My son is 19 months and eats any paper he can find, most of his books are missing a few bites here and there. When I try to take it from he runs from me or tries to bite me.... Does all the babies the same has such habit or just he do?... We were now stop purchase any new books.... Can parent know how to stop him or it's okay to leave him like that??
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You definitely should stop him. It's not just about the books. He is disobeying and biting. You must put a stop to this behavior or it will only get worse.
If he bites a book:
1. Gently but firmly say "no".
2. If he does not stop, take the book away.
3. If he tries to bite you, say "no" very firmly.
4. If he keeps trying, give him a time out in a place where there is nothing for him to do. Balconies are great.
- Make sure everyone in the family is consistent. No one is allowed to save him from punishment, or even console him if he becomes upset that he is being punished.
- This will require some discipline from all the adults in the household. Make sure this is understood. Meet regularly and compare notes.
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18 yrs ago
My first went through a phase of biting books (and furniture!) when teething (it was around 9-18 months as I recall). I think they often have an irresistable urge to chew when teething, and I just lived out the phase with a few adjustments. E.g. I replaced paper books with cloth baby books as much as possible to try and minimize the amount of paper being swallowed, and kept him away from furniture as much as possible. I also gave him teethers to chew on. Once he stopped teething, all the biting and chewing came to an end as well. He never bit me or anybody else though - I agree that you should show him that biting people is not at all acceptable.
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While it may be related to teething, I still think the behavior is not acceptable (even without the biting). Of course, put things out of reach, but at 19 months he should have no problems understanding what he may and may not chew on. Make sure he understands this but also offer an alternative thing to bite on, for example a teething toy.
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18 yrs ago
A couple of mine went through a stage of chewing their books.
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Mine was also chewing on books around the same age, it's more teething related I think. I gave him cold teethers to relieve the "itch" to bite and it worked. You can also give some solid fruits like sliced apples, pears, etc to do the same job.
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Thanks axptguy38,
I agree with you that I must stick with the whole family to do this.
My maid now try to send his attention away by other things once he
bite the books or papers.But It work for temperary then he go back to
the books after few minutes...ANyway now we stop buying any new books
until his teething period thru..........
:-)
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I think the above suggestions are great, but have another idea to go along with them. How about when he chews on something he is not supposed to, firmly say no and give him a frozen bagel to chew on (and put the books up high or out of sight for the time being).. My kids LOVED those for teething. My kids never took to the frozen plastic teethers.
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I have heard of frozen bagels too. Another trick is a piece of frozen apple in a towel. Make a knot in the towel so baby can't choke on the piece.
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