Biters Anonymous

I'm not sure we've blogged much about J***'s tendency to bite. It's not something you want to advertise. Who wants to schedule a play date with a biter? Although, to give J*** credit, I don't believe he's ever placed his pearly whites on someone outside the family. And, don't forget that he doesn't have many pearly whites--although that is changing. His 8th tooth finally appeared. For the longest time he only had six teeth and those weren't even lined up. He had his two middle upper and one on the top right (his right) and then his two middle lower and one on the bottom left. Very odd. They were very cute teeth, to be sure, but not a matched set.

But back to the biting...when J*** gets frustrated he will try to take a bite out of the offending party. He's not a very dedicated biter, though, and seldom clamps down. It's more of a slobbery kiss than a bite. Well, he does bite, but it's a big bite and not a closed tooth bite. (Except for that time in the quilt store when he fell and bit his own lip and there was lots of blood and a big gash right under his lip where he still has a scar.)

Another odd thing about his biting is that he often goes for the chest or stomach or whatever is closest to his mouth. He doesn't go for open skin usually. Maybe he doesn't want to worry about germs? All-in-all his biting hasn't been a big problem and I think he's been doing less of it--so don't cancel those play dates!

V*** has been a little lady and hasn't shown any tendency to bite until recently when she was provoked beyond her control. She did it in defense of her twin. This is a motive that I totally understand. If you are lucky enough to have a twin, you need to defend them from bullies.

Who was the bully?! Need you ask? Or is this another family secret that we've discreetly left out of the family blog? Have we failed to mention that B****** continues to shove the twins down at random times? Sometimes he has just cause (which doesn't mean it's okay), but other times it truly is for no reason at all. He just gives them a shove when he walks by.

The other day he did this to J***. V*** had had enough. She rushed over and attacked B****** giving him a good, hard bite on the arm. He got the message. Well...he was upset. He has pushed the twins since then, so maybe he didn't quite get the message? Maybe we need to post the photo below on the fridge as a reminder of what happens to little boys who shove their brothers.