What could she possibly be doing to encourage it?

61, "He thinks it is hysterical to latch on while I scream helplessly in pain for him to let go" implies that he's liking the results he gets -- thus, he's getting encouragement. #25 has good suggestions.

The baby will however understand that when he does it, and gets hurt from doing it they will stop. You have to tech them somehow that biting is wrong, and what better way than to show them how it feels? I'm not saying do it hard, just enough to show them it hurts.

an 11 month old has developed object permanence and can understand cause and effect if you dont want to bite the child spank them or pinch their toe not hard but enough for them to realise its uncomfortable if you dont discipline your children when they hurt other people you are just begging for trouble when they start school by 11 months my son understood that if he bit me he would be spanked after a week of bitting and being spanked the problem stoppef

I have a 10 month cousin and when I pretend hit my uncle in front of him and my uncle grunts my cousin screams because he knows that means pain so yes they do understand in a way

Dumb. Dumb dumb dumb. Try again in a few years after you had a child and done any significant research into early childhood development. And by the way, please do not bite a dog. Totally different connotation for animals than humans and it will not end well.

I guess I should add that you shouldn't be biting so hard it leaves any kind of lasting mark. If you can't control your bite force due to anger, definitely don't use this method. But FYI, many pediatricians recommend this.

well personaly I feel people who dont belive in disciplining their children (11months old is a child) when the physicaly hurt someone do not procreate as these parent are the reason we have a generation of people with no respect for anyone!

I believe it's people like you who see a light hit on the rear to discipline a child as a form of abuse shouldn't be allowed to be parents because your kids will be brats

Except the kid isn't an infant, he's almost a year old. Of course it would be ridiculous to punish an infant because all they are capable of doing is eating, sleeping, and pooping. But the kid in the FML is old enough to be taught the difference between right and wrong. You start with telling them biting is not okay and that it hurts people and if the behavior continues you bite back 'gently' while telling them it's not okay.Kids don't just figure out things, the parents have to teach them and your idea of never punishing them is the reason kids are brats. Babies are smarter than you think.

I hope *you* never procreate, #45, because your children will be worthless "entitled" brats who get away with everything and anything. If you don't teach children that doing bad things is wrong, then they will never learn. How do children learn? Well I learned not to touch a hot stove because I touched one and it hurt. You have to explain to children on their level why not to do things. If it hurts, they have to feel it and know "ok, so I bite and it hurts, because I felt someone bite...and it hurt me...so I won't hurt them." We're not saying beat the child senseless, #45, we're just saying help the child understand *WHY* it's wrong to do. I had a cousin who was a biter. She once bit me on the face, and I was only a year older than she...even had a mark left from it. Then one day, I bit her back hard. She never did it again. Children *do* learn when they fully understand what their actions do to others. "For every action, there is an equal, yet opposite reaction" - Newton's laws of motion.

11 months old is a baby you dimwit. 12 months + a toddler. A four year old is considered a child. Grow a brain.

Physical punishment is not the only form of discipline. I have 3 children varying in ages from adult to 8 years old. They didn't get physically punished as babies and yet they still manage to be respectful, decent people.