Biting at nursery

Can totally see why you'd be upset. Only thing I can say is my daughter was on the receiving end of a child biting her on her cheek on her first day in her bigger room at nursery and it is so heartbreaking seeing their skin broken by teeth so I imagine the nursery are just being careful because alongside comforting you and supporting your son, they're also dealing with upset parents whose child have been bitten. X

My little one is 19 months and he went through a similar phase, they would put him in let’s say a “time out” where they would remove him from the situation (still in the same class) and then tell him no. He would stay for less than a minute and then go and play and if he tried to do it again they would do the same. They would tell the parents the child has been bitten (not by who as I witnessed them telling a parent once) and then they would tell me he had been doing it. They told me how they intervened and how they go about managing a child doing so. They also asked for my opinion and worked with me kind of to make sure we’re doing the same thing at nursery as at home. They asked how I would “tell him off” so to speak if he did things like this and said however I would manage they would replicate the same at nursery so he had consistency. I have spoken to the nursery about his behaviour previously and my concerns as he is very boisterous and likes rough play, so we manage the

Situations the same. I would just speak to the nursery and say consistency is important and explain how you manage the situations in a home environment and ask them if they can do the same. You’re well within your right to tell them if you’re not comfortable with something but I would also tell them how you would deal with the situation also so they have an idea of how you want to move forward if it happens in future xx

@Sian really appreciate your insight here, and I sympathise with your situation. My boy has also been on the receiving end of biting and I know how horrible it is to see them having been bitten. Sorry your daughter experienced that. Really hope they all grow out of this soon 😔

Thanks @Georgia it’s sounds really similar! I really hope it’s a phase and will pass soon, also, it’s not nice for anyone: Ive not been invited into conversation on how it’s handled within nursery or asked how it’s handled at home, so need to address this tomorrow. We’ve been otherwise very collaborative in things like eating and foods, but dealing with this not at all.