I let my boy bite me
It's painful. It's a lousy trick. But it serves great deed
When he's younger and teething, my boy will usually vent his 'urge' on teethers. Sometimes when I run out of teethers (e.g. in the car and then no more clean teethers liao), I would offer my arm for my boy to release his discomfort. Dont see them small small size, wah lau - their grip is @#%$^! My hubby was shocked to see all the marks on my arms but my boy was very contented to find a new teether.
At the same time, there was a biter in my boy's ccc. THis biter one day left his jaws mark on my boy. The mark turned blue black and it must have hurt my boy very much.
So one day (the blue black jaws mark still there on my son's shin), my boy got this urge again and bite me hard. His papa saw it and quickly got him to release his grip. Then Papa went on to lecture his kid
Papa: Biter bite you pain pain right?
Son: (touching his blue black mark) pain pain.
Papa: Then why u bite mummy? (point to mummy's arm where the reddish jaws mark is) Mummy also pain pain now.
Son: !!!
Then my son walked to me and guess wat? He sayang me leh!
He no longer bite me although sometimes he will simulate the stunt (open his mouth wide and pretend to "arrrrm" my arm).
Through his father, he understands how it's painful to the victim when he bites. Now at his ccc, he's like the watchman. His teachers told us, whenever the biter strikes, he would shout to his teachers," ARRRM! ARRRRM!" to alert them.