My son is 8 months old he is biting and pinching anyone got any advice to get him to stop doing this?

Uh, it would be cruel to do it back to him... please don't do that. At 8 months my son was doing the same thing- it's a phase. My son would but my shoulders when he was teething. Now, at 14 months if he did that I would definitely correct him but an 8 month old will not understand you. Just grin and bare it- it is a fairly short phase.My son is 8 months old he is biting and pinching anyone got any advice to get him to stop doing this?
My son is 9 months and I've been teaching him not to bite. Sometimes when I'm holding him he chomps my arm around my shoulder.. and he has teeth!! Ouch.. got some bruises. When I see him open his mouth I firmly say ';NO BITE'; and he stops before he chomps. When he first started doing it I would quickly hold him away from my body and firmly say ';NO BITE'; and put him down sitting on the ground. He hated this. Probably about as much as I hated getting bitten. He didn't do it cause he was mad... he just did it randomly... usually as spacing out. After I did that about 3 times I stopped putting him down after I said ';NO BITE'; .... and just said it and kept holding him. He got the idea. They are smart!





EDIT: I don't know about you... but I would never bite my infant! That seems off to me. Why teach them not to do something by modeling behavior??? He knows it hurts to bite.. he has chomped his fingers before. He just needs to be taught that it is not ok to do this to other people. I don't know how I would be teaching him that by doing it to him...My son is 8 months old he is biting and pinching anyone got any advice to get him to stop doing this?
He's not doing it to hurt you, he's doing it because he doesn't get that it is hurting you. So, a firm ';NO'; and remove his teeth or hands from your body part or the body part from his teeth or hands. Repeat times a million. They do get it eventually, just be consistent and firm but not angry or mean.
8 months?? My son does not do that but have you tried to put him in a time out?


Yeah,A j is right! If your 4 year old slapped you hard across the face,your gonna slap them back?? No!! How would you feel if you were their age ans they bit in the face and you are only 8 months old?!
do it back. they say not to do it but my daughter bite me on the face and i bit her back on the face she cried so hard and never did it agian
do it back to him, not enough to leave marks, but enough to where he knows it hurts. It's not Abuse, it is teaching a child. Same as all animals teach their young.