Thomas embarrassed me SO badly today

Our Lil' Family wrote: Today was the last day of the semester at The Little Gym. I still had not decided if I was going to enroll him for another semester, mostly due to large class sizes for the spring and just because I thought we needed a break. Well today decided it for me. Thomas was playing with a ball type thingy and another boy was trying to play with him (both easily could have played with it). Well Thomas doesn't understand sharing and got defensive and BIT THAT BOY on his BACK! I ran over to get Thomas away and thought, there's no way he grabbed enough skin to bite. As I was walking to the corner to put Thomas in time out I was apologizing to the mother and I said, I don't think he got any skin....boy was I wrong!!!! It was so close to bleeding and FULL TEETH MARKS! I was LIVID! I am so fed up with his biting. So I popped his mouth pretty hard and placed him in time out. Then I went to check on the boy and profusely apologized. I was going to stay the last 15 minutes and let him sit in time out to watch everyone else have fun but I could not hold back the tears and I had to leave. I was SO embarrassed! I will not be putting him back in that class, I just can't handle if he does it again!

What do I do with this child??

Sorry this got long, thanks for reading!!!

Mommy2BAK replied: Oh man, I could understand your embarassement but truthfully it is NOT your fault!!

mckayleesmom replied: When Mckaylee or Russell bite....I pop them in the mouth...tell them NO and then put some baby orajel in their mouths........They hate Orajel...

JadensMama05 replied: Jaden's not really biting yet.. thank God!! Another one of those things I am not looking forward to. Good luck!

boyohboyohboy replied: I would be embarressed also, but I think biting at this age is normal, the kids get frustrated and dont know how to deal with those feelings they have inside.
Its really not your fault.
I think most kids out grow it pretty soon.

Our Lil' Family replied:
I like that idea, he hates it too! I may be carrying orajel with me at all times now!!

Our Lil' Family replied:
Thanks Stacy, I wish it would be soon considering he's been doing this for over a year now! I thought it had gotten better until last week, he bit my neighbor's daughter, thank God she's my best friend and it wasn't the first time or else I'd have never gone back outside again!

My3LilMonkeys replied: Brooke has just gotten into biting...she's bit Madison 3 times lately, and unfortunately Madison is starting to bite back. They get told no, I explain that it hurts and it's not nice, a time out and then they have to apologize. I probably wouldn't be quite so calm if they were biting strangers though.

Maddie&EthansMom replied: Oh man do I know the feeling. Ethan is a biter...still. He's never bit at school, thank God, but he always bites Maddie and my friend's little boy-who happens to be older.

Anyway, I think pulling him away from kids is not such a good idea. He needs to learn to share and to socialize with other kids. The only way he can outgrow this is to be around it and be disciplined consistently when it occurs. Some kids are biters and some aren't. It has nothing to do with the parents. The kids just need to know that what they are doing is wrong.

JMHO

Our Lil' Family replied: Aimee, I agree about him needing to be around others but this was not his only social time. He goes to MDO (they put him in a high chair for time out if he bites) and we have play dates where I can discipline him right away. So yesterday was really just the last straw and a good affirmation that we'll sit out a semester and maybe by the summer he'll have matured some more and understand how to act socially?! One can hope right?

mummy2girls replied: Oh no! I am so sorry. im glad jenna never did that! i had a dayhome boy who did this so i did imediate time out!!!! no warnings nothinmg!

Boo&BugsMom replied: Naomi, kudos to you for saying sorry and doing something about it. Do you know how many times I have dealt with something like this and the parent doesn't say a word about it? GRR!!! I know these situations are embarassing.

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
Oh, I didn't realize, but that makes perfect sense to me.

Ethan bit at school today, btw (and kicked and hit) It was a not so good day.

C&K*s Mommie replied: I am so sorry Naomi.