Biting Himself

[SharonD]

I am desperate for advice, as I have searched the web and cannot find anything!!

We live in Brisbane and our little boy is 2 and a quarter and goes to day care 2 days a week (Tuesday and Friday) and my sister looks after him on the other days, but we are currently trying to get him into day care 5 days a week.

We picked up our little man from day care yesterday and were told that he bit himself. He was having a "dispute" with another little person and bit himself on both hands. One hand is still clearly marked with full teeth marks even this morning. He was so upset when we got home and even when I asked him "How was Miss Kym today", he just started crying (really hard). Miss Kym is not one of him carers, she baby-sits for us and works in another room at the day care centre, so we will often make mention of her when we ask how his day was. He absolutely loves her and would normally chat on about her, as he adores her. I'm not saying that anything happened between Miss Kim and Anthony yesterday, I am only mentioning this, as it was so odd for him to get so upset at such a simple question.

Further to this, he has recently started biting his fingernails also, but it's the biting of his hand that concerns us mostly at this time.

We find this behaviour very odd, as he is a happy little chap normally and doesn't really throw tantrums either.

Can you please give me some advice or possibly steer me in the right direction for information. :confused: :confused: :confused:

Sharon

[razzle]

Hi Sharon

It certainly does sound like your little boy is stressed about something - I'd talk to the doctor about it but I did find these links for you. Hope they help...

http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/toddler/toddlerbehavior/11559.html
http://www.babycenter.com/expert/14506.html

Good luck!

[wilsmum]

hi there....

First of all, I hope your little man is feeling better and is not upset any longer. I'm not sure how helpful this is but my son (18 months) likes to occasionally bang his head on the wall and when he started i was very concerned ......however i refered to my 'toddler taming' book (Dr Green) and found out that it is be a normal behaviour to relieve boredom or tension during tantrums. I wonder if your son biting his hands was just a way of expressing his frustration over his interaction with the other kids.
My nephew who is also 18 months old had also started to bite his nails recently. When my sister in law took him to the dr she told her not to worry about it at this stage.
However, as they say each child is different and as your son is a bit older than mine, it might be wise to take him to the dr if you are still concerned. Sometimes kids to silly things...lets hope this is just one of them

[Miss_Vicki]

From what i found that some kids do it for pure attion , Or just know idea how or what to do when they are in a situation they cannot hanndle ,
I wounder if it the same as TEENAGE self harm an things they do to them self, i child some time has no idea when feeling a overwheling upsetess or anger,
some of us adult today stil dont know what to do when really up set or angry

jsut reasure yoiur little one your love then very much a not to hurt them self, Find somethin that wont hurt then to releave the emotions
I found withmy little girl puttin her in her room withher fav music up or vidieo on helped.
Occionaly we both do it , Loud dancein music an jumpin on bed it helped us both we have to break the cycled of not knowin how to deal with emotions ,
I have found since i uped the 2 days a week day care to 4 days a weekl my little one is a lot more ill behaved, Cutin back down to 2 has helped, Sometime day care things happen that out children wont tell us
Im allways gettin my littleone to tell me abouther day i found out that alot of the children with teasein her Because she is More emotional over thing , She will cry over been called some names , kids can be so crule , some timesi wish i could keep here with jsut me , But that would only make it harder for her to adapt

Sorry if this is no help , just like to give u my suport an let u know alot other parents out there have had the same ,