My Biting Twins

I provide childcare to a set of 18mo twin boys. They have bitten eachother on occasion. I have been doing alot of reading about this and according to some of the things I've been reading- 99% of the time, biting is done out of frusteration or anger. The other 1% is done when a child is playing. Your girls may or may not be able to communicate with one another about how their feeling or what they want or need, so they will bite out of frusteration or anger. Children quickly learn that biting causes a reaction, which is what they are looking for. My advice would be to try to work on having them verbally communicate what it is they need or want. You may have to follow them around for a few days to see what sets them off and causes the biting. But, by "shadowing" them, (as it's called) you may be able to see the "triggers" (what caused the child to bite) and stop a biting incident before it happens.

My two year old ocassionally bites her brother (age 3) when he does something that makes her mad, such as taking toys from her. I am trying to teach her words to use to show she is mad, frustrated, etc. I am also teaching my son that he shouldn't be doing the things he is doing and that she will bite him to show she is angry. When my daughter bites my son, I tap her lips with my finger and tell her she is not allowed to bite. Good luck!

"ve gone through the same thing at various times with mine. My almost 3 y.o. has been doing it most recently. I started making him bite a bar of soap evreytime he did it and he stopped after the second time he had to bite the soap. I never had a problem with my twins doing it. My twins are my oldest. They turned 4 in May and I also have a 7 month old baby girl. We had 4 under 4 for awhile. I too am full of blessings!!!

"At times you may wish there were two of you, but never wish there was only one of them."

Hi! I don't have too much advice for you about the twins? I just would say no to mine and take them away from other kids when they did that? I did want to say wow! I have six kids too. I haven't met many people with the same number! :-) Congrats!

Shal