Kicking the biting habit, without biting back

Peyton is in a biting stage, I know a lot of people say to bite them back and it will stop them but I refuse to. What did you do when your toddlers bit? (He will be 16 months the 21st.)

put him in his room or make him sit in the corner for a min

Both of my kids have only ever bitten me once. My son when he was 2 1/2 and my daughter when she was about 18 months. I stopped them immediately, got down with them, made them look right at me and said very strongly and seriously "No. We do NOT bite. No. That hurts" then they had a timeout for a full five minutes (normally they only have a timeout for their age) then i asked them to apologize to me and said "never ever bite anyone". They haven't done it again and they are now almost 6 and 22 months.

I did this:

6. Don't bite back. "But the child needs to learn that biting hurts," you may reason. Yes, but there's no way your child will decide that she shouldn't bite if you bite. Try this alternative tooth-for-tooth method: Take your child aside and ask her to let you show her how teeth feel on skin. Press your child's forearm against her upper teeth as if she were biting herself, not in an angry revengeful way, but as a parent making a point, "See, biting hurts!" Give this lesson immediately after he bites you or someone else. You want your child to learn to be sensitive to how others feel – an early lesson in empathy.

http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/discipline-behavior/bothersome-behaviors/biting-and-hitting-16-ways-stop-it

I just redirected. For us, it was mainly hitting though. When they'd hit, I'd say "no hitting. Be gentle" Then I'd take his hand and pet my face or my leg or wherever he hit me and then praise him for being gentle.

We didn't have much of an issue with biting, but the few times my daughter did it, I did the same thing. Or I'd tell her to give me kisses instead of biting, and then praise her for it.

Quoting OmegaDucks!:" I did this: 6. Don't bite back. "But the child needs to learn that biting hurts," you may reason. Yes, ... [snip!] ... in empathy. http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/discipline-behavior/bothersome-behaviors/biting-and-hitting-16-ways-stop-it"

I did this. He doesn't bite anymore.

<blockquote><b>Quoting OmegaDucks!:</b>" I did this: 6. Don't bite back. "But the child needs to learn that biting hurts," you may reason. Yes, ... [snip!] ... in empathy. http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/discipline-behavior/bothersome-behaviors/biting-and-hitting-16-ways-stop-it"</blockquote>


I actually think that is fantastic advice! Of course getting them to understand that it hurts makes sense to help them understand a no biting rule, but I could never think of a way to do it without using my teeth so I just never did it. I certainly wasn't going to bite them back.
Thankfully biting and hitting isn't really a problem we have an issue with much.

Quoting MommaSav2:" <blockquote><b>Quoting OmegaDucks!:</b>" I did this: 6. Don't bite back. "But the ... [snip!] ... I certainly wasn't going to bite them back. Thankfully biting and hitting isn't really a problem we have an issue with much."

It worked really well.