Daycare Moms - Biting

How does your daycare handle biting incidents?

If your child got bitten, how did you handle it?

If your child was the biter, what did you do/would you do?


Jake got bitten yesterday on the arm (twice!). He's fine, but he had two nice sets of teeth marks when he got home and they lasted awhile so I guess it was a good couple of bites.

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Thankfully, I've never gotten the dreaded call that Alex bit someone (suprising, really). But I have gotten the call that she was bitten, on several occasions.

I always ask what the response was by the teacher and school, and it's always the same. They give the "biter" a timeout and discipline him/her. The child that was bitten, they give him/her some extra cuddle time, ice the bite mark, and immediately contact the parent. It's school policy not to tell the bitee's parents who bit the child.

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My DD was bitten, and I will say I appreciated how well the day care staff handled it. They had a conference with the parents right away, and they were very vigilant with the child that bit her after that. Also they warned the parent that if it continued for too long they might kick the child out (not sure they actually would have, especially since the child was so young she couldn't really control her actions, but at least they have this option) They also spoke to me about how sometimes when a child is bitten they think it's ok and start doing it themselves, so they were able to warn me to look out for that behavior. Actually my DD did bite her own arm a few times right after that when she was frustrated, but luckily that didn't last.

As far as how I handled it, there wasn't much I could do since I wasn't supposed to know who the child was (although I was tipped off by one of the workers ) and my DD was only around a year old so I couldn't really talk to her about how to handle it. I would just suggest if the day care isn't handling it appropriately, and/or if your child gets bitten on multiple occasions, you might want to talk to the teacher about watching the children more carefully and/or making sure your child and the one who bit your child are separated.

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Im pretty much an expert in this are being that bryan has been bitten about 9 times.

They usually call me right away and put ice on it and then I have to sign an accident report. Although the last time he got bit 6 bite marks were on his arm. The teacher claims that she didnt see it happen, it happened a few minutes before i picked him up for the day and he was quite shaken by the whole ordeal. We were too! Bryan told me almost immdiately what happened and who did it cause he is 2 the other times he was younger and couldnt express himself. Allthough i know its against policy to reveal the biter there is no stopping the children from talking so I would as your son about it and see waht he says. We had a meeting with the director and they separated my son from the other child the other child was warned that if he had any more incidents that he would be asked to leave. We still are unsure so we decided to change his daycare and he will be attending a new facility come monday. We are thrown back by the fact that the teacher did not see the incident which leads us to beleive that he is not being watched..

I dont know why Bryan keeps getting bit. he is a passive personality manybe thats why? Its sad cause he still talks about how "ralphie bit him" all the time and points to his marks on his arm. I felt horrible after that incident...

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Posted by antoinette

I dont know why Bryan keeps getting bit. he is a passive personality manybe thats why? Its sad cause he still talks about how "ralphie bit him" all the time and points to his marks on his arm. I felt horrible after that incident...

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Hope Jake is OK

Nate was bitten on the side of his face at his last daycare. I was really ****** bc they didn't call to tell us and waited til DH came to pick him up to say anything. When I called the owner, I asked who it was and she wouldn't tell me. She told me that this kid was a known biter and they try to watch him carefully, but he was quick. A few weeks later the owner told his parents that he couldn't stay bc he bite another kid pretty bad.

Nate is not a biter, thankfully. And it hasn't happened at the new daycare.

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Sydney had an incident about a month ago where she got bit and then bit back. They didnt call to tell me but met with me when I got there. They said the other child was sent home.

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