How Can I Teach My 10 Month Old to Stop Biting?

i mostly agree with beth, except i would definitely say, "NO BITING" firmly as i removed him from the situation. 10 months is plenty old enough to learn "no" - my son was walking by 9 months and knew that "NO" meant no - there are too many things a walking baby can get into - he's not too young to learn that. don't give him a long drawn out conversation (i.e. attention) over it...just NO. and take him away from whoever he's biting. period. it's not funny and it's not a game, and showing him you're unhappy with him is necessary in this situation.

You're just going to have to be firm w/ him, and don't be one of those mothers that freaks out everytime something goes in the mouth. First of all there are healthy germs that prevent kids from being sick, so it's really not as big of a deal as so many moms try to make it be when children put things in there mouth. My son put things in his mouth all the time and he was never a biter(or sick), because he always had his mouth occupied. He'll get over this biting thing and wanting everything in his mouth.

With my son I would say "ow!!! That hurts mama!" And let him see that it hurts. I would then say "no biting" and put him away from me and walk away...not far of course, but far enough that he got the point. You never want to bite him back because that makes him think it is ok and a game. But if he can see that it hurts you he'll stop.

You can definitely do a time out procedure to stop his biting. At this age I would just not say anything to him, sit him aside where there aren't any toys, and let him sit for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds bring him back to the toys to play, and just keep doing what you were doing. We did this in an infant classroom where biting started to get out of control, and it worked great. At this age it's too much to say "you're in time out for biting", or anything like this. He knows what he's doing, and hopefully it'll help!