnt bitten again.

K.,
I am sorry to hear about your daughter biting. I had two sons that
were biters. And now we have grandhildren and well one of them was a
biter. So we started putting soap on her tongue and it works some of
the time. But then one day I guess our other granddaughter got tired
of her biting her and she bit her back and well she is not biting
anymore. So anyway, my best to you and hope that something will work
and make her stop. Because I know it is hard. I can say I have been
there. K.

Give her something she's allowed to bite. Probably too young for pepper sauce! Good luck.