Like Jana said, Faith is a biter and a pincher too but most of the time it does not seem to be out of aggression unless she doesn't feel well. With Faith, we started taking a closer look when she starts doing the biting or pinching and see if it could be she is trying to communicate and find different ways of communicating non verbal and verbal. Sometimes just babbling to make her feel like you are getting it and alot of times the behavior will subside. Other times they won't and it is really up to the parent on how you deal with that!
I also asked the question at the 11q European Conference in one of the discussion groups and alot of the parents ran into similar things with the biting and the pinching and tried a number of approaches. The parents of the older kids all said that they finally "grew" out of it. From their stories it did not seem to matter how the parents deal with it
when it goes on but when the child was ready they just stopped the behavior. Some only did it a short time while others were well into there teens before the behavior stopped.
Good luck, we are right there with you on this one.
Jeremy
Jana Wells <janabananablue@...> wrote:
Faith does the biting and pinching also, mostly when she doesn't feel well. From what we have learned of the syndrome they are not aggressive, but it is frustration that causes them to act out. I heard this is very common with ANY delayed child as they cannot communicate. Everyone we met said they grow out of the biting stage. I hope soon Faith is almost 3! :)
Erin Kewer <erin.kewer@verizon.net> wrote:
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