TODDLER BITING

Occasionally a toddler may reach a developmental stage in which biting another child is a way of expressing his or her emotions. Some toddlers bite for the following reasons:
1. Teething
2. Sensory Exploration
3. Cause and Effect
4. Mimicking
5. Self Assertion
 

When biting occurs, we will:
* Attend to the child who was bitten, administering first aid according to the severity of the bite.
* Discipline the biter by teaching them what empathy is as well as “biting hurts!”
* Inform both families of the incident either by writing or through placing a phone call
* For confidentiality purposes, the children involved in the incident will not be named.
* Seek assistance from the biter’s parents to ensure there is consistency in our behavior management.

A child who is exhibiting age appropriate biting and whose family is fully cooperating will not be asked to leave Kids’ Kingdom. If a child is exhibiting chronic biting with no improvement and Kids’ Kingdom has tried all of its know approaches and conferred with the parents, it may be that the child is not well suited for Kids’ Kingdom at this time, upon which the family may be asked to end their enrollment .